Resolving the Kwale impasse on the terms originally agreed would unlock a project that closes nearly 10 per cent of the country’s sugar deficit.
Kwale Internation Sugar Company Ltd on February 7, 2019. [File, Standard]
Aliko Dangote has spent the last year delivering a single message across the continent: “The only way to attract foreign investments or investors is by having successful local investments.
Domestic investors actually attract foreign investors. If you don’t make it attractive for local investors to invest, no foreigner will invest.”
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