Uganda has had a tumultuous eighteen months. Like elsewhere, there has been a deterioration in the overall position of the public finances, prompted by lockdowns and travel restrictions.

Across East Africa, the peaceful transfer of power between opposing parties has not always been commonplace.

For historical reasons, the international investment community is well acquainted with South Africa. The political turmoil of the early 1990s gave birth to Nelson Mandela’s ‘Rainbow Nation’ and the promise of a brighter future after decades of apartheid.

Mention Mauritius and the mind drifts to palm fringed beaches, exotic punch and some of the most paradisiacal seascapes in the Indian Ocean.

Few places are as evocative as Morocco. The tanneries of Fez, kasbahs of the mid Atlas or whitewashed splendour of Essaouira.