While resource-rich west Africa has received headline-grabbing investments over the past decade in its oil and gas industries, this leaves the region's economic prospects at the mercy of global commodity prices. With this in mind, many Africa-watchers are claiming that it is the eastern part of the continent that holds the greater FDI promise.

Mozambique has for years remained off the radar of international tourists and investors alike. However, the country is now making a concerted effort to show off its natural beauty and enticing business environment.

Figures from fDi Markets show that African companies are investing more throughout the continent. Much of this is being driven by the financial sector, and as Ecobank's CEO explains, African companies investing in Africa have a distinct advantage when it comes to tapping the continent's rich potential.

Attijariwafa Bank is the largest financial institution in Morocco and the sixth largest in Africa. Its CEO, Mohamed El Kettani, tells Barbara Njau about the bank's plans for expansion within Africa, particularly to the unbanked, and of the projects it has funded throughout the continent.

While its partners in Europe contemplate the possibility of a double-dip recession and its neighbours get to grips with the aftermath of the 'Arab Spring' uprisings, there is a pervading feeling that Morocco will sustain its solid economic growth.

With the largest stock exchange in north Africa, a slew of new projects intended to attract foreign investors and a modernisation drive to improve existing institutions, Casablanca is well positioned to achieve its aim of becoming an international financial centre.

Attracting travellers to Morocco is not difficult, given its array of natural attractions and reputation as a cultural hot-spot. However, the country's government is not resting on its laurels, and has launched a plan to pull in more tourists, and in doing so attract more foreign investment and create more jobs.

The Moroccan government's solution to increased international competition in the fields in which it traditionally excels was to make moves to establish the country as a leading provider of offshore services to European companies, a strategy which is already reaping dividends.

If Egypt is to pursue a more inclusive development agenda, it must  make changes to its FDI regulations. But the country's accordance with a  large number of bilateral investment treaties is restricting its movement away from old government policies.