Despite its wealth of natural resources and investment potential, South Africa is suffering a severe shortage of human capital, particularly in engineering and electronics-based sectors. Karen E Thuermer reports on what is being done to address this problem

While it is Asian cities that dominate fDi's most attractive ICT destinations ranking, the US is still comfortably the lead country.

The IT and software sector in Latin America has witnessed a slump in recent years. However, its impressive performance at a time when much of the rest of the world is faltering has caused investors to rethink their strategies in the region.

Adrienne Hall, general manager of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, tells Spencer Anderson how uptake of cloud computing is growing as fears over security and performance are assuaged.

The information and communication technologies sector is already a leading light in FDI and is only going to grow in importance. Mike Curran and Douglas Clark look at what the future holds for the industry

The ongoing convergence of the electronics and telecoms industries, fuelled by technological advances and consumer demand, is stimulating FDI around the world in areas as diverse as mobile media to energy solutions