South Africa was the top manufacturing country by project number in the Middle East and Africa region in H2, 2018, witnessing 103 projects.

Morocco was in second place, attracting 22 projects.

Both the UAE and Ethiopia had 13 manufacturing projects in the second half of 2018, marginally ahead of Nigeria, which saw 12.

The chart was produced using fDi Markets, which gives real-time crossborder greenfield investment data on all sectors and locations. For more information visit fdimarkets.com.