Inward investment into Nigeria's communications sector more than doubled in 2013, compared with 2012.

Kenya continues to be the destination of choice for investment into east Africa.

After a dip earlier in the year, projects going into the United Arab Emirates shows rise through August, September and October 2013.

After a disappointing July, FDI in Africa returned to health in August 2013, with Kenya performing particularly well in terms of capital expenditure and job creation.

Egypt witnessed a massive decline in FDI flows in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012.

Data from the first six months of the year shows that outbound FDI from Qatar is on the rise.

Inward FDI in Africa experienced huge growth in May 2013, with the food and tobacco sector leading the way.

The first five months of 2013 have seen an increased level of FDI in Kuwait.

FDI looks set to decrease further in 2013 in Tunisia.

The autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan attracted relatively high levels of FDI in the first quarter of 2013, helping it to close the FDI gap with the rest of the country.