How investor-friendly is corporate governance in Africa?

How many of the global 12 fastest-growing economies from 2014 to 2016 were in Africa?

Seven

Six

None

Twelve

How much foreign investment does the continent attract?

Half

A tiny percentage

10 percent

20 percent

What is one of the best ways to attract foreign investors?

By having English as the business language

By having robust corporate governance procedures

With good infrastructure

With fast-growing companies

How have African markets benefitted from having governance codes in place since 2000?

From lessons learned as earlier codes have evolved in other parts of the world

By having an established framework similar to elsewhere in the world

By upholding a culture of accountability

By creating a code of their own from scratch

With what are African codes aligned?

With World Bank codes

With rules based codes originated in the US

With UK governance codes

With more than 80 percent of OECD-related principles

Which African nation has a code but no stock exchange?

Mauritius

Nigeria

Kenya

Ethiopia

On average what percentages of governance requirements are mandatory?

45 percent

More than half

23 percent

32 percent

What, according to the report, can prescriptive or mandatory requirements lead to?

Robust governance practices

A more US based approach

A strict adherence to the rules

A compliance-only culture

What, apart from a governance framework, is also critical?

An evolving code

Investors

An enforcement body

A balance between rules and flexibility

What did the report find that may surprise some?

No correlation between governance requirements and less corruption

That African nations are just getting the basics right

Anti-corruption governance rules will help stamp out corruption

That many nations are more advanced than some industrialised nations

How investor-friendly is corporate governance in Africa?

How many of the global 12 fastest-growing economies from 2014 to 2016 were in Africa?

How much foreign investment does the continent attract?

What is one of the best ways to attract foreign investors?

How have African markets benefitted from having governance codes in place since 2000?

With what are African codes aligned?

Which African nation has a code but no stock exchange?

On average what percentages of governance requirements are mandatory?

What, according to the report, can prescriptive or mandatory requirements lead to?

What, apart from a governance framework, is also critical?

What did the report find that may surprise some?

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