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Africa
Population: million
GNI: million
Debt: million
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/55/AFRICA
Algeria
Population: 33.6 mn. million
GNI, $ : 122.5 bn. million
Debt: 4.0 bn million
With tens of thousands of Chinese workers, shopkeepers and contractors in Algeria, Algiers hopes that the conflicts between the locals and Chinese in 2009 will subside.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/1/ALGERIA
Angola
Population: 17.0 million million
GNI, $ : 43.6 bn million
Debt: 8.4 bn million
The global downturn has shown that relying on just China will not save
the Angolan economy, so other Asian players hope that they will have
better chances to snag oil licenses in the next bidding rounds.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/2/ANGOLA
Australia
Population: million
: million
Debt: million
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/71/AUSTRALIA
Bangladesh
Population: 153.5 mn. million
GDP: 2.0 bn. million
Debt: 1.2 bn million
The caretaker military government led by Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed will lift the state of emergency on 11 December to allow campaigning ahead of parliamentary elections on 29 December. Up to 2,500 candidates will contest for places in the 300-seat parliament.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/64/BANGLADESH
Benin
Population: 9.0 mn. million
GNI, $ : 5.1 bn. million
Debt: 1.2 bn million
Asian engagement in Benin has been largely focused on using the country as a jumping-off point for penetrating Nigerian markets, but revived oil exploration may attract more interest.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/3/BENIN
Botswana
Population: 1.9 mn. million
GNI, $ : 11.0 bn million
Debt: 408 mn. million
With an early 2010 visit of Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Delhi has tried to source rough diamonds for its cutting and polishing industry outside of Botswana's joint venture with South Africa's De Beers.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/4/BOTSWANA
Burkina Faso
Population: 14.8 mn. million
GNI, $ : 6.4 bn. million
Debt: 1.3 bn. million
Ouagadougou's partnership with Taipei appears strong, with Taiwan continuing to set up rice and agricultural transformation projects while President Blaise Compaoré calls for Taiwan's particiaption in international forums.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/5/BURKINA-FASO
Burundi
Population: 8.5 mn. million
GNI, $ : 0.9 bn. million
Debt: 1.2 bn. million
Not an important trading partner or site of investment for major Asian players, Bujumbura is a recipient of support in health and capacity-building.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/6/BURUNDI
Cambodia
Population: million
: million
Debt: million
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/69/CAMBODIA
Cameroon
Population: 18.5 mn. million
GNI, $ : 19.5 bn. million
Debt: 2.6 bn. million
South Korean investors have jumped ahead of their counterparts with projects in mining, building s deep-water port at Kribi and planning for the expansion of national passenger and cargo railways.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/7/CAMEROON
Cape Verde
Population: 0.5 mn. million
GNI, $ : 1.3 bn. million
Debt: 325 mn. million
Indian companies want to help turn the archipelago into a high-tech zone, using part of the planned pan-African e-network to link universities and hospitals to India.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/8/CAPE-VERDE
Central African Republic
Population: 4.3 mn. million
GNI: 1.7 bn. million
Debt: 1.2 bn. million
Chinese contractors are building roads and improving the performance of the Boali hydroelectric plant while their government buys CAR’s diamond and timber exports.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/9/CENTRAL-AFRICAN-REPUBLIC
Chad
Population: 10.8mn. million
GNI, $ : 5.8bn. million
Debt: 1.6bn. million
Countering the influence of the Chinese oil company CNPC, Delhi is backing a series of industrial projects to boost Chad's capacities in the production of textiles, farm machinery and bicycles.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/10/CHAD
China
Population: 1,330,044,544 million
GNI, $ Millions: 2,669,627 million
Debt: $363 billion million
Having hit most of its targets from the 2006 FOCAC, Beijing laid out a similarly ambitious programme for 2009-2012 at the 2009 Sharm el Sheikh FOCAC, including $10 bn. in concessional loans, more cooperation in the sciences and technology transfers. China will face more questions about opaque companies like China Sonangol and China International Fund, which committed to $15 bn. of investment in Guinea and Zimbabwe in 2009.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/58/CHINA
Comoros
Population: 0.6 mn. million
GNI: 400mn. million
Debt: 260mn. million
On the group of islands important to the security of the Indian Ocean region, China is using its successes in malaria eradication to tout its commitment to health in Africa.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/11/COMOROS
Congo-Brazzaville
Population: 3.8mn. million
GNI: 5.8bn. million
Debt: 5bn. million
While Brazzaville exports a large part of its oil to Beijing, South Korean and Malaysian companies are making only slow progress on their large infrastructure and timber projects.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/12/CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE
Congo-Kinshasa
Population: 62.4mn. million
GNI, $ : 8.6bn. million
Debt: 10bn. million
The rebound of copper prices brings the return of Chinese miners, but the development of the huge ore-for infrastructure deal is not moving fast enough for President Joseph Kabila to reap the benefits in 2010 local or 2011 presidential polls.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/52/CONGO-KINSHASA
Côte d'Ivoire
Population: 19.3mn. million
GNI, $ : 17.5bn. million
Debt: 13.8bn. million
Chinese companies have not waited for a peaceful settlement to the Ivorian crisis and are looking to invest in offshore oil prospects, agribusiness and manufacturing projects.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/13/C%c3%94TE-D'IVOIRE
Djibouti
Population: 0.8mn. million
GNI, $ : 900mn. million
Debt: 428mn. million
Djibouti hosts the Japanese contingent of the international force to fight Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, while Tokyo is increasing its aid to support solar power projects and other infrastructure.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/14/DJIBOUTI
East Africa
Population: n/a million
GNI: n/a million
Debt: n/a million
East Africa
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/57/EAST-AFRICA
Egypt
Population: 75.5mn. million
GNI: 119.4bn. million
Debt: 29.2bn. million
Egypt expects to benefit from its hosting of the FOCAC ministerial summit in November 2009 through the setting-up of a special economic zone and new investments in its industrial capacity.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/15/EGYPT
Equatorial Guinea
Population: 0.5mn. million
GNI, $ : 6.5bn. million
Debt: 338mn. million
In the hopes of boosting Malabo’s sagging oil reserves, China’s CNOOC will drill exploration wells on Block S, in which it bought a 75% stake in 2006, throughout 2010.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/16/EQUATORIAL-GUINEA
Eritrea
Population: 4.8mn. million
GNI, $ : 1.1bn. million
Debt: 311mn. million
China’s refusal to block United Nations sanctions on Asmara in late 2009 shows that its non-interference policy is more nuanced, but that will not win it any friends in the clique around despotic leader Issayas Afewerki.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/17/ERITREA
Ethiopia
Population: 79.1mn. million
GNI: 17.6bn. million
Debt: 2.6bn. million
Premier Meles Zenawi continues to encourage Chinese investment in power production and Indian investment in agriculture for food and horicultural exports.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/18/ETHIOPIA
Gabon
Population: 1.3mn. million
GNI, $ : 8.9bn. million
Debt: 4.9bn. million
With worries about finance, technical capacity and speed, voices in Libreville are grumbling that perhaps the government should turn to Brazilian, rather than Chinese, investors to develop the $3 bn. Bélinga iron ore mine and associated infrastructure.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/19/GABON
Gambia
Population: 1.4mn. million
GNI: 500mn. million
Debt: 629mn. million
Gambia’s Vice-President Isatou Njie-Saidy continues lobbying for Taiwan’s participation in UN-related bodies, but Beijing remains a more important trade partner to the West African country.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/20/GAMBIA
Ghana
Population: 23.5mn. million
GNI, $ : 14bn. million
Debt: 4.9bn. million
With loans from China Exim Bank to develop an integrated oil industry and technical cooperation from CNOOC, Beijing is poised to play a big role in Ghana’s development as an oil exporting country.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/21/GHANA
Guinea
Population: 9.4mn. million
GNI: 3.7bn. million
Debt: 3.4bn. million
China Sonangol and the China International Fund’s foothold in the oil and mining sectors awarded by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara before he suffered an assassination attempt are now in doubt.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/22/GUINEA
Guinea Bissau
Population: 1.7mn. million
GNI: 300mn. million
Debt: 942mn. million
Beijing has chosen to back the newly elected government of Malam Bacai Sanha by paying military salaries so as to limit the threat of coups and instability.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/23/GUINEA-BISSAU
India
Population: 1,147,995,904 million
GDP (Purchasing power parity): $2.966 trillion million
Debt: $149.2 billion million
With Indian diplomats like Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and former Ambassador to Ethiopia Gurjit Singh giving Africa a higher profile in Delhi, India has agreed to provide $5.4 bn. in concessional finance for African projects. Outbid at most turns by other state-owned Asian companies, ONGC Videsh is still looking to make a big investment in the Gulf of Guinea.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/60/INDIA
Indonesia
Population: 237,512,352 million
GDP: 8,437 million
Debt: 140,000,000 million
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/67/INDONESIA
Japan
Population: 127756 million
GNI, millions $: 4490955 million
Debt: $1.492 trillion million
In power since September 2009, Premier Yukio Hatoyama and the DPJ have not made African policy a high priority, but have said that they will keep the previous government’s pledge to once again double aid to Africa. Aid agency JICA remains the largest single donor body in the world, but prefers a subdued style rather than throwing its weight around.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/61/JAPAN
Kenya
Population: 37.5mn. million
GNI, $ : 25.6bn. million
Debt: 6.7bn. million
Beijing is strengthening its East African offensive, building roads all over Kenya and promising to spend billions of dollars on the development of the country’s second major port at Lamu.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/24/KENYA
Lesotho
Population: 2mn. million
GNI, $ : 2.0bn. million
Debt: 3.2bn. million
Chinese textile companies have shed jobs throughout the economic slowdown, but Beijing used high-level meetings to reassure Maseru that China will support growth in agriculture and infrastructure.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/25/LESOTHO
Liberia
Population: 3.8mn. million
GNI, $ : 600mn. million
Debt: 4.8bn. million
The government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is doing all it can to continue to attract Asian investment in the mining and agriculture sectors in order to provide the quickest post-war dividend.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/26/LIBERIA
Libya
Population: 6.2mn. million
GNI, $ : 55.6bn. million
Debt: 4.6bn. million
With a history of flirting with Taiwan, Libya has recently criticised Chinese investment in Africa and blocked the purchase of oil assets by the CNPC.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/27/LIBYA
Madagascar
Population: 19.7mn. million
GNI, $ : 6.3bn. million
Debt: 4.6bn. million
The Bank of India plans to expand its financial presence on the island, while other projects like the Japan backed Ambatovy nickel mine have been lowed by the political crisis.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/28/MADAGASCAR
Malawi
Population: 13.9mn. million
GNI, $ : 3.5bn. million
Debt: 894mn. million
Yet to receive any huge investments from Beijing since it de-recognised Taiwan in January 2008, Malawi has called on Indian companies to start joint venture projects for the exploration of uranium in order to meet both countries’ energy needs.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/29/MALAWI
Malaysia
Population: million
: million
Debt: million
Malaysian palm oil companies are now looking to Africa as their next investment destination, led by the Federal Land Development Authority, which has announced that it will develop a big plantation in Liberia and is in talks to set up operations in Cameroon. Malaysia attracts large numbers of African students, who are often the subject of unflattering public and media attention.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/62/MALAYSIA
Mali
Population: 12.3mn. million
GNI, $ : 6.1bn. million
Debt: 2.8bn. million
After Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Bamako in 2009, Beijing announced plans to build a third bridge over the Niger River, in addition to supporting telecoms and agriculture projects.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/30/MALI
Mauritania
Population: 3.1mn. million
GNI, $ : 2.6bn. million
Debt: 2bn. million
Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun inaugurated work on the $295 mn. Nouakchott port in September 2009, as Mauritania exports the majority of its iron ore to Beijing and plans for a Chinese-financed railway to enable the export of phosphates.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/31/MAURITANIA
Mauritius
Population: 1.3mn. million
GNI, $ : 6.9bn. million
Debt: 2.2bn. million
Progress on the Chinese special economic zone has been slow and India has been fighting off pressures to change tax treaties which allow money to be funnelled through Mauritius to avoid taxes.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/32/MAURITIUS
Morocco
Population: 30.9mn. million
GNI, $ : 69.6bn. million
Debt: 19.9bn. million
Despite the lack of geographic proximity, in 2009 China became Morocco’s third most important trading partner after France and Spain. Rabat has hosted visits in 2009 and 2010 from Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Commerce Vice-Minister Fu Ziying.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/33/MOROCCO
Mozambique
Population: 21.4mn. million
GNI, $ : 6.8bn. million
Debt: 4.2bn. million
The Mozambican authorities are calling for Chinese investment in manufacturing and industry, and not just trade and infrastructure, so as to build up national economic capacity.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/34/MOZAMBIQUE
Namibia
Population: 2.1mn. million
GNI, $ : 7bn. million
Debt: 1bn. million
The investigation into the Nuctech corruption scandal, which implicated the company run by the son of Chinese President Hu Jintao, has yet to be completed. Chinese construction companies and contractors are already feeling the impact of the negative publicity.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/35/NAMIBIA
Niger
Population: 14.2mn. million
GNI, $ : 4bn. million
Debt: 2.1bn. million
President Mamadou Tandja says he needs to stay in power to oversee the setting-up of Chinese-backed projects like the oil refinery in Zinder and the uranium mine in Azelik. To do so he has extended his mandate to 2012, provoking international condemnation.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/36/NIGER
Nigeria
Population: 145mn. million
GNI, $ : 137.1bn. million
Debt: 8bn. million
So far, China’s biggest deal offers – $50 bn. for investment in oil and an $8.3 bn. rail investment – have not been taken up by the Nigerian government, as politics outweighs economic imperatives.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/37/NIGERIA
Pakistan
Population: million
: million
Debt: million
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/70/PAKISTAN
Rwanda
Population: 9.7mn. million
GNI, $ : 3.1bn. million
Debt: 1.4bn. million
Thanks to Korea Telecom’s efforts, Kigali will be the first African city to be blanketed by wireless internet broadband when the project is launched in mid-2010.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/38/RWANDA
São Tomé & Príncipe
Population: 0.2mn million
GNI, $ : 140mn. million
Debt: 318mn. million
Taiwan has long been interested in oil exploration in one of its last four African allies, but has yet to win any concessions. A new bidding round in 2010 will attract investor interest from major Asian oil companies.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/39/S%c3%83O-TOM%c3%89-%26-PR%c3%8dNCIPE
Senegal
Population: 12.4mn. million
GNI, $ : 10.2bn. million
Debt: 2.2bn. million
President Abdoulaye Wade’s North Korean-built Monument de la Rénaissance Africaine, to be inaugurated in April, is a constant source of tension due to corruption in its inception and the anger of citizens about the project’s costs.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/40/SENEGAL
Seychelles
Population: 0.1mn. million
GNI, $ : 800mn. million
Debt: 1.1bn. million
India has both strategic and commercial interests in the Seychelles: investors began talks in mid-2009 to lease the island of Coëtivy to build a huge tourism resort centre.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/41/SEYCHELLES
Sierra Leone
Population: 5.8mn. million
GNI, $ : 1.5bn. million
Debt: 1.6bn. million
Illegal Asian trawlers remain a problem in coastal waters and the construction of Henan Guoji’s trade zone, which is supposed to house more than a dozen Chinese companies in a purpose-built industrial set-up, has seen little development since its beginnings in 2005.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/42/SIERRA-LEONE
Singapore
Population: 4401 million
126986 (GNI $, millions): million
Debt: $25.59 billion million
As a hub of global shipping and food processing companies, the island nation sent its largest trade delegation ever to Africa in October 2009. The group visited Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa in October 2009 to drum up business.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/66/SINGAPORE
Somalia
Population: 8.7mn. million
GNI, $ : n/a million
Debt: 3bn. million
Piracy in the waters off the coast of Somalia has led to military engagement from the top three Asian powers, with Beijing’s navy discussing the possibility of setting up a base in the area in order to establish a long-term presence.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/43/SOMALIA
South Africa
Population: 47.6mn. million
GNI, $ : 274bn. million
Debt: 39.8bn. million
As the continent’s most developed economy, South Africa is best placed to turn its ties with Beijing and Delhi into political capital, but trade and investment continues to be based on natural resource extraction.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/44/SOUTH-AFRICA
South Korea
Population: 48418 million
889370 (GNI $ millions): million
Debt: $220.1 billion million
After its third Korea-Africa summit in November 2009, Seoul is becoming a strong force on the African continent. Represented best by its contractors – recently winning deals to revamp railroads in Cameroon and build thousands of housing units in Ghana – South Korea expects to gain political clout to match its economic prowess.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/63/SOUTH-KOREA
Southern Africa
Population: n/a million
GNI: n/a million
Debt: n/a million
Southern Africa
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/56/SOUTHERN-AFRICA
Sri Lanka
Population: million
: million
Debt: million
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/72/SRI-LANKA
Sudan
Population: 38.6mn. million
GNI, $ : 37 bn. million
Debt: 29.4bn. million
Despite the reputational risks, China, India and Vietnam’s state-owned oil companies are pushing for improved oil-fuelled ties with Khartoum, but 2010 national elections and a 2011 referendum on Southern independence could change their calculations.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/45/SUDAN
Swaziland
Population: 1.1mn. million
GNI, $ : 3bn. million
Debt: 524mn. million
Swaziland is hosting greater and greater numbers of Asian traders and businessmen, while remaining loyal to Taiwan’s international cause in exchange for help in developing agriculture and the transfer of technological skills.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/46/SWAZILAND
Taiwan
Population: 22,920,946 million
$383.3 billion (GDP exchange parity): million
Debt: $97.85 billion million
Hemmed in by his supporters and a public wary of closer rapprochement with China, President Ma Ying-jeou does not expect much from his country’s African engagements in 2010. He is long overdue for an official visit to one of Taiwan’s four remaining African allies if he is to quash talk of some seeking to switch camps.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/59/TAIWAN
Tanzania
Population: 40.4mn. million
GNI, $ : 16.3bn. million
Debt: 4.4bn. million
The country will host a new South Korean agriculture project and wait to see if China Sonangol will buy a major share of Air Tanzania to finance its relaunch and rebranding, although other companies have expressed an interested.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/47/TANZANIA
Thailand
Population: 64 million
: million
Debt: million
Playing to its strengths and weaknesses, Thailand’s companies are investing in the food industry in East Africa, while state-owned PTT Exploration and Production is seeking more international oil experience, teaming up with CNOOC to explore an Algerian offshore block.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/65/THAILAND
Togo
Population: 6.6mn. million
GNI, $ : 2.4bn. million
Debt: 2bn. million
As part of its FOCAC 2009 promises, Beijing has promised to build a new hospital and anti-malaria centre, donate several million dollars for scientific and technological cooperation, and build three new bridges along the main national highway.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/48/TOGO
Tunisia
Population: 10.3mn. million
GNI, $ : 33bn. million
Debt: 19.3bn. million
Because of Tunisia’s proximity to Europe, Chinese companies are increasing their investments in the manufacturing sector while looking for oil at Sidi Kilani and Oudna.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/49/TUNISIA
Uganda
Population: 31mn. million
GNI, $ : 10.5bn. million
Debt: 1.5bn. million
Irish oil company Tullow has said that it is keen to sell out its interests in rich oil properties on Lake Albert, and Chinese oil companies are already lining up to gain a foothold in one of Africa’s newest oil producers.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/50/UGANDA
Vietnam
Population: million
: million
Debt: million
Still not at the level of development to be giving aid itself, Vietnam is keen to improve ties with African countries outside of its socialist circle, hoping to hold a Vietnam-Africa conference in 2010 to boost trade in oil and agriculture.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/68/VIETNAM
Western Sahara
Population: n/a million
GNI: n/a million
Debt: n/a million
Any resolution to the question of independence for Western Sahara will need Chinese approval due to its position on the UN Security Council, but Morocco tends to use Chinese-inspired rhetoric of non-interference in domestic matters in relation to this issue.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/51/WESTERN-SAHARA
Zambia
Population: 11.9mn. million
GNI, $ : 9.5bn. million
Debt: 4.9bn. million
With mining company Vedanta as his country’s chief representative in Zambia, India’s Vice-President Hamid Ansari made Lusaka the site of one of his first diplomatic visits in 2010, promising more cooperation in mining, refining and energy.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/53/ZAMBIA
Zimbabwe
Population: 13.4mn. million
GNI, $ : n/a million
Debt: 2.6bn. million
China Sonangol and China International Fund are now the dominant Asian players after pledging $8 bn. in investment in gold, platinum, transport and new cities in late 2009.
http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/browse-by-country/id/54/ZIMBABWE
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