Africa woos Gujarati businessmen

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="">AHMEDABAD: After having organised themselves as a single market under the banner of East African nations, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are now pitching the region as an attractive investment destination for which a three-member delegation of the envoys of these nations is on a Gujarat visit.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="">Inviting Gujarati entrepreneurs to invest in sectors like gems and jewellery, healthcare, tourism, infrastructure, education, Tanzanian high commissioner Eva Lilian Nzaro urged a gathering of businessmen at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry to form partnerships with local companies to develop a vibrant small scale sector. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="">Ugandan high commissioner Charles Walimba pointed out that the three countries now had a common passport, monetary policy, secretariat, chamber of commerce and judiciary and was on its way to having a common police to facilitate matters for potential investors.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="">According to Kenyan high commissioner Mutuma Kathurima, companies investing in the region could also enjoy access to the COMESSA market comprising 21 countries and a population 350 million of which the three countries were a part.</span></div> </div>