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This landlocked nation in south-central Africa is known for its copper exports, adventure, safari tourism and the Victoria Falls. It’s also another of those lesser-known African business travel destinations, yet a stable one at that.

Tanzania is a popular destination among leisure travellers, but this East African nation has also seen an increasing number of financial and political success stories, and is starting to hold its own economically

They say ‘Africa is not for sissies’, and there are few travel destinations on the continent that require as much of a deep breath and stern resolve as Nigeria. But, it’s a place where plenty is happening, and where many African companies want to be.

For so long regarded as a holiday destination and a ‘poor cousin’ to South Africa, Namibia may not have the glitz and glamour of Africa’s other prominent business travel destinations, but it’s a solid performer, with Windhoek leading the way.

Although it remains one of the poorest countries in Africa, Mozambique’s economy is slowly walking the road to recovery.

As the economic giant of East Africa, Kenya is a key business travel destination in its own right and a stepping-stone into Central Africa, with new hotels going up in Nairobi and the world’s big airlines clambering to get their hands on a Kenya route. But doing business here is not without its own challenges.

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Oil finds in Ghana, alongside gold mining, made it the world’s fastest-growing economy in 2011. It has a GDP growth rate of 13.5%, and the International Civil Aviation Organisation forecasts passenger growth in West Africa of at least 8.3% over the next two years, driven by business travellers.