DRC Ranked Better Than Zimbabwe On Forbes’ Best Countries For Business 2018

Zimbabwe has been rated below the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Forbes’ Best Countries for Business 2018 despite the fact that the later is war-torn with United Nations peacekeepers being attacked.

DRC is ranked at number 33 in Africa and 141 on the world’s map while Zimbabwe takes 36 as the continental position and 145 globally.

The country that leads Africa on the list is Mauritius which takes 41 on world list. The African island is followed by South Africa (48) and Botswana (76) comes third. Rwanda (79) and Seychelles (82) also appear in Africa top five.

On world’s rank, the United Kingdom is at the top followed by New Zealand. Netherlands, Sweden and Canada also land in the top five of the worlds’ rankings according to Forbes Africa.

Despite the fact that Zimbabwe does not appear in the top hundred of Forbes’ Best Countries for Business 2018, the nation has been initiating programs to allow easy flow in investing. Zimbabwe recently was initiating 100 days easy of doing business in order to reduce the procedures of starting companies in the country.

This has seen some of the complexities of border posts for importing being made easy although delays are being experienced. Last year Zimbabwe made some progress in the easy of doing business as it made a positive move from 161 out of 190 economies in 2016 to 159 in 2017.

Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle. Below are rankings of African nations on the Forbes’ Best Countries For Business 2018.

#41 Mauritius

#48 South Africa

#76 Botswana

#79 Rwanda

#82 Seychelles

#85 Ghana

#86 Namibia

#89 Senegal

#90 Cape Verde

#91 Kenya

#95 Zambia

#96 Tunisia

#101 Egypt

#105 Uganda

#110 Burkina Faso

#114 Tanzania

#115 Nigeria

#118 Niger

#119 Cote d’Ivoire

#121 Madagascar

#124 Algeria

#125 Lesotho

#126 Mali

#127 Mozambique

#128 Swaziland

#129 Angola

#130 Gabon

#131 Sierra Leone

#133 Cameroon

#136 Malawi

#138 Ethiopia

#139 Liberia

#141 Democratic Republic of the Congo

#142 Mauritania

#143 Togo

#145 Zimbabwe

#146 Burundi

#147 Guinea

#149 Libya

#152 Gambia

#153 Chad