PM urges schemes to boost investments in Africa

James Phillips
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Theresa May has called on private investors, including pension schemes, to commit more capital to Africa as she sought to drive up relations between the UK and the region.

Announcing her first intended post-Brexit trade deals - with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique - May also committed the UK to a range of measures to boost investme...

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