Mauritius is billed to host a high-level conference, tagged "Doing Business 2010 in Africa: Sharing Reform Experiences," 13-15 January to strengthen the capacity of African countries to promote business-friendly reforms, share experiences and strengthen South-South cooperation, PANA reported.
The two-day conference is being organised in partnership with the World Bank, and will attract delegates from 15 African countries -- Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
According to the programme of the conference, released by the Mauritian Finance Ministry, there will be speeches by Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and Ruth Kagia, World Bank Country Director for Mauritius, while Finance Minister Rama Sithanen will give a keynote presentation on Mauritius.
The World Bank report ''Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times'' for this year has ranked Rwanda and Liberia among the ''Top Ten'' business-friendly reformers worldwide.
Mauritius was ranked 17th - a significant improvement over last year's ranking of 24 among 183 countries.
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