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Eritrea in charm offensive to woo US investors

Florizelle Liser, president of the US Corporate Council on Africa and Dr Woldai Futur, director of the Eritrea Investment Centre, at investors briefing Washington on July 24, 2018. PHOTO | KEVIN J. KELLEY | NMG

By  KEVIN J KELLEY

Eritrea is seeking to attract investments from the United States, a government official told private-sector executives in Washington on Tuesday.

"There has been a change of heart in regard to opening Eritrea to investment," Dr Woldai Futur, the director of Eritrean Investment Centre, said.

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