• A stable, multi-party democratic environment;

• A demonstrated commitment to the philosophy and practice of market
  liberalization policies as evidenced by the ongoing success of the Economic Recovery Programme;

• Investor confidence in the country's economy as evidenced by major successful investments in most sectors of the economy, particularly, the mining sector;

• Availability of low-cost labour and a good supply of trained and trainable labour;

• Availability of a stock exchange and other emerging financial markets;

• Progressive institutional development as evidenced by the process of establishing export free zones and factory specific export processing zones for existing firms, as well as emerging bank and non-bank financial institutions.

• Ongoing donor and government support for infrastructure development? electricity and water supplies, transport and communications;

• Quota-free access to United States of America and European Union markets;

• Strong private sector advocacy groups such as the Private Enterprise Foundation and the Private Sector Advisory Group;

• A strategic location for communication facilities in terms of international commerce; and

• Warm and friendly people and a high degree of personal safety.