Government stability will give investors one less thing to worry about in Egypt, according to Nevine Loftfly, managing director and CEO of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt. 

While the West fights to contain the Middle East, the East is gradually implementing what Forbes says “could be the largest economic scheme on the face of the earth”. 

Chinese technology giant Tencent has tied up with South African bank Standard Bank to use its infrastructure to create pan-African mobile payment service available through WeChat Wallet.

Iran hopes re-election mandate given to moderate leader Hassan Rouhani underpins the faith of foreign investors, but more reforms are needed to persuade international business observers. 

Egypt's tourism sector is on track to recover following a series of setbacks in 2015, according to the UN World Tourism Organisation's secretary-general.

While project numbers are increasing in north Africa, they are increasing more quickly in the rest of the continent.

Tourism is one of the sectors Middle Eastern and African governments are looking to to diversify their economies in the wake of the huge drop in oil prices. However, overcoming the region's global reputation for instability and crime is a challenge for many countries.