Asia Business Channel

“Back to a Bright Future”
Aired May 2013
Strategically located in the heart of some of the world’s fastest growing markets, the Philippines of today is trying, once and for all, to break away from its troubled past and embrace a bright future.
Halfway through the term of President Benigno Aquino III, this Southeast Asian archipelago is riding a wave of heightened economic optimism. The government aims to tackle major infrastructure and social challenges through a public-private-partnership scheme designed to infuse much needed capital into projects that have [...]

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The Philippines Moves Forward
Aired December 2012
The world’s second-largest archipelago, the Republic of the Philippines is located in Southeast Asia. It is divided into three distinct administrative and economic regions.
The capital city is Manila.
A heightened sense of optimism and change is sweeping the Philippines. Once known as Southeast Asia’s economic laggard, the Philippines of today is trying to bring in the promise of clean politics and national prosperity. In 2010, Benigno Aquino won a landslide victory to become the nation’s 15th President. He inherited a nation [...]

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Ethiopia: Land of Tomorrow
Airing Dates:
- Nov 27th, Tues 9.30pm
- Nov 28th, Wed 10.30am
- Nov 29th; Thurs 3.30pm
- Nov 30th, Fri 5.30pm
Ethiopia, where past and present meet. Located in the Horn of Africa at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent nation. It was once known as Abyssinia, a great empire that ruled this strategic region 3,000 years ago.
Ethiopia is also a modern nation, as Addis Ababa’s rapidly evolving skyline reflects. Ethiopia has a stable, liberalized economy that has achieved an [...]

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Tanzania: The Pride of East Africa
Aired August 2012
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT
Tanzania. The largest country in East Africa is one that offers tremendous opportunities for investors. Having been spared the internal strife that has harmed many African states, Tanzania’s outlook is promising. This is an emerging economy with high growth potential.
Almost four times the size of the UK, Tanzania covers 943,000 square kilometers. The capital city is Dodoma, while its largest city is Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania offers tremendous opportunities for investors as it is endowed with an [...]

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Mozambique: Southern Africa’s Rising Star
Aired December 2011
Mozambique has put its civil-war years well behind it.
Thanks to an ambitious reform program, Mozambique has maintained macroeconomic stability for more than a decade and offers a wide range of sectors with exceptional potential, including mining, tourism, infrastructure and hydropower, among many others.
Mozambique’s economy has an impressive track record. Mozambique achieved an average annual GDP growth rate of 9% between 1997 and 2007 and reached 8% GDP growth in 2010 in spite of the global crisis.
One of the poorest [...]

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Brunei: “A Land of Opportunity”
Aired September 2010
Brunei Darussalam. A land of opportunity. A small, peaceful and stable oil-rich Sultanate, Brunei is one of the wealthiest nations in the world.
Using the proceeds from oil and hydrocarbons to build a powerful economy, Brunei has made great progress in securing continued growth and stability for its citizens. Brunei has a solid macroeconomic stability rating and some of the highest GDP per capita figures in Asia.
Brunei is located on the northwestern shores of the island of Borneo, sharing borders [...]

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Uganda II: “Unearthing Uganda’s Energy Potential”
Aired August 2010
Located at the heart of central and east Africa, Uganda is situated in a region that includes some of Africa’s most economically important countries. With a key position in this strategic location, Uganda today has great potential to become the key investment and business hub in the east African region.
Uganda has consistently attracted people from all over the world. Apart from its open, friendly and hospitable population, other attractions include security, great weather and a history of religious [...]

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Malaysia VI: “Fast-Track Malaysia”
Aired July 2010
Malaysia. Asia’s premier investment destination. A nation well on its way to achieving First World status by the year 2020, Malaysia’s economic and social transformation is staggering. Leveraging its strategic location and abundant natural resources to become a model to the world, Malaysia is on the fast-track to success.
Malaysia is located at the heart of Southeast Asia, on the busy land, air, and see corridor between Europe and Australasia. Peninsular Malaysia borders Thailand and Singapore, while East Malaysia in the [...]

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Botswana: “Driving Sustainable Growth”
Aired June 2010
Botswana is a landlocked, mostly arid country bordered by South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia. While the country is about the size of France, two-thirds of the land is covered by the Kalahari Desert. The capital city, Gaborone, is home to a mixed ethnic society that comprises primarily of people from various African tribes, Europeans and Indians. Although Setswana is the national language and is widely spoken in the country, English is the official language used at higher levels and [...]

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The Philippines II: “The Philippine Advantage”
Aired April 2010
A globally competitive environment for investors, the Philippines is Asia’s new business hotspot. Long overshadowed by its neighbors in terms of economic growth and socio-political development, Asia’s sleeping tiger is slowly waking up.
A cluster of over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is the second largest archipelago in the world. It defies geographic convention, divided into three island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The capital city is Metro Manila.
Its strategic location makes it a critical entry point to the 500 [...]

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