Kosovo’s minister of economic development, Valdrin Lluka, tells Sebastian Shehadi how he is fighting the informal economy by expanding the energy and mining sector.

Dimitri Kumsishvili, deputy prime minister and minister of economy of Georgia, tells Sebastian Shehadi how the country transformed into an open and global economy that boasts a booming tourism industry and vast, but largely untapped, hydro-power resources.

Okechukwu Enelamah, Nigeria’s minister of industry, trade and investment, tells Sebastian Shehadi about the country’s huge demand for infrastructure and the importance of mutually beneficial FDI.

Dr Rudiger Ahrend, head of urban policy, public governance and territorial development at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), tells Sebastian Shehadi about the impact of misguided urban regulation and other global challenges. 

Mayor of Bonn Ashok Sridharan tells Sebastian Shehadi about the city’s thriving IT sector, its internationalism and its foreign investment needs. 

Foreign investors often focus on capital cities, missing out on smaller, up-and-coming locations such as Malmo. Sebastian Shehadi examines the reborn city’s unique selling points and opportunities.

House prices have tumbled in Sweden's red-hot real estate market, and a shortage of affordable housing and offices means foreign investment opportunities abound. Sebastian Shehadi reports.

Gothenburg is blossoming after its industrial transformation, and the race for space is on. Real estate opportunities exist despite some resistance to overseas investors, as Sebastian Shehadi reports.

Long a forbidding location for overseas investors, Oslo’s real estate market has witnessed a flood of foreign interest – but can it last? Sebastian Shehadi reports.