There is civil war in Syria, doesn't mean that all parts of Syria, there some places in Syria just are as calm as Dar es Salaam, they just get news on Televisions screens.
Investors and Multinational companies are looking for business opportunities and other factors like financial services, air transport connectivities, percentage of population with disposable income, business policies of the country, climate condition and others.
South Africa is the second biggest economy in Africa after Nigeria, but it attracts many multinational companies than Nigeria because of those factors, but South Africa is the most skewed economy than Nigeria because of the apartheid economy policies, Kenya is the same, only few enjoy and participate in the economy, majority are watching.