A foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to purchase of an asset in another country, such that it gives direct control to the purchaser over the asset (e.g. purchase of land and building). In other words, it is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business, in real estate or in productive assets such as factories in one country by an entity based in another country. It is thus distinguished from a foreign portfolio investment or foreign indirect investment by a notion of direct control.
The origin of the investment does not impact the definition, as an FDI: the investment may be made either "inorganically" by buying a company in the target country or "organically" by expanding the operations of an existing business in that country.
Uwekezaji wa Moja kwa Moja wa Nchi za Nje (FDI) nchini Tanzania umeongezeka karibu mara mbili kwa mwaka mmoja hadi kufikia dola bilioni 1.05 kati ya Julai na Septemba ikilinganishwa na dola milioni 524.4 katika kipindi kama hicho mwaka jana.
China ilikuwa chanzo kikubwa cha FDI, ikiwekeza dola...