Guangdong offers opportunity for entrepreneurs from Portuguese-speaking countries

The assistant secretary-general the Permanent Office of Macau Forum advocated for a greater business relationship between Guangdong Province and the Portuguese-speaking countries. Echo Chan said in an interview with daily newspaper

Mozambique | World Bank may revise economic growth forecast

The World Bank may revise its growth forecast for Mozambique’s economy downwards from 7 percent to 6.5 percent due to natural disasters this year and to contained public spending.The World

Angola | Company signs investment agreement worth USD5b

Angolan company Organizações Ribeirinho has become the largest investor in Angola to sign a contract with the National Agency for Private Investment (ANIP) for an investment of USD5 billion, Angolan

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries falls 23.64 pct

Figures from China’s Customs Service published by the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau showed that in the first two months of the year China sold to the eight Portuguese-speaking countries

São Tomé and Príncipe receives over 18,000 tourists in 2014

Figures obtained by Macauhub in São Tomé from the Directorate-General showed that the archipelago was visited in 2014 by 18,187 tourists, compared to 13,708 in 2013. Portugal topped the list of

China gifts office equipment to Cape Verde

China has delivered office equipment to the Cape Verde government amounting to USD800,000 for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other local institutions, under an agreement signed Tuesday in Praia. The

IMF raises its forecast for Portugal’s economic growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts that Portugal’s economy will grow by 1.6 percent this year and 1.5 percent in 2016, after posting growth of 0.9 percent in 2014, according

Mozambique | Factory funded by China boosts agricultural production

The inauguration of the Chokué Agri-Industrial Complex, developed with funding from China, opens up new horizons for agricultural production in Gaza province, southern Mozambique, which now has another unit for

Fourth largest destination for Norwegian aid to Africa

Mozambique in 2014 was the fourth largest recipient of development aid provided by Norway in a group of 20 African countries, with an estimated total of 375.9 million Norwegian Kroner

China aims to turn Mozambique into a center for natural gas exploration

Mozambique has one of the world’s largest recently discovered natural gas reserves and is starting to receive the first investments at a time when the difficult economic situation in the

World Bank loan of USD500 million to Angola agreed in May

The World Bank spokesperson said that the finance agreement would be signed on 14 May, a new date after the previous date was missed, depending on the conclusion of the

Briefs | Angola and Beijing implement diplomatic and service visa exemption

The Angolan and Chinese holders of diplomatic and service passports have been exempt from visas, since last Saturday, 11 April, the Angolan embassy in China said in a statement. The

Angola | Australian company extracts 1,317 diamonds in concession

The diamonds extracted as a result of processing 12,912 cubic meters of rock, had a total mass of 1,335 carats, with an average of 1.01 carats, with the largest standing

Chinese groups well positioned to buy Portuguese bank

The highest non-binding bid for the purchase of Portuguese bank Novo Banco was presented by a Chinese group and is for over 4 billion euros, the Expresso Diário newspaper reported

Cape Verde’s economy growing

Cape Verde’s domestic demand indicator, after a slowdown in late 2014, showed a slightly faster pace of growth in the first two months of the year, mainly determined by changes

Mozambique | Special Economic Zone of Nacala receives new projects

The Office for Economic Areas with Accelerated Development (Gazeda) of Mozambique in 2014 reviewed and approved, through its Northern Regional Office, 27 new investment projects, Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias reported. The

Mozambique | World Bank grants new loan for paving roads

The World Bank has approved additional financing of US$73.6 million to support the implementation of the second phase of the program for Maintenance and Management of Roads and Bridges of

OECD revises Portugal’s projected economic growth upwards

Portugal’s economy is expected to grow between 1.3 percent and 1.5 percent in 2015, reaching 2 percent in 2016, benefitting from a drop in oil prices and the devaluation of

Mozambique | Gov’t approves new minimum wages

The government of Mozambique has approved the new minimum wages to be paid by each sector and sub-sector of activity, with increases ranging from 4 to 13 percent coming into

Angola | 2,000 hotel rooms will be opened this year

By the end of 2015 Angola will have an additional 2,000 hotel rooms, said Tuesday in Luena, Moxico province, the State Secretary for Hotels and Tourism, Paulino Baptista Domingos, cited

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
MACAU DAILY TIMES