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Zhejiang Electric Power Construction negotiating dam purchase in Brazil
The Chinese Zhejiang Electric Power Construction Co Ltd (ZEPC) is negotiating the purchase of a stake in the Belo Monte hydroelectric complex on the ... -
Entrepreneurs from CPLP and China meet in Cape Verde
From June 16 to 18, Cape Verde will host a meeting between businesspeople of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) and China under ... -
Half the population of Angola will have access to power by 2025
Fourteen million Angolans will have access to electricity from the national grid by 2025, announced in Soyo, the capital of Zaire province, the Minister ... -
Interview | Patrice Trovoada: ‘We see Forum Macau as a major bonus’
Patrice Emery Trovoada is already well-known beyond the borders of São Tomé and Príncipe, well into the region of Central Africa. In just a ... -
Cape Verde reinforces openness to foreign investment
Cape Verde, the Portuguese-speaking African country with the highest level of development and greatest political and economic stability, is preparing a set of measures ... -
The Buzz | 1st casino in Cape Verde opens
Casino Royal, the first gaming venue in Cape Verde opened on Thursday on the island of Sal. The project is attached to the Hilton ... -
Brazil wants to expand trade partnership with China
China is considered a priority market in the work plan of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), said the chairman, Ambassador Roberto ... -
Dollar loses ground to the euro in Angola
The US dollar has lost ground to the euro in Angola due to the fact that commercial banks have stopped making transactions in US ... -
Brazil | China Grid launches takeover bid for CPFL Energia
The China State Grid group plans to launch a tender offer for the remaining capital of Brazilian company CPFL Energia that it does not ... -
Increased opportunities available in Macau-PSC cooperation
The two- or three-way relationship between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (PSC) will be in focus today, at an international conference due to be ... -
‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy drives Africa towards China
The isolationist trend in the foreign policy of the new US administration, particularly towards Africa, has led some analysts to predict that the Chinese ... -
São Tomé and China define areas of cooperation
São Tomé and Príncipe and China began on Thursday in São Tomé the process of defining the areas of cooperation with priority for agriculture, ... -
Mozambique | Standard & Poor’s reduces credit rating to the lowest level
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit rating of Mozambique to “SD/D” in a decision announced last week following the country notifying it will fail to ... -
China’s financing still essential to Angola
Angolan public finances remain under pressure, despite improvements in the oil market and the country’s economic diversification efforts, with funding from China to remain ... -
Going global | Zhuhai Airport aims to double its passengers by 2020
Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) aims to establish itself as a hub for business jets and implement a pilot training facility – ambitious goals for ... -
Mozambique | Economic growth is expected to increase from 2018
Mozambique will return to a period of increased economic growth between 2018 and 2021, during which the economy is expected to grow at an ... -
Angola starts exporting mangoes to Portugal
A ship moored at the port of Namibe, southern Angola, within the next few days will travel to Portugal carrying a shipment of 35.7 ... -
PRD and Macau are ‘land of opportunity’ for African traders
The Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau are the preferred “base” for African traders in China who have found “plenty of opportunities” there, ... -
Air Timor suspends links to Bali, blames own gov’t
Air Timor, which from yesterday suspended its flights between Dili and Denpasar (Bali), has blamed the government of East Timor for decisions that led ... -
Angola air transport in downturn
Air transport in Angola in 2016 recorded a 28 percent decreases in aircraft movements, 11 percent in passenger numbers, 19 percent in cargo carried ... -
Mozambique | Prices one quarter higher in 2016
Prices in Mozambique ended 2016 with a cumulative increase of just over 25 percent, which was one of the highest increases in the cost ... -
Sao Tome and Principe expects Chinese investment
The restoration of diplomatic relations between China and Sao Tome and Principe, after an interruption of nearly two decades, ends a period of re-approach ... -
Angola National Bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 16 percent
The National Bank of Angola decided to keep key interest rates unchanged including the BNA rate that will end the year at 16 percent, ... -
Guinea-Bissau government awards Chinese doctors
The Health Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Carlitos Barai, last week awarded diplomas of merit to 17 Chinese doctors who completed their mission in the country, within ... -
Angola’s projected population over 67 million in 2050
Angola will have an estimated population of 67.92 million inhabitants in 2050, indicates the 2014-2050 Population Projection produced by the country’s National Statistics Institute ... -
Azores Airlines to begin flights to Cape Verde in 2017
Azores Airlines, a subsidiary of Portugal’s SATA group, will begin flying connections to Cape Verde and Barcelona in the 2017 IATA summer season (April ... -
Cape Verde wants to join the Schengen area
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cape Verde, Luís Filipe Tavares said that the possibility of Cape Verde being an extension of the free ... -
EIU predicts | Mozambique will grow 3.6pct in 2016
The economic growth in Mozambique in 2016 is expected to be 3.6%, the lowest recorded in the last fifteen years by that Portuguese-speaking African ... -
Angola | Sonangol needs to undergo financial restructuring
Angolan state oil company Sonangol needs to undergo financial restructuring and USD1.569 billion to guarantee payments until the end of this year, said on ... -
Chinese group announces investments in Angola
Chinese group Huafeng plans to invest USD1 billion in Angola over a period of two to five years, in agricultural projects, livestock, fisheries and ... -
Festival in East Timor selects best coffee
The Coffee Festival of Timor-Leste (East Timor), which aims to select the best coffee and the best cocktail made with this product, will run ... -
East Timor economy expands at ‘satisfactory’ rate
Economic activity in East Timor is expanding at a “satisfactory” pace that is expected to continue in 2017, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ... -
Angola | Chinese entrepreneurs expected to invest USD1.2 billion
Chinese entrepreneurs are expected to invest at least USD1.2 billion in agricultural, fishing, mining, industrial and construction projects in Angola, says the final statement ... -
Angola | Economic growth should average 2.9 percent from 2017 to 2021
The Angolan economy should post average growth of 2.9 percent during the period from 2017 to 2021, compared to the rate of 4.1 percent ... -
Fitch maintains Mozambique’s CC risk rating
The Fitch Ratings agency has maintained Mozambique’s long-term risk rating at CC in both local and foreign currency, indicates a statement issued on Friday. ...
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