Revenue from Mozambique’s exports may reach US$3.46 million next year, an increase of 5.2 percent on estimates for this year, Notícias reports.

The Cape Verdean Minister of Health, Arlindo do Rosário, has met representatives from a medical team from Sichuan to discuss improving bilateral co-operation in healthcare, Inforpress reports.

Mainland organisations have spent US$11.9 billion on mergers and acquisitions in Brazil this year, the Financial Times has reported.

Manufacturing activity in the Mainland increased last month for the fourth month in a row, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency, citing the National Bureau of Statistics as its source, says the Purchasing Managers Index for manufacturing rose to 51.7 points last month from 51.2 the month before. A reading above 50 points indicates an increase in activity while a reading below 50 indicates a decrease.

Payments worth RMB13.89 billion (US$2 billion) have been settled in renminbi in Macao on behalf of banks in Portuguese-speaking countries since last year, the Macao Daily News reports.

Officials from Angola and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China have signed an agreement for Angola to borrow US$4.5 billion to build a hydroelectric dam on the Kwanza River, Angop reports.

The Chinese Embassy has presented a proposal to create a Mandarin school in Albufeira, a popular resort city in Portugal’s southern Algarve region, Diário Online Algarve reports.

The Bank of Communications has completed the purchase of an 80-percent stake in Brazilian lender Banco BBM on Wednesday.

China has donated 10,000 tonnes of rice worth US$10 million to Mozambique, the state-run news agency Xinhua reports.

Technology giant Baidu is willing to invest in Brazil irrespective of the country’s economic health, the China Daily reports.

The Mainland says it will donate about 3 million yuan (US$435,700) to fund healthcare-related projects in Cape Verde, reports Rádio Televisão de Cabo Verde.

A subsidiary of state-owned China National Building Material Group Corp has won a contract to engineer and build a 221-MW solar farm in Portugal, the company said this week.