The government of Mozambique forecasts that the annual inflow of foreign direct investment into the country will grow to US$5.7 billion next year from US$2.8 billion this year, O País reports.

An official of a Portuguese metal industry association has said cuts in Chinese import tariffs may mean more business for Portuguese exporters of metals, Expresso reports.

Angolan President João Lourenço will pay an official visit to China from October 8 to 10, Xinhua reports.

Anhui Foreign Economic Construction (Group) Co. Ltd of China has begun building a road north from Mozambique to Tanzania, Xinhua reports.

Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé e Príncipe Wang Wei has announced that his government has added São Tomé e Príncipe to the list of countries that it is happy for Chinese to visit, STP-Press reports.

An analyst for financial information company Fitch Solutions, Tettey Addy, says the Angolan economy will continue to benefit from Chinese financing for at least the next five years, Lusa says.

Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé e Príncipe Wang Wei has described work on expanding the airport there and building housing for civil servants as “moving along”, STP-Press reports.

A study has concluded that China will be the buyer of 70 percent of the soybeans exported by Brazil 10 years from now, Xinhua reports.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi says the International Monetary Fund is helping his country to reform its economy and to increase transparency and accountability, Reuters reports.

The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) says it arranged a three-day meeting in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang which brought together businesspeople from the surrounding province of Liaoning to hear their counterparts from the Portuguese-speaking Countries promote the products of the lusophone world.

Official data indicate that of the 6,498 foreigners given permission to live in Portugal because they invest in the country, 3,963 are Chinese, Reuters reports.

British consulting firm Focus Economics forecasts that Mozambican gross domestic product will grow by 3.3 percent this year and 3.5 percent next year, Lusa reports.