Cape Verde’s imports grew to more than 600 million euros (US$647.3 million) last year, an increase of 10.5 percent in year-on-year terms, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in Mainland China improved for the sixth consecutive month in January, showing signs the economy is stabilising, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

Agriculture, health and education will be the focus of Mainland investment in Angola in the coming years, the Jornal de Angola reports.

With a jobless rate of 4.02 percent, the job market in Mainland China improved slightly in the final quarter of last year, Xinhua reports.

The Fundo Soberano de Angola, Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, will invest US$180 million to develop a deep-water port in Cabinda, Reuters reports.

Some 1,424 residence permits were offered to investors in Portugal last year, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency cites data from the country’s Immigration and Borders Service showing the number of Golden Visas issued in 2016 almost doubled from the 766 residency permits offered in 2015. The scheme was suspended temporarily for a few months in 2015 while the legislation was reviewed.

The economy of Mozambique is expected to grow by 5.5 percent this year with an inflation rate kept at 14 percent, reports the Chinese government-run news agency Xinhua.

The Angola-China Chamber of Commerce has launched its first course teaching Mandarin Chinese, Angop reports.

The China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Co-operation and Development Fund will provide US$40 million to fund two projects in Brazil and Cape Verde, Lusa reports.

The Angolan economy grew by 0.1 percent last year according to the Ministry of Finance, reports the Portuguese news agency Lusa.

The Export-Import Bank of China will lend as much as US$600 million to fund construction of a deep-sea port in Cabinda province in northern Angola, Bloomberg reports.

State Grid has completed the purchase of a majority stake in Brazilian electricity giant CPFL Energia SA for 14.19 billion reais (US$4.5 billion), the Mainland Chinese company announced yesterday.