Economic and Business Information

2015-01-16

Angola inks 12 investment deals with private partners

Angola’s National Agency for Private Investment signed on Thursday a total of 12 investment contracts with private partners, worth an estimated US$38.8 million, reports Portuguese news agency Lusa.

2015-01-15

New industrial park planned for Angola’s Huambo province

The Angolan Government on Wednesday presented plans to create a new industrial park in Caála municipality, in Huambo province.

2015-01-15

Angola to impose quotas on food, drink imports

Angola is planning to impose a quota system on imports of food and beverages from the year 2015. The system will include products for which domestic production is already able to cover over 60 percent of national demand, newspaper Jornal de Angola reports.

2015-01-15

Foreign banks still optimistic about China: report

Foreign banks in Mainland China continue to be optimistic about their future performance, according to a new survey report by financial services consultancy Ernest & Young, released on Monday.

2015-01-14

China’s foreign trade up 3.4 pct in 2014

China’s foreign trade rose 3.4 percent year-on-year in 2014. It was the third consecutive year the country missed its official target.

2015-01-14

Portuguese-speaking countries all to grow in 2015: World Bank

The economies of Portuguese-speaking countries are all expected to grow this year, says a new report from the World Bank.

2015-01-14

Chinese Minister to attend Mozambique President’s inauguration

Chinese Justice Minister Wu Aiying will be the special envoy for China at the inauguration of Mozambique’s new President, Filipe Nyusi, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

2015-01-13

Guinea-Bissau economy to grow 5 pct in 2015: Minister

Guinea-Bissau’s economy is forecast to grow by between 4.7 percent and 5 percent in 2015, said the Minister of Economy and Finance Geraldo Martins.

2015-01-13

China’s foreign trade to grow by 6 pct in 2015: report

The performance of China’s foreign trade sector is expected to improve in 2015, helped by a recovering global economy, reported an affiliate of Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.

2015-01-13

Mozambique swears in new Parliament

The members of Mozambique’s new Parliament were sworn in on Monday.

2015-01-12

China’s People’s Daily launches Portuguese-language website

The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Community Party, has launched a Portuguese version of its news portal, available on http://Portuguese.people.cn.

2015-01-12

Mozambique’s Ernesto Gove named Africa’s ‘Central Banker of the Year’

Bank of Mozambique Governor Ernesto Gove has been awarded ‘Central Banker of the Year 2015’ for the Africa region.