28 August 2020
The Cabo Verdean government will begin next month bringing home 30 Cabo Verdean students that have completed programmes of tertiary education in mainland China or Macao, but are stuck there, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Cabo Verdean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities Luís Filipe Tavares as telling a press conference that 22 … Continue reading "Repatriation of Cabo Verdean students in China to begin soon"
27 August 2020
Alya Nanosatellites Constellation EO of Brazil and Beijing Tianlian Space Technology Co. Ltd of China have agreed to collaborate on setting up a ground station in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia to receive and process data from satellites, Alya Chief Executive Aila Raquel has disclosed. An article published on the SpaceWatch.Global website and written … Continue reading "Sino-Brazilian partnership to build satellite ground station"
27 August 2020
One feature of the China International Fair for Trade in Services this year will be a conference on opportunities for investment in Mozambique, the ComNews website reports. The Chinese news website says the fair will be held in Beijing from September 3 to September 7 with a view to opening Chinese markets for services to … Continue reading "Mozambique to try to drum up investment at Beijing fair"
27 August 2020
Timorese Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Domingos Lopes Antunes has urged Chinese investors to contribute to the development of the industrial park in Tibar Bay, on the outskirts of the Timorese capital, the Chinese Embassy in Dili says. The embassy issued a written statement quoting Mr Lopes Antunes as inviting Chinese companies to set … Continue reading "Chinese urged to invest in Timorese industrial park"
26 August 2020
Kintor Pharmaceutical Ltd of China has announced that the first batch of volunteers has been enrolled for a clinical trial in Brazil of its treatment for Covid-19. Kintor told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in writing that the first batch of volunteers comprises 381 men, all at least 50 years old. The announcement says the … Continue reading "Brazilian trial of Kintor Covid-19 treatment a step closer"
26 August 2020
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China has agreed to train information and communication technology staff for the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says Huawei will give 3,000 hours of training to ICT staff working for the ministry, and 300 hours of training to 50 other workers. The report … Continue reading "Huawei to train ICT staff for Angolan government ministry"
26 August 2020
The authorities in Mozambique are doing their best to allow the return to the country of Chinese specialists so construction of Chongoene airport in the southern province of Gaza can resume, Rádio Moçambique reports, citing a provincial official, Alberto Matusse. The Mozambican state-run radio station quotes Mr Matusse as saying the closure of the borders … Continue reading "Mozambique trying to re-start work on Chinese-funded airport"
25 August 2020
An e-wholesaler owned by Buyin.pt of Portugal, MercaChefe, will begin selling Portuguese food and drink, such as wine, on Chinese e-commerce website JD.com, a Portuguese businessman has disclosed. The businessman is Jorge Costa Oliveira, a member of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce Strategic Council. An article written by Mr Costa Oliveira and published in … Continue reading "MercaChefe, JD.com to sell Portuguese food, drink in China"
25 August 2020
Leve, the logistics arm of Brazilian payments company Ebanx, means to begin next year deliveries of goods in Latin American markets other than Brazil, now that it picks them up in China, Forbes reports. The magazine quotes Leve as saying it that since February it has shipped to Brazil 175,000 items ordered online from China. … Continue reading "Leve to expand deliveries of Chinese goods in Latin America"
25 August 2020
Prime Minister Ulisses Correia Silva of Cabo Verde will soon appoint the heads of a special maritime economic zone on and around the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente, which is backed by China, Inforpress reports. The Cabo Verdean state-run news agency quotes Mr Correia e Silva as saying so at the formal assumption of … Continue reading "Heads of Cabo Verdean economic zone to be appointed soon"
24 August 2020
A project in Mozambique envisages the construction of power supply infrastructure connecting at least 7,500 households in the southern provinces of Inhambane and Sofala to the national grid within a year, a Mozambican newspaper, Jornal Notícias, reports. The project entails the construction of a power transmission line 240 km long, Jornal Notícias says. Another Mozambican … Continue reading "Chinese, Portuguese contractors in Mozambican power project"
24 August 2020
The Zhuhai Real Estate Registration Center and nine Macao banks have reached an agreement meant to facilitate mortgage lending across the border between Macao and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. The news agency says the agreement allows Macao residents and companies to register property in Zhuhai and mortgage … Continue reading "Deal reached on mortgaging of Zhuhai property by Macao banks"
21 August 2020
Two Portuguese companies are among the five remaining bidders for the contract to build a cruise terminal on the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente, in a maritime special economic zone set up with Chinese support, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes a written statement issued by the Cabo Verdean port authority as saying … Continue reading "Portuguese builders vie for African cruise terminal contract"
21 August 2020
REA Consult says it has opened an office in Beijing to attract Chinese investment in the Brazilian market for energy from renewable sources. The German investment consulting firm issued a written announcement quoting REA Consult Chief Executive Rachel Andalaft as saying many leading enterprises in China have entered the market by way of mergers and … Continue reading "China tapped for investment in Brazilian renewable energy"
21 August 2020
Brazilian maker of cosmetics Natura & Co. Holding SA intends to do more business in China, now that it has bought Avon Products Inc., Bloomberg reports. The news agency quotes Natura Chief Executive Roberto de Oliveira Marques as saying in an interview that the Chinese market has great potential and presents a real opportunity for … Continue reading "Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura aims to expand in China"
20 August 2020
A Chinese-language version of a guide for would-be investors in Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, and Timor-Leste has been published in Macao, Lusa reports, citing the MacauLink media group. The Portuguese news agency quotes a written statement issued by MacauLink as saying it collaborated with other businesses and institutions in Macao … Continue reading "Guide for investors in lusophone countries translated"
20 August 2020
The managers of the Macao fiscal reserve have acquired bonds denominated in renminbi, known as panda bonds, which Portugal issued last year, Lusa reports, citing the Monetary Authority of Macau. The Portuguese news agency quotes the authority as saying the managers have also invested in securities issued by some other lusophone countries, without saying which … Continue reading "Some of Macao reserve invested in Portuguese panda bonds"
20 August 2020
Charlestrong Café Co. Lda Chairman Charles Shi of Macao says he has invested HK$20 million (about US$2.58 million) in a venture to process organic coffee grown in Timor-Leste, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Shi as saying his company has imported about 330 tonnes of coffee beans from Timor-Leste this year, and is … Continue reading "Charlestrong invests in processing Timorese organic coffee"
19 August 2020
Ground has been broken for construction in Macao of a centre where artists from China and the Portuguese-speaking world can exhibit their work and do spells as artist-in-residence, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says Chinese artist Ieong Tai Meng is investing over 250 million patacas (US$31.3 million) in building the China, Macao and Portuguese-speaking … Continue reading "Showcase for Chinese, lusophone artists to rise in Macao"
19 August 2020
The developer of the southeastern Brazilian port of Açu, Prumo Logística SA, says it has agreed to sell a one-third stake in its complex of electricity generators at the port to State Power Investment Corp. Ltd (SPIC) of China. Prumo issued a written announcement forecasting that the buyer will take possession of its stake in … Continue reading "SPIC invests in gas-fuelled power complex in Brazil"
