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Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau’s economic growth remains strong, IMF says

3 April 2018
Guinea-Bissau continued to grow strongly, its fiscal position improved significantly and the country's authorities have requested a one-year extension of the Extended Credit Facility programme, according to the main conclusions of the talks held in Bissau by a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an official statement said.

CPLP to shift focus from language to economy, says secretary-general

29 March 2018
The growing interest of countries such as South Korea in the status of observer to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) shows the economic potential of the organisation without language being the central priority, the secretary general Maria do Carmo Silveira said on Wednesday in London.

Guinea-Bissau launches cashew marketing campaign

26 March 2018
On Saturday, in the eastern area of the country, Guinea-Bissau launched its campaign to market cashew nuts that will run until September.

Forum Macau plans to visit Portuguese-speaking countries in 2018

23 March 2018
Delegations from Forum Macau will travel to Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste (East Timor) this year under the institutions programme of activities for 2018, with a view to strengthening relations and exploring ways of further disseminating the institution's objectives.

Forum Macau plans to make more efforts to support business people

22 March 2018
The Secretary-General of Forum Macau, Xu Yingzhen, said that in the future, more efforts will be made to enable entrepreneurs from the organisations' eight member countries to take advantage of the potential offered to them.

Macau launches 2018 training programme for Portuguese-speaking countries’ tourism sector

14 March 2018
The 2018 training programme for government tourism officials from Portuguese-speaking countries began on Monday in Macau organised by the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) in cooperation with the Permanent Office of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (Macau), the DST said.

Portuguese-speaking countries well positioned to benefit from China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative

13 March 2018
Portuguese-speaking countries are well positioned to share the economic benefits associated with the "Belt and Road" initiative announced by China, according to Clbrief (https://clbrief.com/), a news service specialising in the Portuguese-speaking world and China.

China-Lusophone Brief, a new economic relations news service

12 March 2018
The analysis of the economic and political situation of the Portuguese-speaking countries and business opportunities with China, at a time when Beijing is strongly committed to the "Belt and Road" and "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Great Bay" initiatives, are the main lines of action of the new English-language news service launched on Monday and called China-Lusophone Brief (CLBrief).

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 29.4% in 2017

13 February 2018
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries totalled US$117.58 billion in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 29.40%, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Future of Forum Macau under discussion at its 15-year celebrations

9 February 2018
The Secretary-General of Forum Macau, Xu Yingzhen, announced in Beijing that the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the institution, in 2003 following a Chinese initiative joined by the Portuguese-speaking countries, would be celebrated in Macau this year.

IMF recommends that infrastructure spending in Guinea-Bissau be well managed

25 January 2018
Infrastructure investment proposed by the Guinea-Bissau government under the State Budget for 2018 is welcome as it helps to fill serious gaps, but the process has to be very well managed, said the team from the International Monetary Fund which was on a mission to the country from 17 to 23 January.

Chinese technicians provide support to Guinea-Bissau farmers to produce rice

24 January 2018
The Rice Research and Innovation Institute of Chinese company Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co. is due soon to send some technicians to Guinea-Bissau to support a group of farmers, who recently underwent training at that institution, to make their rice plantations more profitable, officials said in Bissau on Tuesday.

Chinese fishing company builds fish processing and preserving factory in Guinea-Bissau

17 January 2018
Zhongyu Global Seafood Corporation, a Chinese fishing company, will build a fish processing and preserving unit in Bissau under a memorandum of intent signed on Monday with the government of Guinea-Bissau.

China may finance construction of university campus in Guinea-Bissau, ambassador says

15 January 2018
China may finance the construction of a university campus in Guinea-Bissau, similar to the one planned for Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Ambassador Jin Hongun said in a recent interview with local weekly newspaper "Democrata."

World Bank lowers forecast for Mozambique’s economic growth and raises Angola’s

11 January 2018
The World Bank has revised its economic growth forecast for Mozambique this year to 3.2%, a drop of 2.9 percentage points from the June 2017 forecast, according to the Global Economic Outlook report published on Wednesday in Washington.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries exceeds US$100 billion from January to November

5 January 2018
Trade between China and the eight Portuguese-speaking countries was in excess of US$100 billion between January and November, rising by 29.47% year-on-year to US$107.75 billion, according to official Chinese figures published by Forum Macau.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 29.81% from January to October

29 December 2017
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew 29.81% year-on-year from January to October to US$97.99 billion, according to official Chinese figures issued on Thursday by Forum Macau.

IMF pays out more funds to Guinea-Bissau

13 December 2017
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed US$4.3 million to Guinea-Bissau under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to restore macroeconomic stability, promote efficiency of services and boost growth in the West African country, according to a statement released on Monday in Washington.

Macau supports young entrepreneurs from China, the Portuguese-speaking countries and Macau

27 November 2017
The programme to promote exchange and trade cooperation of young entrepreneurs from China and the Portuguese-speaking countries launched by the Macau Economics Service (DSE) is intended to encourage young people to travel to Portugal to understand the local market, according to an official press release.

Businesses from Portugal and China sign agreement for projects in Portuguese-speaking countries

24 November 2017
Public Companies from Portugal and China on Wednesday in Lisbon signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of transport infrastructure, roads and railways, in Portuguese-speaking countries, which may also include Brazil.
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