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Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau to seek financial support from China for development projects

30 August 2018
The President of Guinea-Bissau, José Mário Vaz said on Wednesday that during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which will take place in Beijing on 3 and 4 September, he will present to China a number of projects linked to the agriculture, tourism, fisheries, infrastructure and minerals sectors in order to obtain funding for their implementation.

Empresário de Macau nomeado Cônsul Honorário da Guiné-Bissau

22 August 2018
O empresário e membro do Conselho Executivo de Macau Chan Meng Kam, foi nomeado como o novo Cônsul Honorário da Guiné-Bissau em Macau

Port of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau to be dredged with ADB financing

21 August 2018
Dredging work in the port of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, may begin this year or early next year following a grant of 15 billion CFA francs from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the Guinean authorities to finance the work, Serifo Djaquite, Minister of Transport and Communications, said on Tuesday.

World Bank grants a loan to pave rural roads in Guinea-Bissau

17 August 2018
The World Bank will grant a US$15 million loan to finance the asphalting of some rural roads in the northern and eastern provinces of Guinea-Bissau next year, the organisation's resident representative Amadu Oumar Bá announced on Wednesday in Bissau.

China finances construction of a motorway in Guinea-Bissau

15 August 2018
Construction of a motorway in Guinea-Bissau, estimated to cost US$16.5 million and with funding from the People's Republic of China, is expected to begin shortly, according to a statement from the Ministry of Public Works, Buildings and Urban Development released on Tuesday in Bissau.

World Bank funds highway signage project in Guinea-Bissau

14 August 2018
The World Bank (WB) plans to fund a project to place signage on Guinea-Bissau's main public roads as of January 2019, the head of the transport department of the multilateral organization, Vincent Viseaux said on Monday in Bissau.

Business group from Vietnam buys cashew nuts from Guinea-Bissau

9 August 2018
Vietnam's T&T group plans to buy the entire annual production of cashew nuts from Guinea-Bissau, of between 150,000 and 200,000 tons under a memorandum of understanding signed on 6 August in Hanoi, Vietnamese state radio reported.

World Bank approves donation to the education sector in Guinea-Bissau

8 August 2018
The World Bank (WB) has approved a donation from the International Development Agency (IDA) worth US$10.7 million to support a project focused on providing quality education for all in Guinea-Bissau, Macauhub learned on Tuesday in Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau negotiating new joint resource exploitation contract with Senegal

7 August 2018
Guinea-Bissau is negotiating with Senegal a new agreement on joint exploitation of petroleum resources and presented a set of proposals in the third round of talks held during the first three days of August in Dakar, the head of Bissau’s delegation said on Monday.

Guinea-Bissau civil servants to have new salary scale starting in September

2 August 2018
The government of Guinea-Bissau will apply a new salary scale to civil servants from September, the Minister of Labour and Public Administration Fernando Gomes announced on Wednesday in Bissau.

China’s cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries important in Chinese foreign relations

31 July 2018
Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries is an integral and important part of China's foreign relations, said the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Macau on a visit to Forum Macau.

Angola hosts 13th Summit of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

19 July 2018
Angola hosts the 13th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), to be held in 2020, following a decision made at this year's meeting on the island of Sal, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), which elected Portuguese ambassador Francisco Ribeiro Teles as the institution's new executive secretary, according to the local press.

Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste receive 26 million euros from the European Union

19 July 2018
The Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste (PALOP-TL) will have access to 26 million euros provided by the European Union (EU) to support two projects to promote employment in the cultural sector and reforms in the management of public finances, which was signed on Wednesday on the island of Sal in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), the EU delegation in the archipelago said.

World Bank evaluates projects funded in Guinea-Bissau

19 July 2018
The World Bank has begun a process of evaluating projects financed in Guinea-Bissau, budgeted at approximately US$260 million, mainly in the health, education, energy and telecommunications sectors, with the first working meeting taking place in Bissau, the international press reported.

Entrepreneurs want CPLP to focus more attention on the economy

18 July 2018
Entrepreneurs want the subject of the economy to become a greater focus within the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and allow them to take up room as economic leaders, the president of the CPLP Business Confederation (CE-CPLP) Jorge Carlos Fonseca, said during a hearing granted by the President of Cabo Verde.

6th Macau Ministerial Forum meeting postponed to 2020

16 July 2018
The sixth ministerial meeting of Forum Macau, which had been scheduled for 2019, will be delayed until 2020, according to diplomatic sources linked to the institution.

Food products from Portuguese-speaking countries showcased in Dongguan, China

13 July 2018
The Macau-Dongguan Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and the Promotional Activity of Products from the Portuguese-speaking Countries - Dongguan were recently held in that city on the Pearl River Delta organised by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Dongguan Trade Department, according to official information.

Guinea-Bissau requests help from Vietnam to sell cashews

13 July 2018
The government of Guinea-Bissau plans to send a delegation to Vietnam to discuss with the country's central bank ways to make funds available to fund Vietnamese companies to buy part of Guinea-Bissau's unsold cashew production, the Guinean Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts said on Thursday in Bissau.

President of Guinea-Bissau attends China-Africa Forum in September

13 July 2018
The President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau will take part in the next China-Africa Forum, to be held next September in Beijing, the Chinese ambassador to Guinea-Bissau announced, following a meeting with President José Mário Vaz.

Angola’s National Bank cancels authorisation granted to Ecobank Transnational

9 July 2018
The authorisation granted to Pan-African financial group Ecobank Transnational Inc. to set up Ecobank Angola has been cancelled following its expiration, "due to the repeated non-compliance with the legal deadline for the start of activity," the National Bank of Angol said last week.
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