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Guinea-Bissau

IMF approves Guinea-Bissau assessment and extends aid for another year

4 June 2018
Guinea-Bissau's economic activity remained robust and gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have grown by 5.9% in 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, adding that it had approved the intervention period under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for another year, until July 2019.

Conventions and exhibitions in Macau and food products from Portuguese-speaking countries showcased at fair in China

28 May 2018
Macau's advantages as a venue for conventions and exhibitions was the theme of a seminar organised by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) in Chongqing in cooperation with government agencies in Macau, according to an official statement.

Macau wants to be a platform for relations between the media in China and the Portuguese-speaking countries

23 May 2018
Macau may become a platform for developing relations between Chinese and Portuguese-speaking media, said Victor Chan Chi Ping, director of the Government Information Bureau (GCS), during the "Macau Global Media Industry Development" conference.

Forum Macau promotes cooperation between companies in Yangzhou and Portuguese-speaking countries

16 May 2018
The Permanent Office intends to promote productive cooperation between enterprises in Yangzhou and Portuguese-speaking countries, taking advantage of the multilateral mechanism of Forum Macau and the role of Macau as a platform, said the secretary general of the organisation in Jiangsu.

Guinea-Bissau resumes negotiations for fisheries agreement with the European Union

11 May 2018
Guinea-Bissau will resume negotiations on the fisheries agreement with the European Union (EU), Guinean Prime Minister Aristides Gomes said on Wednesday as he was attended a European Day party at the EU premises in Bissau.

New Hengqin Area wants to broker Chinese cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries

10 May 2018
The New Area of Hengqin (NAH) aims to become a pilot region for economic cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, Yang Chuan, director of the NAH's administrative committee, told the China Daily newspaper.

Portuguese-speaking entrepreneurs meet in Mozambique

8 May 2018
The first Economic Conference of the Market of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) begins on Wednesday in Maputo, Mozambique, with the participation of about 350 people, including entrepreneurs, representatives of business associations, public foreign trade bodies, heads of state and members of the government of the CPLP countries, according to the organising body.

New deputy secretary-general nominated by Macau takes office at Forum Macau

2 May 2018
The director of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Gloria Batalha Ung, took on the role of Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Macau) on 1 May, taking on both roles, according to official communication.

Food products from Portuguese-speaking countries attract 200 buyers from China

30 April 2018
Two hundred buyers took part in two activities to promote food products from Portuguese-speaking countries in the Chinese municipalities of Huizhou and Dongguan, both in Guangdong Province, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) reported.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation finances creative economy projects in Portuguese speaking countries

27 April 2018
Non-governmental organisations or non-profit private associations from Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and Portugal may apply for the financing of creative economy projects focused on valuing local products associated with the cultural heritage of their respective countries, Portugal's Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announced.

Brazil has a new delegate to Forum Macau

26 April 2018
Brazil has appointed Rafael Rodrigues Paulino as the new delegate to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, an organisation based in the Macau Special Administrative Region, Macauhub has learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil.

Angola’s economic growth revised upwards by IMF

18 April 2018
Angola's economy is expected to grow by 2.2% this year and 2.4% in 2019, up by 0.6 percentage points and one percentage point than forecasts in the World Economic Outlook for October 2017, the International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday in Washington.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries totals US$20.4 billion in January/February

16 April 2018
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries in January/February totalled US$20.4 billion, or an increase of 37.43% over the same period of 2017, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

IPIM director appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of Forum Macau

13 April 2018
The director of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Gloria Batalha Ung, will be appointed to the position of deputy secretary-general of Forum Macau, taking on both roles, according to a statement from the office of the Macau Secretary's for the Economy and Finance.

Macau businessmen promote food products from Portuguese-speaking countries

12 April 2018
Businessmen and shopkeepers from Macau will promote food products from Portuguese-speaking countries on 26 and 27 April in Huizhou and Dongguan, and in Fuzhou in Fujian province in May, according to the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM).

Angola remains interested in Guinea-Bissau bauxite

11 April 2018
Angola will resume its agricultural and bauxite exploration projects in Guinea-Bissau, Angola's second deputy speaker, Higino Carneiro, said on Tuesday in Bissau, quoted by the Angolan press.

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.
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