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  • Economic integration is helping boost trade and investment in Africa

    BOTSWANA, 2016/05/13 The collapse of virtual borders is one of the majority remarkable things to have happened in our lifetimes. In the world of cyberspace, time and distance have become almost peripheral considerations at the same time as it comes to doing business. Services from software development to accounting can be delivered across the world in the blink of an eye. Next business leaders will struggle to imagine an era at the same time as communication was neither immediate nor virtually free.
  • Macau mission to Brazil promotes the territory as a platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries

    MACAU, 2016/05/04 A Macau economic mission is taking part in São Paulo in APAS 2016, an international trade equitable for the supermarket sector organised by the Paulista Association of Supermarkets, from 2 to 5 May, according to official data. The delegation, organised by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), will meet with entrepreneurs and institutions topromote the territory as a business platform with Portuguese-speaking nations.
  • East Africa trading bloc ranked high in regional integration

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  • Africa-India: Analyzing The Conditions And Stakes Of A Win-Win Partnership

    INDIA, 2015/11/17 The Indo-African partnership has been rooted in the spirit of the Afro-Asian conference held at Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955. Cemented by a common stand against colonization and racism, today this partnership is at a turning point motored by the stellar economic increase in the two regions and the growing exchange between them. The goal of shared development through cooperation between the two regions is a perspective that is in line with the reduction of world poverty as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Understandably, the third edition of the Africa-India Forum Summit generates a lot of interest. The Summit this year was much larger than in previous years, with participation from 54 African nations. Participation in the previous two summits, held in 2008 and 2011, was limited to Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in accord with the Banjul Agreement. The 2015 Summit has given better privilege to bilateral endeavours. That said, the implication of regional actors is an investment of the India-Africa partnership and should continue, in the interest of promoting regional development in Africa. Additionally, regional cooperation provides a platform for opinion building and sharing common positions in international organizations. Meanwhile, keeping the regional dimension alive, the unprecedented levels of participation in the third Summit is an opportunity to be explored. The scale of this Summit provides an occasion to renew and further accelerate the India-Africa partnership.
  • East Africa: Region's Exports to EU Face Tough Conditions

    ITALY, 2015/09/13 Mistrust has emerged part the East African Community partner states over Tanzania's commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement that would give the region's goods business-free access to European markets. Tanzania is likely to delay the signing and ratification of the EPA document on the grounds that it was rushed through. Dar es Salaam has threatened not to sign the transaction before its concerns on contentious issues are addressed. The region has until December 31 to sign the transaction with the European Union or go back to the negotiating table.
  • Italian business delegation visits Mozambique

    ITALY, 2015/08/29 A delegation of entrepreneurs from Italy coordinated by the Italian Industrial Confederation (Confindustria) will visit Mozambique during the Maputo International equitable (Facim), due to be held from this 31 August to 6 September, the Italian embassy in Mozambique announced. The delegation representing nearly 50 companies from the oil and natural gas sector will include Vice-Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda, who will visit on 31 August and 1 September, indicates the statement sent to Macauhub on Thursday. The companies will be able to take part in a conference co-organised by Confindustria, ICE and the Italian petrochemical group ENI, focusing on business opportunities offered by the sector in Mozambique.
  • Mozambique and Portugal discuss freer movement of people

    PORTUGAL, 2015/07/18 The easier movement of people between Mozambique and Portugal was discussed Thursday in Lisbon during a meeting between Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and the President of Mozambique, according to official information. The statement issued after the meeting held at the São Bento Palace, the Prime Minister’s official residence, said the idea was to facilitate the movement of students, entrepreneurs and businesspeople, increasing trade and encouraging educational exchange. However, the statement said, the model was not yet defined because, as Portugal is part of the Schengen area, there are general rules that cannot be changed by bilateral agreements.
  • A business mission from Italy is due to travel to Maputo

    ITALY, 2014/05/14 A business mission from Italy is due to travel to Maputo, Mozambique fro 19 to 21 May to analyse investment opportunities offered by the East African country, Italy’s Foreign Trade Agency said. The mission is the initial of the “Africa Plan” initiative set up by the Italian ministries for Economic Development and for Foreign affairs and will include the deputy minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda. On a visit last year to the Maputo International equitable Calanda said Mozambique was a priority for the Italian government and private sector.
  • Mozambique to sell five state companies to private investors

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2014/03/11 Five of 117 national companies under the umbrella of Mozambique’s national stake-holding company Instituto de Gestão das Participações do Estado de Moçambique will “any minute at this time” be sold to private investors, Mozambican newspaper Correio da Manhã reported. The newspaper said that the data was provided by a government source who declined to name the companies that would be privatised. The source as well said that the board of Instituto de Gestão das Participações do Estado planned to reduce the number of companies it is responsible for by 50 % by sending some of them into liquidation and selling others.
  • Investment Climate Facility for Africa.

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2013/06/14 Mozambique’s Minister for Industry and Trade Monday in Maputo launched the Integrated Platform for Services to -Citizens (e-BAU), which is expected substantially to reduce waiting times for obtaining company licenses, according to Mozambican news agency AIM. The platform, which cost US$5.3 million, was funded by the central government in partnership with the Investment Climate Facility for Africa.