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10 April 2019

Seven factories to be sold at the launch of Angola´s privatization program
Banks, stakes in oil wells and  agricultural farms, among others, are to be sold under Angola´s upcoming privatization program.

Should Brazil face towards Washington or Beijing?
There has been a lot of discussion whether Brazil will have to choose between China and the U.S. as its main trading partner. Yet despite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s praise of his U.S.

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02 April 2019

Mozambique’s window on the world
While new coal and LNG port terminals in the northern half of Mozambique attract most international attention, the port of Maputo continues to grow rapidly. The more northerly projects are designed to handle domestic exports but, in contrast, Maputo has managed to regain its historic role as an important entrepôt for South African trade.

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27 March 2019

Angola counting on Asian energy players for new oil exploration licensing rounds
Asian players in the energy sector have gained a substantial foothold in Mozambique´s liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, but they have been less active in Angola´s oil sector. They are, however, expected to be active in Angola´s new oil exploration licensing rounds, to be launched in the coming months.

A “shocking” report in Angola could lead to State control of private groups
The long awaited report about assets whose acquisition was supported by financing and guarantees from the Angolan State is finally completed and, in the words of the country´s president, the level of misappropriation found is “shocking and repugnant”.

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19 March 2019

Luanda looks to agricultural self-sufficiency
Angola’s President João Lourenço has put reinvigorating the agriculture sector at the heart of his economic strategy. Greater production of a wider range of crops would both reduce the US$3 billion a year that the country spends on food imports and also improve living standards in the rural areas that have missed out on more rapid economic development at the coast.

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15 March 2019

Brazil-China economic relationship marked by unstoppable growth
China has been Brazil’s biggest global trade partner since 2009, ousting the United States from the top position it had held in the eight decades since overtaking the United Kingdom in the 1930s.

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13 March 2019

Profile: Carlos Mesquita, Mozambique’s transport minister
Through a vast network of family-owned companies, Mozambique´s  Transport and Communications minister Carlos Mesquita is one of the sector´s key players, and an influential figure in the ruling party, Frelimo, despite his detractors.

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07 March 2019

US brings dispute with Huawei and other Chinese tech companies to Portugal
Portugal´s European partners and the US have been restless with the country´s ever closer ties to China, and what until now was discrete, behind the curtain lobbying, has turned to public opposition and veiled threats.

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05 March 2019

Putting Cabo Verde on the map
Visitor numbers to Cabo Verde are continuing to grow year-on-year but there are fears that the focus on all-inclusive hotels restricts the development of local restaurants, cafes and other tourist sector businesses.
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