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FOREIGN INVESTMENT

  • 31/10/2018 - 9:00 - 12:30
  • Centro de Congressos D. Maria

Presentation

Doing Business in and with Portuguese-Speaking Countries: What are the Right Opportunities to Seize and Mistakes to Avoid When Doing Business in or with Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Other Portuguese-Speaking Countries ?

During this session we will be covering the opportunities for foreign direct investment that we can find in these jurisdictions at present, as well the risks to avoid. We will pay special attention to sectors such as infrastructure, energy and telecommunications, but also to regional incentives, local institutional support and tax benefits for foreign investors.

We will also look at the problems and will cover subjects such as corruption and excessive red tape that may be present in these countries, and how to mitigate them.

Documents

  • Report
    English

    Invest in Mozambique

    Paulino LANGA

    Invest in Mozambique

    The volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mozambique stood at 193.1 million U.S. dollars in the closing of the first half of 2018, with Turkey leading the flow.
    China, the country's largest socio-economic partner, was second, followed by the Mauritius that closed the top 3, according to the Agency for the promotion of investment and exports (APIEX).
    Portugal, the only Lusophone country in the FDI heading is located in the fifth position.
    The African continent recorded greater participation in the group of the 10 largest foreign investors in Mozambique, during the first half of 2018, represented by Kenya, South Africa, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
    In the global, that is, the sum of the FDI and the national direct investment (internal investment) totaled more than 550 million U.S. dollars during the first half of 2018.

  • Report
    English

    Doing business in and with Portuguese - speaking countries : What are the right opportunities to seize and mistakes to avoid when doing business in or with...

    Eduardo LORENZETTI MARQUES

    Doing business in and with Portuguese - speaking countries : What are the right opportunities to seize and mistakes to avoid when doing business in or with...

    BRAZIL IS A MUST to do business in and with…

    The sole Latin American Country with a Portuguese Colonization / Culture / Back Ground;

    9º Economy – 5º Population – 5º Work population - always among the to 10º World Investment Incomer;

    1st World producer of soybeans, coffee and orange;

    2nd World producer of beef, chicken, ethanol ….and regional jet;

    Big producer in the automotive sector (2.2 Millions per year, just below Germany and ahead of Italy and Canada);

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