A subsidiary of state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation has been awarded a contract to expand Kuito Airport, in the central province of Bié, in Angola. So said the African nation’s National Enterprise for the Operations of Airports and Air Traffic Control (ENANA).

The governments of Macau and East Timor are willing to strengthen further their bilateral co-operation in the fields of education, welfare and culture.

Portugal’s unemployment rate stood at 11.6 percent in May, remaining unchanged from the previous month, the European nation’s statistics bureau announced last week.

The World Bank has approved US$40-million worth of support – US$26 million via grants – to an agricultural project in Mozambique, the international institution announced last week.

Chinese state-owned utility firm State Grid Corporation of China will pay 5.85 billion reais (US$1.8 billion) for a major stake in Brazil’s CPFL Energia SA, the latter said on Friday.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission predicts the Portuguese economy will grow 1 percent this year. The forecast followed a two-week visit to the European nation by the mission’s representatives.

Cape Verde’s economy expanded by 5.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016, the nation’s statistics bureau announced on Thursday.

The Chinese Ambassador to Angola, Cui Aimin, met on Wednesday with the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, to discuss the promotion of exchanges and the state of bilateral co-operation, the Chinese Embassy said in a statement.

Members of a delegation from the Pan-Pearl River Delta region expressed optimism about future co-operation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries; following their visit to Portugal this month. So said Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM, in the Portuguese acronym).

Chinese investment has helped diversify Africa’s economic landscape, an African think tank said on Tuesday. “China’s investment is expanding Africa’s horizon and this is good for Africa as its total stock of investments is increasing,” said Kwame Owino, chief executive of Kenya’s Institute of Economic Affairs, as quoted by Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.

The Brazilian government this week gave a presentation to China Three Gorges Brasil Ltd on a number of investment projects Brazil would like to see pursued in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The event was reported by online news portal Macauhub, quoting Brazilian press sources.

Inflows of foreign investment could help drive China’s economic transition, said the Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang.