The Mozambique Government will invest US$22 million in the construction of training centres to help people farming smallholdings to enhance their production, Mozambican newspaper O País reported this week.

Angola’s Tourism Development Institute (Infotur) and ENSA – Seguros de Angola, have signed a memorandum of understanding for creation of a new travel insurance policy, the Angolan press reported this week.

The State Council of China has urged the country’s regional authorities to take measures to stabilise exports and imports, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

The short-term outlook for the Chinese economy has improved following recent policy measures; but the nation has to rein in the fast growth rate of its the credit sector, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday.

A student from Portugal won the prize for Best Artistic Performance in this year’s edition of “Chinese Bridge – Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students,” Portuguese news agency Lusa reported. The international competition is the world’s largest for learners of Chinese language, according to the report.

A group of Chinese business people is considering organising a China and Guinea-Bissau trade fair, the Guinean news agency ANG Notícias reported this week.

The consumer price index in Angola’s Luanda Province climbed 35.3 percent judged year-on-year in July, the National Statistics Institute announced last week.

Investment analysts polled by Brazil’s central bank expect the economy of the South American nation to fare out better this year than what they had previously forecast, the central lender announced.

The number of tourists welcomed by Cape Verde in the first half of 2016 increased by 15.9 percent year-on-year, to 323,096, the country’s National Statistics Institute announced.

A total of 15,802 new foreign-funded enterprises were established in China in the first seven months of this year, a 9.7 percent-increase from the previous year, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.

The Olympic Games being held this month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have helped enhance the South American nation’s trade co-operation with China, said the Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Portuguese Government last week approved a proposal to establish a Consulate-General in the city of Guangzhou, in China’s Guangdong Province, Portugal’s Council of Ministers announced in a statement.