For the Future of Fisheries in West-Africa
In order to see fisheries reborn, West African States must take up their responsibility to eradicate all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including a practice which is slowly killing a collapsing sector: the underreporting of Gross Tonnage (GT)! Rarely mentioned when discussing IUU fishing, under-reporting of the gross tonnage of some industrial […]
IFC signs a Cooperation Agreement with the Government of Guinea-Bissau to promote SMEs
WASHINGTON— IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and the government of Guinea-Bissau signed a Cooperation Agreement to inaugurate the second Africa Leasing Facility program to ease access to finance to small businesses in the country. The signing event marks the official launch of the program in the Republic of Guinea and seeks to […]
Guinea-Bissau likely get access to undersea cable in 2 years
Guinea-Bissau could have access to an undersea telecommunications cable within two years, according to the Minister of Economy and Finance Geraldo Martins, reports Macauhub. The minister said that access to the new ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) undersea cable system will be possible through a USD 35 million subsidised loan to be granted by the […]
U.S. will support Guinea-Bissau in improving its tax system
The Treasury Department of the United States of America, in the second half of this year, will support Guinea-Bissau in improving its national tax system, announced the Guinean Minister of Economy and Finance, Geraldo Martins. “We talked to the US Treasury, which from the second half of this year will start giving support to Guinea-Bissau […]