Africa-Press – Angola. The Secretary of State for the Economy appealed, on Wednesday, in Luanda, to investors from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) to explore paths and face common challenges, with a view to capitalizing on the opportunities offered by small businesses, towards to guarantee a sustainable future for Member States.
Ivan Marques dos Santos, who spoke at the opening of the second edition of the Dialogue on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said that a strong focus on the business area by the entrepreneurial class constitutes one of the pillars for consolidating the economic fabric of the CPLP member states.
When speaking at the event promoted by the National Institute of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (INAPEM), in partnership with the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE) and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, the Secretary of State highlighted the importance of meetings systematic between institutions supporting micro, small and medium-sized companies in the CPLP.
Ivan Marques also highlighted that the strategic agenda for the consolidation of economic cooperation 2022-2027, approved at the 1st joint meeting of the CPLP ministers of Economy, Commerce and Finance, held in April 2022, in Luanda, also highlights issues linked to training and training for entrepreneurship, improving the business environment, access to financing and support for internationalization, as main areas of intervention.
The need to transform obstacles into springboards for success, promoting policies and initiatives that boost institutional capacity building and business training in all countries that make up the CPLP was another aspect highlighted by Ivan Marques dos Santos.
“The aim of this dialogue between CPLP members is to transform obstacles into springboards for success, promoting policies and initiatives that boost institutional capacity building and business training in all member countries”, highlighted Ivan Marques dos Santos.
Advances
INAPEM’s executive administrator, Augusto, said yesterday, in Luanda, that Angola has approximately 41,065 companies certified by INAPEM and more than 13 thousand entrepreneurs controlled in the database.
The official assured that the Government has made efforts to boost the country’s business and entrepreneurial class, with incentives and incentives in the last two years.
growing CPLP
CPLP’s director for Economic and Business Affairs , Ivan da Cunha Njinga, guaranteed that the big bets made by member states have had an effect, because when it comes to investing in the entrepreneurship sector, the community continues to grow and flourish.
He recalled that the CPLP is made up of nine countries and has an estimated population of 298 million inhabitants, a GDP of 2.3 billion euros, a fact that allows us to assess that entrepreneurship is fundamental for its economic development. Ivan da Cunha Njinga took as an example the fact that 90% of the population of Cape Verde works directly with small companies, of which they develop their activity taking into account the strategies of entrepreneurs, in Brazil they reach 80%, and Portugal (78) .
In turn, the representative of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE), Nelson de Almeida, guaranteed to continue working and supporting Angola in the exchange of experience, focusing on training and training.
Nelson de Almeida said that SEBRAE controls 15 million individual entrepreneurs and almost 90% of companies in Brazil are small.
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