The countries are part of E9, a group of nine countries that are home to half the world’s population and over 70% of illiterate adults worldwide. New targets will be proposed at a meeting in November.
Author: Isaura Daniel
Isaura Daniel
A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance, she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes.
The Brazilian secretary for Irrigation, Guilherme Costa, visited a project in Taroudant, in the Arab country. The World Bank promoted the trip and wants to create a platform for debate in the area.
Lynden, owned by businessman Kháled Fayez Mahassen, takes nearly 150 Brazilian tourists to the Arab world per year. The leading destination is Lebanon, with its cultural and historical attractions.
The franchise chain serves stuffed potatoes and will open its first units abroad next year, in the United States. The Arab world is being considered for 2016.
The Rio Grande do Sul state-based Dália Alimentos supplies pork and pork-based products. Although Muslim religion forbids it, the product is consumed by Christians and foreigners in the Arab countries.
Ten Middle Eastern companies have been invited to attend Zero Grau, a shoe an accessories fair due in November in Gramado, in the Brazil’s southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul.
ANBA questioned Brazil’s presidential candidates about their opinions regarding the country’s ties with Arab nations. Read their answers.
Voting machines will be available in cities in 89 nations. Riyadh, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Amman, Kuwait City, Beirut, Rabat, Ramallah and Tunis are in the list.
BAC, a company owned by Paulo Hegg and Gilson Pinesso, should harvest 45,000 hectares of the product in the country next year, at the local government’s request. Plantations will be irrigated and the harvest will be used as chicken fodder.
Anglo-Afghan writer Tahir Shah will meet with readers this Friday and Saturday in São Paulo. The main topic will be the Arab tradition of storytelling, the subject of one of his books launched in Brazil.
The Brazilian Postal Service’s Easy Export system helps small- and medium-sized businesses to export. Saudi Arabia ranks among the top ten destinations of sales made via this service.
Brazil’s storage equipment maker will have local suppliers for some of the products it uses in projects in the region. A partner has been selected in Turkey and Arab enterprises are being considered.
Cooperáguas, headquartered in Santa Catarina and with branches in Mato Grosso, sends to Egypt 30% of the brown-eyed beans it exports. The company also exports to Tunisia and the Emirates and expects to expand in the region.
The Jaú-based prosthesis manufacturer exports to five Arab countries, but is looking for a partner to centralize its services in the region. The goal is to increase sales.
