After a five-and-a-half-year stint in São Paulo, Kabalan Frangieh will assume the post of ambassador in Johannesburg, South Africa. A farewell luncheon was held at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
The agency will work alongside the embassies’ trade offices in the development of sector projects. In a review of 2017, Apex’s president said that Apex-supported companies accounted for 28% of Brazilian exports.
Brazil’s Electrical Energy Research Center (Cepel) launched an Ultra-High Voltage Laboratory in Rio Janeiro. The country is now the second in the world to have a unit of this kind – China’s the first.
Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels has issued a pre-request for proposals and the draft contract for the tender of 70 exploration blocks.
Orquestra Mundana Refugi, featuring musicians from Syria and Palestine, will play a concert at SESC Pompeia this Thursday (7).
Exhibit ‘Colors of Brazil’ will open next Saturday (9) at Gallery 76 of the Dubai International Art Centre, featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings. The show is curated and organized by Eric Landmayer.
Brazil exported USD 83.4 million worth of footwear, down 0.9% over the same month of last year. The UAE is one of the main markets.
Prices of internationally traded primary products increased in November over October. Year-over-year, prices have climbed 0.84%.
Brazilian soccer team Grêmio will compete on the FIFA Club World Cup on December 12 to 16 in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi. Qualification increased sales of travel agencies and motivated the fans to visit the Middle East.
The organization welcomed clerics from the Arab community in São Paulo on Monday at an event to mark the end of the year.
Industrial production climbed year-on-year and hit its highest number since April 2013.
Brazilian medical technology association Abimo and export promotion agency Apex-Brasil have renewed their commercial promotion agreement, with plans including going to four expos in Dubai, as well as having a mission to the region in 2018.
The comic book ‘Brimos’ (translated as ‘Cousins’, alluding to the way Arabs called themselves) will have its script written by journalist and historian Marta Tajra and architect and designer Paulo Akl. It will be launched in mid-2018.
The United Nation’s agencies will need USD 22.5 billion for basic aid to 91 million vulnerable people in 2018.
