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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Africa investor (Ai) are joining forces to launch a digitally empowered eTrade initiative to enable the digitisation of five million micro-, s... Read more
“The vaccines are here!”—the cry heard and welcomed the world over—has boosted hopes of a global economic recovery in 2021. Yet until vaccines are widely available, the market rally and the... Read more
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President: José Mário Vaz
Prime Minister: Aristides Gomes
Capital city: Bissau
Languages: Crioulo 90.4%, Portuguese 27.1% (official), French 5.1%, English 2.9%, other 2.4% note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2008 est.)
Population, persons: 1,874,309 (2018)
Area, sq km: 28,120
GDP per capita, US$: 778 (2018)
GDP, billion current US$: 1.5 (2018)
GINI index: 50.7 (2010)
Ease of Doing Business rank: 174
