HOW TO INVEST

Steps

1. Identify your Business Opportunities
2. Consult with us and get to know Guinea-Bissau
3. Establish a company in Guinea-Bissau
4. Start with Business Operations

Types of companies

• At this stage focus is placed on the setting of micro and small firms and the fostering of those already existent.
• Firms must be geared towards production and distribution of essential goods and those products that are in high demand.
• Firms to be supported are those that absorb mainly existing national inputs (natural and human).
• They must make use of "clean" and simple technologies and be able to guarantee maintenance of their respective equipment.

Types of viable entrepreneurial partnerships

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) that may result in the setting up of:

• Joint-ventures;
• (Distribution or production) branches

Limited-duration concessions under the following that may be garnted as follows:

• Brand names;
• Licensing of products;
• Industrial co-operation contracts;
• Franchising.

Transfer of project and engineering capacity (for Guinea-Bissau) or the setting up of R&D laboratories in more developed third countries.

Share of resources within WAEMU's (West Africa Economic and Monetary Union) space.

Work permits
The Government allows investors to have key expatriate staff in senior management positions or where locals with specific skills are not available. Work permits for such expatriates are issued by the Immigration Department.

Import and export prcedures
There is no import licensing except for a few items restricted for security, health or environmental reasons.

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