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- Highlights investment opportunities in energy, agribusiness, infrastructure and tourism sectors.
Dubai : Invest in Brazil Forum, organized as part of Expo 2020 Dubai by Apex-Brasil, will present key business opportunities in various sectors of the Brazilian economy. The largest investment conference outside the South American nation will take place on November 15, 2021 at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre.
The ‘Invest in Brazil Forum’, an initiative by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) is organized in partnership with the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Dubai Chamber and Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, is part of the agendas related to Expo 2020 Dubai and the Investment Mission organized by CNI.
His Excellency Jair Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, is expected to attend the forum, along with a group of four state ministers.
The Forum will present business opportunities in various sectors of the Brazilian economy, focusing on energy, agribusiness, infrastructure, and tourism sectors. This forum could generate more than 140 opportunities with the potential to attract investment of more than US$ 10 billion to Brazil. A delegation of more than 200 Brazilian businessmen will participate in the Forum and meet Arab and Indian investors, aimed to accelerate business opportunities and internationalization of Brazilian companies.
Implemented to give greater visibility to the possibilities for investments in Brazil, the forum is part of Apex-Brasil’s strategy to attract the interest of the Arab Gulf countries. Apex-Brasil is the specialized investment attraction and export promotion agency responsible for organizing the Brazil pavilion at Expo 2020 and executing the broad calendar of activities until March 2022.
HE Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil, will talk about the trends of the "new energy" and comment on the outlook for the sector in the country. HE Tereza Cristina, the Minister of Agriculture of Brazil, will talk about the productivity processes in the Brazilian agro, sustainability and security sectors. HE Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas, Minister of Infrastructure of Brazil, HE Gilson Machado Neto, Minister of Tourism of Brazil, will present the possibilities of investments in their respective areas.
HE Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the UAE, will speak about the importance of food security to the country. The sustainable production of the Brazilian industry will be the theme of the presentation of Robson Braga de Andrade, president of the CNI.
According to Adalberto Netto, the Investment Manager of Apex-Brasil, the portfolio of investment opportunities presented at the forum is differentiated and brings the best of Brazil to different types of Gulf investors, from sovereign wealth funds to family businesses and private equity funds.
"Besides showing the public sector portfolio, such as business opportunities in the area of energy and oil and gas, we will take to the Arabs the opportunities in the private sector, such as renewable energy and food. New areas of opportunity such as civil construction and real estate are very attractive to investors from this region," said Netto.
Opportunities
The Ministers of Economy of Brazil, HE Paulo Guedes, and of the UAE, HE Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, shall present the economic perspectives of their countries.
Invest in Brasil will innovate by opening space to the financing programs of development banks, presented by Gustavo Montezano, president of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), and by Marcos Troyjo, president of the New Bank Development (NBD). Montezano will address the BNDES' role in the development of the Brazilian economy. Troyjo will show the areas of cooperation in Brazil that can be explored by the BRICS development bank, of which the Arab Emirates were recently admitted.
Augusto Pestana, president of Apex-Brasil, will close the morning activities at the Forum speaking about the importance of the partnership between Brazilians and Arab investors.
Strategic Sectors
During the afternoon, the Invest in Brasil Forum has prepared different sessions in two distinct environments for new investment opportunities to be presented in a thematic way. It will be possible to participate in quick presentations given by executives from Brazilian entities and ministries.
Among the subjects covered are investment opportunities in Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Innovation and Technology, and Tourism. There will also be explanations about the business market in the Agribusiness sector and the new business environment in Brazil, as well as support about the Amazon Institute +21.
On November 16th, Brazilian authorities and organizations that participated in the seminars on November 15th will be available for group or individual talks in reserved rooms.
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About Expo 2020 Dubai
Expo is a universal itinerant exhibition that takes place every five years, whose main attraction are the pavilions of the participating countries. This year, it is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between October 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022. The World Expo encompasses several sectors, such as private companies, NGOs and governmental institutions, all aimed at discussing business, technology, urbanism, sustainability, science, culture, gastronomy and economy. Brazil and 191 other nations are installed in national pavilions spread over an area of 4,380 m2, located between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
About Brazil pavilion at Expo 2020
The Brazilian pavilion will be part of this last thematic axis, reaffirming the importance of biodiversity, culture of environmental preservation, competitiveness based on sustainability and the portrait of Brazilian multiculturalism.
Expo Dubai 2020 represents a singular moment of promotion of Brazilian diversity and an opportunity to tell the world of its unique features. The event is linked to the efforts of Apex-Brazil in the commercial promotion of agribusiness, innovative technologies, as well as the construction of an economically attractive country image and a natural destination for foreign investments. It will also contribute to reinforcing the regional, gastronomic and ethnic multiplicity and immigration diversity of Brazil.
Apex-Brazil is responsible for building the pavilion and organizing the Brazilian participation at Expo Dubai. In 2015, the agency organized the Brazilian participation at Expo Milano and, in 2010, at the Expo Shanghai.
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