Brazilian company looking for business in Nam

A TWO-MEMBER business delegation consisting of the African Director and Commercial Director of ALUSA from Brazil, Rogeri Riccardi, and Oscar de Carvalho – also a well-known businessman from Mozambique – visited Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) president Inge Zaamwani to brief her on ALUSA’s business plans for Namibia.

ALUSA is one of the largest companies specialising in power generation, transmission and rural electrification programmes in Brazil, in other countries in South America and elsewhere. Riccardi said his company was looking for business ventures with local partners in the area of energy with an emphasis on rural electrification.He added that ALUSA also wanted to export its expertise to Namibia and other African countries.Riccardi explained that his company was expanding into the international arena and was interested in foreign business ventures, especially in Africa.Zaamwani said although Namibia had a proud record of rural electrification, a lot more still needed to be done, adding that Namibia was looking to Brazil as an export market for local products and as a means of diversifying its imports.She said the NCCI would later this year organise a business delegation to pay a visit to Brazil.The three-day visit by the delegation comes as a follow-up to a trade mission from Brazil under the leadership of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva in November last year.The Brazilian had held business meetings under the auspices of the NCCI in Windhoek.ALUSA is currently engaged in multi-million power projects in Mozambique and Angola.Riccardi and Carvalho also met with other relevant stakeholders including paying courtesy calls on Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab, NamPower managing director Dr Leake Hangala and the Electricity Control Board.Riccardi said his company was looking for business ventures with local partners in the area of energy with an emphasis on rural electrification.He added that ALUSA also wanted to export its expertise to Namibia and other African countries.Riccardi explained that his company was expanding into the international arena and was interested in foreign business ventures, especially in Africa.Zaamwani said although Namibia had a proud record of rural electrification, a lot more still needed to be done, adding that Namibia was looking to Brazil as an export market for local products and as a means of diversifying its imports.She said the NCCI would later this year organise a business delegation to pay a visit to Brazil.The three-day visit by the delegation comes as a follow-up to a trade mission from Brazil under the leadership of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva in November last year.The Brazilian had held business meetings under the auspices of the NCCI in Windhoek.ALUSA is currently engaged in multi-million power projects in Mozambique and Angola.Riccardi and Carvalho also met with other relevant stakeholders including paying courtesy calls on Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab, NamPower managing director Dr Leake Hangala and the Electricity Control Board.