On the 16th of March, the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship presented the first version of the mapping of São Tomé and Príncipe businesses in São Tomé and Príncipe and in the Diaspora. The presentation chaired by the supervising Minister, Vinício Pina, aimed to collect the latest contributions for the validation of the document and as a target audience, representatives of various Public and Private Institutions, as well as with several national entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs. On the occasion, the minister stressed the importance of this work, stressing that the exercise in question would be of great help in “consolidating the work that my ministry is doing”.
Olaf Juergensen, in turn, representing the UNDP, stressed that "this database gives the government, investors and international organizations a set of important information about the types of existing businesses, their location and their volume of production" . With this project, the Ministry of Youth and UNDP intend to support national entrepreneurs, the private sector in creating jobs in meeting the objectives of sustainable development.