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Context

São Tomé e Príncipe como um país pequeno e emergente possui características próprias que qualquer investidor ou emoresa deve conhecer para adotar medidas a sua visão de forma que seu negócios seja mais resiliente e próspero. 

POLITICAL

ECONOMIC

SOCIOCULTURAL

TECHNOLOGICAL

Strengths

  • Improvement of critical infrastructures such as energy, airports, and communications.

 

  • Exchange rate parity policy that allows for better stabilization of the local currency (Dobra) to the Euro.

 

  • Access to free trade areas and cheap labor.

 

  • Reform of the justice and security sector to consolidate democracy, transparency, and good governance.

 

  • Diversity of investment opportunities in different economic sectors

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  • Tax incentive policies for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

 

  • The country's Transformation Agenda 2030 aims to transform São Tomé and Príncipe into an emerging nation focused on sustainable growth and job creation.​

Opportunities

  • Investing in sectors covered by the tax incentive policy for foreign direct investment (FDI).

 

  • Invest in business models whose value propositions contribute to adaptation and mitigation, thus contributing to greater resilience.

 

  • Create value propositions based on the principles of the creative economy, in critical sectors of the economy such as tourism, fisheries, agriculture, and services.

 

  • Investment partnerships with the local private sector, aware of investment opportunities and consumer behavior.

 

  • Invest in initiatives to connect investment funds, investors, and companies with investment opportunities in São Tomé and Príncipe.

 

  • Tax incentive policies for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

 

  • Take advantage of São Tomé and Príncipe's geographical location, incentives, and free movement agreements as a platform for providing services to the sub-region.

Weaknesses

  • Commercial costs resulting from remoteness and insularity.

 

  • As an island country, São Tomé and Príncipe is vulnerable to climate shocks.

 

  • The country's development is still financed by public spending due to the weak dynamics of the private sector.

 

  • Weak capacity of the local private sector to exploit existing business opportunities in the most diverse sectors of the economy.

 

  • Dependence on foreign aid to finance the economy and corruption in the various social sectors.

 

  • Need to improve critical infrastructure, such as ports and energy.

 

  • STP is a little-known country on the international scene.

Threats

  • Uncertainties in the world economy resulting from trade and economic conflicts between the world's major powers with a significant impact on emerging countries such as São Tomé and Príncipe.

 

  • Illegal activities such as piracy and fishing greatly jeopardize the full exploitation of the potential of marine resources.

 

  • Changes in the dynamics of global relations between countries or between companies could have a direct impact on economic agreements.

 

  • Disloyal competition with the potential to harm local companies and even drive them into bankruptcy.

 

  • The models and incentives of emerging countries like São Tomé and Príncipe to move international capital as a strategy to promote economic development.

 

  • Overexploitation of the main natural resources, thus compromising the sustainable development of the islands.

 

  • Risks posed by front companies looking for promising destinations to carry out illegal activities such as money laundering.

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