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President Carlos Vila Nova endorses the Sao Tome Financial Centre, backing new economic free zone for the island nation

04-06-2026 11:00 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance

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President Vila Nova discusses the Sao Tome Financial Centre with the Aequatoris delegation

President Vila Nova discusses the Sao Tome Financial Centre with the Aequatoris delegation

SAO TOME - April 6, 2026 - His Excellency President Carlos Manuel Vila Nova has endorsed the Sao Tome Financial Centre (STFC), a new international financial centre and economic freezone. The endorsement was given during an audience at the Presidential Palace on March 26, at which the President received a delegation from Aequatoris led by Directors and Founding Partners Mohamed DAG DAG and Sam Kovacs.

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The Prime Minister and his government have received the delegation and expressed their full support for the project. The STFC will attract international services businesses, professional firms, corporate and regional headquarters, as well as fund managers, fintech companies, and insurers to Sao Tome and Principe, with a 5% corporate tax rate and a direct revenue share to the State.

The centre is expected to create hundreds of jobs for Santo means and will include a dedicated training centre teaching English, administration, compliance, accounting, and corporate services. Aequatoris expects the STFC to double the country's rate of GDP growth within years of becoming operational.

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"We are building something that works for Santo means first. Hundreds of real jobs, a training centre so people here can build real careers, and a rate of growth this country has never seen. That is what the STFC is about." - Sam Kovacs, Vice-President Finance, Aequatoris

For more information: www.saotomefinancialcentre.com

About Aequatoris

Aequatoris is a development and investment platform purpose-built to originate, structure, and operate sovereign-scale development companies in frontier and emerging economies

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