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class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Luso-Africans" title="Luso-Africans">Luso-Africans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afro-Portuguese" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Portuguese">Afro-Portuguese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/African_Portuguese" class="mw-redirect" title="African Portuguese">African Portuguese</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mapa_PALOP.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Mapa_PALOP.png/300px-Mapa_PALOP.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Mapa_PALOP.png/450px-Mapa_PALOP.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Mapa_PALOP.png/600px-Mapa_PALOP.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>The PALOP, highlighted in red</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Portuguese-speaking African countries</b> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa</i>; <b>PALOP</b>), also known as <b><a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a> Africa</b>, consist of six African countries in which the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a> is an official language: <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> and, since 2011, <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PALOP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PALOP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The six countries are former <a href="/wiki/Colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonies">colonies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>. From 1778 until independence, Equatorial Guinea was also a colony of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a>. </p><p>In 1992, the five Lusophone African countries formed an interstate organisation called PALOP, a colloquial acronym that translates to "African Countries of Portuguese Official Language" (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Timor_Leste_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timor_Leste-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PALOP countries have signed official agreements with <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-Timor_Leste_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timor_Leste-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they work together to promote the development of culture, education and the preservation of the Portuguese language.<sup id="cite_ref-PALOP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PALOP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AngolaLanguageMap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AngolaLanguageMap.png/220px-AngolaLanguageMap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AngolaLanguageMap.png/330px-AngolaLanguageMap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AngolaLanguageMap.png/440px-AngolaLanguageMap.png 2x" data-file-width="5837" data-file-height="6023" /></a><figcaption><b>English:</b> Map of Angola – native speakers as a majority in each province</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1996, together with Portugal and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, the Portuguese-speaking African countries established the <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa</i>, abbreviated to CPLP),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> later joined in 2002 and Equatorial Guinea in 2014. </p><p>In 2016, it was projected that by the end of the 21st century, Africa would be home to the majority of Portuguese speakers worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_PALOP_countries">The PALOP countries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The PALOP countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_Portuguese_colonies">Former Portuguese colonies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Former Portuguese colonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portuguese_colony_(1474–1778),_Spanish_colony_(1778–1968)"><span id="Portuguese_colony_.281474.E2.80.931778.29.2C_Spanish_colony_.281778.E2.80.931968.29"></span>Portuguese colony (1474–1778), Spanish colony (1778–1968)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Portuguese colony (1474–1778), Spanish colony (1778–1968)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li></ul> <p>Equatorial Guinea adopted Portuguese as its third official language in October 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea#First_European_contact_and_Portuguese_rule_(1472–1778)" title="Equatorial Guinea">a Portuguese colony</a> before it was sold to Spain in 1778 as part of peace arrangements involving also the <a href="/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento" title="Colonia del Sacramento">colony of Sacramento</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cone" title="Southern Cone">Southern Cone</a> of the Americas, Equatorial Guinea has adopted Portuguese as the country's third official language in order to be allowed into the <a href="/wiki/CPLP" class="mw-redirect" title="CPLP">CPLP</a>, despite its limited historical and cultural commonalities with the other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Equatorial Guinea was traditionally not considered part of the PALOP, and it was not a founding member of FORPALOP in June 2014, a recently created institution that includes the PALOP, a forum for political-diplomatic cooperation to deepen historical friendship ties and solidarity between these African states. Portuguese is sparsely used throughout the country. However, it was admitted into the CPLP in 2014, and it subsequently became FORPALOP's sixth member.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Countries">Countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Population<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>GDP (nominal) per capita </th> <th>Percentage of Lusophones </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola"><img alt="Angola" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right">35,678,572 </td> <td style="text-align: right">1.247.000 </td> <td style="text-align: right">1.953,53 </td> <td style="text-align: right">71% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde"><img alt="Cape Verde" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right">587,925 </td> <td style="text-align: right">4.033 </td> <td style="text-align: right">3.293,23 </td> <td style="text-align: right">87% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea"><img alt="Equatorial Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right">1,468,777 </td> <td style="text-align: right">28.050 </td> <td style="text-align: right">14.637,01 </td> <td style="text-align: right">Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau"><img alt="Guinea-Bissau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right">2,095,887 </td> <td style="text-align: right">36.126 </td> <td style="text-align: right">795,12 </td> <td style="text-align: right">57% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique"><img alt="Mozambique" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right">20,069,738 </td> <td style="text-align: right">801.590 </td> <td style="text-align: right">466,557 </td> <td style="text-align: right">60% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe"><img alt="São Tomé and Príncipe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right">204,454 </td> <td style="text-align: right">963.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right">526,7 </td> <td style="text-align: right">91% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left">Total </th> <th style="text-align: right"><b>60,105,353</b> </th> <th style="text-align: right"><b>20,894,055</b> </th> <th style="text-align: right"><b>21,672,147</b> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shared_postcolonial_legacy">Shared postcolonial legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Shared postcolonial legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These five African countries are former colonies of the Portuguese Empire, which collapsed shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Carnation_Revolution" title="Carnation Revolution">Carnation Revolution</a> military coup of 1974 in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>. The strains of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Colonial_War" title="Portuguese Colonial War">Portuguese Colonial War</a> overextended and weakened the <a href="/wiki/Estado_Novo_(Portugal)" title="Estado Novo (Portugal)">Portuguese dictatorship</a> and precipitated the overthrow of <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar" title="António de Oliveira Salazar">António de Oliveira Salazar's</a> regime.<sup id="cite_ref-Chabal_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chabal-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Younger military officers, who were disillusioned by a war that was far-off and taxing, began to side with the pro-independence resistance against Portugal and eventually led to the military <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a> on April 25, 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-Chabal_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chabal-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The long-lasting rule of the Portuguese colonial empire had varying effects on the African states even after they gained independence in the 1970s. The legacy of Portuguese empire-building pervades the <a href="/wiki/Postcolonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Postcolonial">postcolonial</a> discourse that attempts to explain the development of the modern <a href="/wiki/Nation_state" title="Nation state">nation state</a> in Lusophone Africa and shed light on its failures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Lusophone_Compact">The Lusophone Compact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Lusophone Compact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lusophone Compact is an initiative championed by the <a href="/wiki/African_Development_Bank" title="African Development Bank">African Development Bank</a> to accelerate inclusive, sustainable, and diversified private sector growth in the Portuguese-speaking African countries. The primary objectives of the Lusophone Compact activities are to deploy technical assistance tools and programs, leverage the risk mitigation tools available to the parties and leverage the financing tools available to the parties.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_African_countries&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CPLPmap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CPLPmap.png/200px-CPLPmap.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CPLPmap.png/300px-CPLPmap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CPLPmap.png/400px-CPLPmap.png 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>Members of the <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a> (CPLP)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a></li> <li><a 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