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WE HELP YOUR COMPANY EXPAND INTERNATIONALLY - Five Thousand Miles is a globalization services agency that believes all companies and individuals should be exposed to the world. Five Thousand Miles is a Portuguese company which specializes in international business development in Europe, North America, South America and Africa. Five Thousand Miles has African and European private shareholder capital owned by investors from 5 different countries. Five Thousand Miles has offices in Lisbon (Portugal), Valencia (Spain), Miami (USA), São Paulo (Brazil), Accra (Ghana), Johannesburg (South Africa), Lagos (Nigeria), and more than 50 staff from 11 different nationalities. Five Thousand Miles is responsible for the international business development for a set of Brazilian and European partners from multiple economic / industrial sectors. We take care of the communication, operations and pre-sales effort required to export. Five Thousand Miles provides information and pre-sales services that include: research of market structure, identification of competitors and their respective prices, identification and qualification of importers and distributors, organization of roadshows and negotiation support, including legal, regulatory and certification aspects. We also handle mass communication broadcast services, particularly leveraging social media, enabling our partners to get found by potential customers. Five Thousand Miles guarantees that its partners will contact potential clients in the target market but doesn't guarantee that such contacts will result in business transactions.

Via Verde was born in 1991 as an innovative technological solution that allowed drivers to pay toll charges without stopping their vehicles. Since then, with the dedication of our team and the company stakeholders, we have been enriching our range of services with several new applications for the Via Verde identifier: payments in Galp fuel stations, parking lots and McDrive establishments, as well as access control for historical sites. We have recently integrated Brisa's strategy and repositioned ourselves in the market, with more focus on people and mobility. Via Verde now travels alongside you with Viagens & Vantagens (Journeys and Advantages), a loyalty program that offers exclusive discounts and benefits for our clients. Via Verde Portugal is majority-owned by Brisa and has other shareholders including SIBS and Ascendi.

WE HELP YOUR COMPANY EXPAND INTERNATIONALLY - Five Thousand Miles is a globalization services agency that believes all companies and individuals should be exposed to the world. Five Thousand Miles is a Portuguese company which specializes in international business development in Europe, North America, South America and Africa. Five Thousand Miles has African and European private shareholder capital owned by investors from 5 different countries. Five Thousand Miles has offices in Lisbon (Portugal), Valencia (Spain), Miami (USA), São Paulo (Brazil), Accra (Ghana), Johannesburg (South Africa), Lagos (Nigeria), and more than 50 staff from 11 different nationalities. Five Thousand Miles is responsible for the international business development for a set of Brazilian and European partners from multiple economic / industrial sectors. We take care of the communication, operations and pre-sales effort required to export. Five Thousand Miles provides information and pre-sales services that include: research of market structure, identification of competitors and their respective prices, identification and qualification of importers and distributors, organization of roadshows and negotiation support, including legal, regulatory and certification aspects. We also handle mass communication broadcast services, particularly leveraging social media, enabling our partners to get found by potential customers. Five Thousand Miles guarantees that its partners will contact potential clients in the target market but doesn't guarantee that such contacts will result in business transactions.

Founded in September 2012 at the Embassy of Nigeria in Lisbon, the Nigeria Portugal Friendship & Business Association has already among its members reputed companies and organizations such as, for example, SIBS INTERNATIONAL, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, Novabase, Union Bank, and as its honorary members the Nigerian Ambassador to Portugal, the Portuguese Ambassador to Nigeria and the Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The main objectives of the association are: promote and assist trade and encourage the development of business and economic, social and institutional relations between Nigeria and Portugal; accompany the decision-making process of the public power in matters that affect bilateral business dealings; develop and carry out social, cultural and artistic projects that promote and disseminate the Nigerian and Portuguese cultures and customs; promote networks of contacts between the two countries; intervene as mediator or referee, in the cases that are submitted to it.

Founded in 1983, SIBS provides financial, modern, reliable and secure technology services, particularly in the payments’ area, to more than 300 million users from different geographies, processing more than 7 billion transactions annually. Alongside being a major payment processor in Europe, SIBS is a benchmark in Security and Anti-Fraud solutions and services in Business Process Outsourcing and the Iberian leader in Card Production and Personalization. SIBS was born and grew up as a fintech, innovating and taking technology as its driver in this path. SIBS reinvented the existing payment methods and created MB WAY, Portugal's most modern and complete payment app, which allows users to make purchases, instant transfers and withdrawals using the mobile phone only. It’s also the company responsible for the management of the ATM Express and MULTIBANCO Networks, the largest Portuguese ATM network, to which SIBS has added dozens of features, many of them pioneer worldwide. In parallel, SIBS manages multiple digital payment channels, from Automatic Payment Terminals, to online channels or mobile phones. It is also an important international player, present in several markets, namely in Europe and Africa, where SIBS solutions operate in more than 330 thousand terminals that process around 2 billion transactions, especially in Poland, where SIBS owns Paytel, one of the most dynamic payment terminal operators in that market. Committed in its daily work, SIBS is constantly pursuing its mission of being the reference partner of public and private entities, creating value for Society through the development and management of payment solutions, processes and related services based on technology that combine safety, convenience and innovation, respecting the good behavioral principles and the sustainability conditions. You can find more information about SIBS at www.sibs.pt

Via Verde was born in 1991 as an innovative technological solution that allowed drivers to pay toll charges without stopping their vehicles. Since then, with the dedication of our team and the company stakeholders, we have been enriching our range of services with several new applications for the Via Verde identifier: payments in Galp fuel stations, parking lots and McDrive establishments, as well as access control for historical sites. We have recently integrated Brisa's strategy and repositioned ourselves in the market, with more focus on people and mobility. Via Verde now travels alongside you with Viagens & Vantagens (Journeys and Advantages), a loyalty program that offers exclusive discounts and benefits for our clients. Via Verde Portugal is majority-owned by Brisa and has other shareholders including SIBS and Ascendi.