CCILSA Chamber of Commerce and Industry Luso South African

Benefits of Membership

Through personal empowerment and commercial promotion, we help individuals and companies to grow their businesses in Portugal and/or South Africa. We achieve this primarily through events, online and in person. Several membership benefits when companies or individuals subscribe to CCILSA are:

Government engagement

We can build relationships with government through our strong contacts. We can advice you on grants available, legal hurdles and help you shortcut many of the sometimes necessary and onerous processes.

Advisory services

Online events, publications (white papers) on best practices and tax aspects amongst others.

Expert Network

We have a broad network of experts both on the board and in our members, government officials. As a result we have access to topical and relevant legal, financial and business knowledge issues.

Relevant News

We disseminate relevant news affecting trade, legal and regulatory changes. We announce news of new grants and you will have opportunities to participate in regular surveys.

Business Promotion

We can raise the profile of your business through sponsorship of events or online membership benefits through our members list and regular newsletter.

Trade Missions

You could participate in trade missions between Portugal and South Africa. Our executive board is heavily involved in supporting trade missions to find new opportunities for businesses on both sides.

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Membership

Currently we have the following packages

Individual

For freelancers, sole agents and private individuals

Small Business

Small business with between 5 and 20 employees

Enterprise

Our enterprise package is aimed at entitites with more than 20 employees.

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About

We have had a long and prestigious story, starting way back in 1980.

July 1980

Official registration of CCILSA

CCILSA was constituted on the 28th July 1980 in Lisbon. At the time, the social bodies included elements residing in South Africa and Portugal, a tradition that continues to this day. Among the founders of CCILSA was, for example, the outstanding Portuguese businessman Thomé Feiteira, who came to be considered one of the richest men in the world.
October 1993

Nelson Mandela

In October 1993 Nelson Mandela was at the headquarters of CCILSA in Lisbon, on Avenida da Liberdade. Months before taking office as the first president of free South Africa, Nelson Mandela visited Portugal, which he had once passed through back in 1962, on his way to London. He found time for a visit to our headquarters.
2020

Tim Vieira

Tim Vieira was elected president of CCILSA and is a distinguished member of the Advisory Board at Nova School of Business & Economics. He co-founded and is president of Be Brave, an entrepreneurship booster association and is the founder of Escolhe Portugal and the founder of BGA - the Brave Generation Academy.
February 2023

First Female President

The first female President of CCILSA was elected. Manuela Robinson, born in Mozambique and having lived in South Africa for almost 15 years and in Portugal for over 30, has strong ties between the two countries. She is worked in the financial sector for most of her life and is know an Associate Director and Country Manager for the corporation she works for. Additionally she has dedicated a large amount of time to the Rotary in the Algarve, having been elected President of club and serving on the board of other associations.
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