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São Tomé opens self-employment support registrations

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São Tomé opens self-employment support registrationsChristian Yakubu · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Directorate of Social Protection, Solidarity and Family is opening registrations for a programme supporting the creation of self-employment, aimed at current beneficiaries or people who left the Vulnerable Family Programme in 2026. Applications begin on 5 November 2026, according to Rádio Somos Todos Primos.

São Tomé and Príncipe will open registrations on 5 November for the Support for the Creation of One’s Own Employment programme (ACPE+), aimed at current beneficiaries of the Vulnerable Family Programme and people who left the scheme in 2026, the Directorate of Social Protection, Solidarity and Family (DPSSF) announced.

Those concerned can register with the self-employment support scheme, according to the DPSSF. The Vulnerable Family Programme is the social programme to which they must currently be or have previously been attached in order to access this new phase of support.

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