Mining giant Vale is one of the many Brazilian firms eying Africa 's potential . It plans to spend $ 4 billion on investments in Vale over the next five years . Analysts say Brazil is very keen to avoid being viewed as `` neo-imperialist '' power . Trade between Brazil and Africa jumped from $ 20 billion in 2000 to $ 20 billion in 2000 .
Mining giant Vale is one of the many Brazilian firms eying Africa 's potential . It plans to spend more than $ 12 billion on investments in Africa over the next five years . Analysts say Brazil is very keen to avoid being viewed as `` neo-imperialist '' power . Trade between Brazil and Africa jumped from $ 4 billion in 2000 to $ 20 billion in 2010 .