A Brazilian company is creating 40 jobs with the establishment of its European operations centre in Dublin.

Affero Lab, an e-learning company, has its main headquarters in Rio de Janeiro and employs over 550 staff.

The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs through IDA Ireland.

The centre will provide jobs in research and development, in the areas of adaptive learning, gamification, mobile learning and data analytics.

While the company will also employ sales and support staff to support the company's clients in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.

Making the announcement, Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said: "Today's announcement that Affero Lab, a Brazilian e-learning company, is establishing its European operations centre in Dublin with the creation of 40 jobs is great news, and I wish Fabio and his team every success with this project".

Fabio Barcellos, Affero Lab chief strategy officer, added: "Affero Lab has identified Ireland as a leading innovation hub for e-learning companies and a source of first rate software and engineering skills."

"The European Operations Centre in Dublin will play an essential role in Affero Lab's internationalisation strategy, leveraging our investments in innovative products and technologies and supporting us to grow our revenues in new, international markets outside of Latin America."