One of the conditions for the
consolidation of the Peace Process and the political stabilization (in
Angola) is to present incentives that produce economic and social
development necessary that will guarantee the creation of jobs and meet
basis human necessities to a population ravaged by war ...
[more]
The Presidents of
Angola and the United States of America have discussed today, in Washington, the
consolidation of the peace process and the democratic institutions in the
African country.
President dos Santos, according to a press note from the meeting, has outlined
to his counterpart and his top aides a complete view of the positive development
of the situation prevailing in Angola, ... [more]
Government approves draft law on
private investment
- The new text is intended to de-bureaucratise and simplify all
administrative procedures related to investment, establishing the
system of
prior declaration, where a final decision on investments of between US$50,000
and US$5 million will be taken within 15 days. Investments exceeding US$5
million, subject to the contract system, will be approved by the Council of
Ministers within 30 days....
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The economy is still deeply dependent
on the oil sector. The problem is that no more
than 1% of the nation’s
workforce is employed in the oil business...
[more]
Industry Minister
on reduction of imports- The Angolan
Minister of Industry, Joaquim David, has reaffirmed, recently
in Luanda, the government's support for the national entrepeneurs
through the implementation of economic measures to reduce
the l Production ore citors, they expressed concern over
the high fiscal taxes in Angola. He voiced that the exhibitors
showed, clearly, the wish and determination of the national
entrepeneurs in developing the country...
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José
Eduardo dos Santos was born on August 28, 1942 in Angola's
capital of Luanda. His political career began at an early
age when he founded the youth organization within the MPLA
(Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) in 1961
to help further Angola's struggle for independence.
He was awarded a scholarship in 1963 to
study in the
Soviet Union where he received a degree in petroleum
engineering. [more]
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos was
born in 1952 in Luanda,
Nandó holds a law bachelor degree from
the Luanda-based "Agostinho Neto" University...
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The area was inhabited in prehistoric
times, asattested by
remains found in Luanda, Congo and the Namibe desert, but it was only
thousands of years later, at the beginning of recorded history that more
developed peoples arrived
...
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Angola is, potentially, one
of the richest countries in
Africa, due to its oil and other mineral reserves, to its hydroelectric
resources, and to the great
extensions of cultivable terrain, of which
only a small part is being used.Before independence Angola was
self-sufficient in foodstuffs...
[more]
Angola To Reuse Five Billion
Tones Of Gas Per Year
Angola`s Prime
Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos Tuesday in Luanda
announced that Angola-Natural Liquefied Gas (NLG) Project will
reutilise about five billion tones of gas, in its first phase...[more]
Finance Minister Optimistic
About Economic Consolidation
-
Angolan
Finance minister, Jose Pedro de Morais, on Thursday here said the
country`s economy will start in 2008 a stage of consolidation and
development of investments. The minister put a stress on the
valorisation of the natural resources and development of the food,
housing, transport and logistics sectors....
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Carrying credentials from King D. Sebastião, Paulo Dias de Novais landed at the island of
Luanda on 20 February 1575, in command of a fleet of seven ships carrying a
hundred families of colonists and 400 soldiers. The island was actually
called Loanda, meaning'flat land' ; it had no mountains, but was composed of
sand that shifted in the grip of the tides and the flow of the river Cuanza
... [more]
Potentially one of Africa’s richest
sub-Saharan countries, Angola offers great opportunities for investment in
various sectors.Moreover, Angola is also blessed with
large regions naturally favorable to the building of industrial and farming
parks in the Luanda, Bengo, Benguela,
Huíla, Cabinda, and Kuanza South areas...
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Angola
is already a touristic destiny
- Angola is having an increase of tourists, and part is
related to the business activity, involving citizens coming from Portugal,
Brazil , USA , England and France. Part of the success is also due to the work of
one hundred travel agencies that have been dynamic in the last ten years
promoting the tourism in Angola...
[more]
Over USD 1,8 million were collected at the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti`s concert held on Tuesday in Modena, Italy, for the benefit of the Angolan refugee
children in Zambia ... [more]
In the province of Zaire you´ll find treasures off-shore - If you know
Angola, you will also know that the Province of Zaire is famous for its oil. Tapping into an oil field 1300 meters down, Girassol is one of the most ambitious oil projects in existence, not only in the region but in the world. But the Province of Zaire is not only about oil. We have an
abundance of other treasures too: fish, wood, phosphates and other minerals to name just a few. And thanks to the Zaire River, the third largest in Africa, we have the potential for a thriving hydroelectric industry, plus lush and fertile land which is putting us back on the world’s
agricultural map...
[more]
José
Eduardo dos Santos was born on August 28, 1942 in Angola's
capital of Luanda. His political career began at an early
age when he founded the youth organization within the MPLA
(Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) in 1961
to help further Angola's struggle for independence.
He was awarded a scholarship in 1963 to
study in the
Soviet Union where he received a degree in petroleum
engineering. 
from
the Luanda-based "Agostinho Neto" University...
