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Angola Receives 4 Million Praziquantel Tablets

Angola Receives 4 Million Praziquantel Tablets

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the largest delivery of praziquantel tablets ever shipped to Angola recently arrived in Luanda, the capital of country. Angola has received around 4 million tablets for mass distribution to school children. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Angola is one of the most endemic […]

Army Staff Appealed to Show Discipline During Voter Registration

Army Staff Appealed to Show Discipline During Voter Registration

The deputy chief of staff of the Angola Armed Forces (FAA) for Patriotic Education, gen. Higídio Sousa e Santos, Wednesday in Luanda urged the military to show discipline and civility during the voter registration update. Addressing the opening of the voter registration update in the Luanda Military Region, the officer said all soldiers must show […]

Angolan Airline to Fly to Maputo

Angolan Airline to Fly to Maputo

The Angolan airline TAAG is to operate two flights a week between Maputo and the Angola capital Luanda, with guaranteed onward connections from Luanda to Lisbon and to Latin America, according to a report carried by the Portuguese news agency Lusa. Mozambique Airlines (LAM) used to operate the Maputo-Luanda route, but found it was not […]

Privinvest forms Joint Venture for Shipbuilding and the Maritime Economy in Angola

Privinvest forms Joint Venture for Shipbuilding and the Maritime Economy in Angola

Privinvest,the Middle East based shipbuilding group, is pleased to announce the start of a major shipbuilding and maritime economy programme with the Republic of Angola. The programme will initially see Privinvest provide a range of vessels for the Angolan Navy. In parallel, Privinvest together with Simportex, will develop and operate a shipyard in Angola. This […]

Here Is The Reason for Slow Internet Growth in Africa

Here Is The Reason for Slow Internet Growth in Africa

Internet access and availability are not enough to get people online, says a new Internet Society study released today at the African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) taking place 30 August – 1 September in Tanzania. The “Promoting Content in Africa” report reveals that while significant improvements have been made in Internet infrastructure, most notably […]

YahClick unveils Virtual Network Operator Service

YahClick unveils Virtual Network Operator Service

YahClick (www.YahClick.com), the broadband satellite solutions provider for home and business, announces its partnership with VT iDirect (www.iDirect.net) for the introduction of Virtual Network Operator (VNO) services across YahClick’s existing footprint. YahClick’s VNO offering is based on the industry changing capability in the VT iDirect Evolution® platform and allows service partners to purchase their own […]

Angola’s fiscal performance has been in-line with the 2016 Budget

Angola’s fiscal performance has been in-line with the 2016 Budget

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Angola (“Angola”) (Ba3 / B / B+), is pleased to publish an update on its budgetary performance and certain other key performance indicators. Highlights (as of 30th June 2016): • Total Fiscal Expenditure: The 2016 Budget had forecasted $30bn; this is now estimated to be $24bn by […]

Angola announces hydrokinetic power program with Privinvest

Angola announces hydrokinetic power program with Privinvest

The Ministry of Energy and Water of the Republic of Angola (http://www.MINEA.gv.ao) has signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Privinvest (http://www.Privinvest.com), the Middle East headquartered industrial group, to introduce hydrokinetic power generation over the next decade. As a result of the presidential order of June 3rd 2016, the MOU was signed within the context […]

Is Angola Broke?

Is Angola Broke?

Angola’s President José Eduardo dos Santos has confessed that his country is broke. The leader attributed the situation to failure of the national oil company Sonangol to remit cash to the government. Angola is the second-largest producer of crude oil in Africa and is regularly cited as one of the continent’s fastest growing economies. The […]

Strong GDP growth in Africa has masked disappointing productivity: Productivity growth falls to 1.7%

Strong GDP growth in Africa has masked disappointing productivity: Productivity growth falls to 1.7%

The report notes that from 2000 to 2015, the average GDP growth across the continent was 4.8% per annum, a full 2.3 percentage points faster than the global average during the 1990s. This is only marginally slower than the ASEAN region, which grew by an average 5.6% per annum and around 0.2 percentage points faster […]

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