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Portugal signs two memoranda with Angola to promote private investment
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In a statement sent to Lusa, AICEP Global Parques states that the objective of the agreements signed this Friday afternoon, one with the industrial and logistics zone certification agency and the other with Angola's private investment and export...
European Ambassador to Angola: EU has a 360-degree view of the Lobito Corridor
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"We have a 360-degree vision, with investments in social, economic, and environmental concerns" regarding this project, which aims to connect the port of Lobito to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through the remodeling...
Portuguese government reinforces credit line for Portuguese companies to invest in Angola by 750 million
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The announcement was made by Luís Montenegro in a joint statement alongside President João Lourenço at the Palácio das Necessidades, as part of his official visit to Portugal. The Portuguese Prime Minister emphasized that, 12 months ago, during...
African Finance Corporation disburses approximately 99 million to improve Angola's road network
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"AFC has completed and disbursed 75 million euros of an 85 million euros sovereign credit line to the Government of Angola, through the Ministry of Finance, to support the construction of 186 priority bridges and critical improvements to the...
UAE businesspeople have over 100 million to invest in Angolan agriculture
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According to the official, the company is already working with the Ministry of Agriculture to identify the country's "food production needs." In statements to the press, quoted in a government statement seen by VerAngola, Nawa Lamari said that...
Maria do Rosário Bragança travels to Japan to speak on Angola Day at Expo Osaka-Kansai 2025
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"Angola Day at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 in Japan, to be held on the 29th of this month, will be marked with a solemn ceremony led by the Minister of State for Social Affairs, Maria do Rosário Bragança, representing the President of the Republic,...
Portuguese President praises Angolan community and states that “laws pass but people remain”
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"And we need each other, and we know that we only gain by treating each other well, because those who treat each other badly are treated badly, and above all, they lose the opportunity to treat each other well," added Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at...
NOVA by Casanova: Angolan design for the future of work
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NOVA means: New: modern and functional solutions Bold: bold and exclusive design Variety: styles and options for all tastes Angola: national production with cultural identity CONNECT LINE Privacy, technology, and versatility Audiovisual booths for...
Reimagining Sustainable Development for a Fractured World
Project Syndicate
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As developing countries' investment needs become increasingly urgent, the resources to meet them are steadily dwindling. With public finances under strain worldwide, the European Union’s approach aims to mobilize private capital by de-risking...
World Bank wants to be in Angola with large and long-term projects
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"We have a strong commitment to working with Angola on its development agenda; we want to be involved in long-term projects, not necessarily easy ones, like the water supply project we visited in Luanda," said the World Bank's number two, Axel van...
World Bank: Angola urgently needs a consistent path to robust growth
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"The Angolan economy urgently needs to establish a consistent path to robust growth to address nearly a decade of stagnation and improve conditions for poverty reduction," said Juan Carlos Alvarez at the presentation of the World Bank's report on...
Blogger Delfina Silvano’s fight against colonial-era incitement laws in Angola
Media Defence
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In an encouraging ruling, the Tribunal da Relação de Benguela (Court of Appeal) in Angola dismissed the ‘rebellion’ case against citizen journalist and blogger Delfina Silvano – known online as Finúria – in April 2025, bringing an end to a legal...
One hundred young Angolans benefit from scholarships for tourism training
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According to a statement sent to VerAngola, the memorandum, which was signed this Wednesday, "marks a decisive step towards the training of professionals and the sustainable development of the national tourism sector." "Among the signed...
EurAfrican Forum brings together Portuguese and Angolan presidents, ministers and businesspeople in Lisbon
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The eighth edition of the meeting kicks off on Friday with Portuguese interventions by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, and former Prime Minister Durão Barroso, concluding on Saturday with a conversation between the Presidents of...
If We Respond to the Genocide in Palestine the Same Way We’re responding to the Climate Crisis, We Should Expect Many More Loss of Lives
Black Agenda Report
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The climate crisis and genocide in Gaza share the same root: capitalism’s willingness to sacrifice the masses. Yet, the institutions built to resist have instead become accomplices. In 2018, Seattle-based journalist - Charles Mudede - wrote a...
At least 52 out of every thousand children under five die annually from diseases in Angola
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In other words, on average, for every thousand children born in Angola, 52 do not survive until they reach the age of five, according to data presented by Rosa Moreira during the Global Forum for Innovation and Action on Immunization and Child...
AHS band putting on preview Friday
The Herald Republican - Indiana
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ANGOLA — After two weeks of band camp and preparations complete for the upcoming marching band competitions, the Angola High School Marching Hornets will be putting on preview show on Friday evening at the high school. The event will include pork...
Conference on tourism and air transport in Africa brings together government leaders in Luanda
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"The 2nd UN Tourism and ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa will bring together government leaders from the African continent in Luanda to discuss how tourism and air transport can foster economic integration in...
Angolan Maria de Fátima Jardim elected executive secretary of the CPLP
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Maria de Fátima Jardim succeeds Timorese Zacarias da Costa, who served two terms in the position (since 2021). The new Executive Secretary holds a degree in biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and served as...
Tourist visa exemption and Agostinho Neto airport position Angola as a “regional hub for air transport and tourism”
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The UN Tourism Regional Director for Africa also welcomed the expansion of TAAG, "which improves connectivity in Africa and beyond," a development she noted that "indicates the need to accelerate the implementation of the Single Market for Africa...