Angola
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Africa´s financial services sector is currently worth over US$100 billion and will continue to grow by double digits up until 2020 outpacing Africa´s GDP growth (this GDP growth is expected to reach US$2.6 trillion by year 2020) |
Angola, Africa’s second-biggest producer of oil, is a country that is blessed with abundant natural resources and a geographical location that can permit it to be a hub for the entire region of southern Africa |
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Finance
 João Raimundo Belchior, Garantia Seguros
Garantia Seguros has become a competitive force in Angolan insurance since 2009 by offering its clients the widest range of insurance services – from car and buildings cover, to work and travel indemnity
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ZEE Luanda-Bengo develops industrial parks helping to transform Angola’s industry
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A healthy banking sector has accompanied Angola’s economic growth since 2002
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With well-defined objectives and a strong sense of responsibility, award-winning BESA has found the winning formula for growth
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Ambitious expansion and modern banking services from one of Angola’s top four banks
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Banco Africano de Investimentos has performed outstandingly within Angola and has embarked on a well-grounded growth strategy
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From education and health care to culture and sports, BAI is a company that takes its corporate responsibilities very seriously
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 After 35 years of independence, Angola is postioning itself as a key economic player in the region
The African giant is leading by example as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the biggest FDI receptor on the continent and a strategic ally of the U.S. in sub-Saharan Africa
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Infrastructure
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Both the public and private sectors are reinvigorating Angola’s transport and telecoms systems
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 The port is working at full capacity, and the new investment is timely
IMPA’s efforts and policies are ensuring that Luanda’s port will serve as a more efficient gateway
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 Up-to-date equipment is improving air traffic and security
ENANA is bringing Angola’s airports up to 21st century standards
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IPGUL is conduction urban planning to rationalize and optimize Luanda’s rapid growth
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CETENCO is devoted to the community; it wants to help its people develop
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We want to position the Port de Lobito as one of the best ports of Africa
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 Leonel da Rocha Pinto, General Manager of Multiparques and Multiterminais
Investment and upgrades at the Port of Luanda will showcase the capacity for the capital to become the maritime hub of the region
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Multiparques is developing a dry port at Viana to boost container throughput at the Port of Luanda
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Industry and Trade
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Part of the global Maxam organization, Maxam CPEA Angola is an industrial group leader in the development of civil explosives and key raw materials for the nitro chemical industry
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 Maxam
Maxam CPEA provides dynamite to the mining and construction industries, and has enjoyed spectacular increases in recent years. Here, its Director General Carlos Aguincha gives Globus Vision an overview of Angola’s progress, while discussing his own company’s development
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 Corpo de Segurança e Fiscalizaçao dos Diamantes
Globus Vision discusses the diamond business and its role in the New Angola with Antonio Romero, Director General de Corpo de Segurança e Fiscalizaçao dos Diamantes
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 Mr. Farid Rahmani, President of SANZI GROUP
Sanzi Group’s interests vary from meat and dairy products to electrical goods. Globus Vision talks to Mr. Farid Rahmani, President of SANZI GROUP, about his company’s wide-ranging strategies
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 President dos Santos
Economic growth and progress in human development have been the hallmarks of Angola’s peacetime era
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In 2009, Angola and the U.S. signed a strategic trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) to enhance trade and investment relations between the two countries, which have been going from strength-to-strength.
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Starting with a business magazine, Score Group has successfully moved on to other sectors
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Jeosat Angola is the pioneer in steel framing in Angola and uses the best technology to grow exponentially
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Education
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UniMetro is creating a new generation of globally competitive entrepreneurs
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Initially formed to provide humanitarian aid, FESA has become the place where socioeconomic strategies are born
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The Eduardo dos Santos Foundation (FESA) contributes to the nation’s education system with both new facilities and new ideas to raise standards
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The Government intends to create nationwide access to higher education by 2012
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Energy
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Direccao Provincial De Energias E Aguas De Benguela´s objective is to provide drinkable water to all of the inhabitants of the region
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Targeting 2000MW of installed capacity, the Government turns to liberalisation
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Marching down the nuclear road
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 Angola LNG is an onshore project, involving a good deal of the local community
For the world’s oil multinationals, Angola has been Christmas all year round.
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Formed in 2008 by an international consortium, Angola LNG is making the best of a valuable natural resource
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Telecoms & ICT
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TPA produces and broadcasts relevant programming for Angolans both at home and living abroad
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 Augusto Baltazar de Almeida, General Director of INATEL
Augusto Baltazar de Almeida, General Director of INATEL, is the man behind the unification of Angola´s information and communication technology systems. He describes to Globus Vision his task of creating a secure, integrated network within Angola, to provide ICT services for all government departments
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Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicaciones de Angola (ITEL) is tasked with training future telecommunications workers. General Director Americo Antonio dos Santos describes the value of its work, and the importance of attracting German investment to the telecoms sector
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From cellular phones to cellular Internet access, Unitel is improving communications for millions
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From cellular phones to cellular Internet access, Unitel is improving communications for millions
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 Movicel currently has three million subscribers
Heavy investment by the eight-year old cellular phone company means modernization and improved services for all its clients
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Companies today face increasing demands for corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, especially in developing countries
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Angola’s telecommunications market has grown, been modernised and extended around the country in the past decade, all at a rapid pace
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Agriculture
 Dr Jose Cerqueira, Project Director of Aldeia Nova
The Aldeia Nova Project affords ex-soldiers and displaced persons a chance to start again
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For hundreds of thousands of Angolans, access to clean drinking water is a dream coming true
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 Before 1975, Angola was the world’s fourth-largest coffee exporter
Angola’s agriculture sector grew 29% in 2009, entering a new stage and becoming a key priority on the government’s agenda in diversifying the nation’s oil- and diamond-based economy
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With 47 watersheds and the largest water-flow rate in Africa, Angola’s powerful rivers hold the potential to generate 18 GW of energy.
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Aldeia Nova is a visionary project with a twofold mission: to afford displaced Angolans jobs, and to boost the country’s agricultural backbone
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In 2002, Angola embarked on a mission to rebuild its crippled agricultural sector – once the crowning jewel of the economy – with the ultimate goal of developing the ability to feed itself once again.
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Its goal is twofold: to raise agricultural production and to reincorporate hundreds of families back into rural life
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Tourism & Culture
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With extensive investment in equipment and staff, Unitel is not only building up Angola’s infrastructure, but also the skills of its people
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 Kutonoca showcases Angolan artists
Kutonoca showcases Angolan artists
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 Gabela. Dramatic landscapes and beautiful coffee fields
Gabela. Dramatic landscapes and beautiful coffee fields
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 The changing cityscape of Luanda reflects Angola’s rising wealth and position as a place for business on the continent’s west coast
Among the most expensive cities in the world, the capital is becoming a world-class metropolis
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In addition to his position as general manager for Angola’s leading logistics operators Multiterminais and Multiparques, Leonel da Rocha Pinto has also spent many years promoting several social causes, including the effects caused by landmines, and the promotion of Paralympic sports in his capacity as chairman of the Angolan Paralympics Committee.
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 Guests at HCTA have a choice of 201 rooms, including 21 suites and 20 villas,outdoor pool, gym, spa and beauty treatments
Contemporary design, luxurious elegance and first-class facilities surround guests at the Talatona Convention Hotel. Known by its acronym HCTA, it is Luanda’s premier five-star hotel and the country’s first to offer such exacting levels of service
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H.E. DARWISH BIN ISMAIL AL BALUSHI Minister Responsible for Financial Affairs, Oman |
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H.E. DR. AHMED MOHAMMED SALEM AL-FUTAISI Minister of Transport & Communications, Oman |
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H.E. YAHIA BIN SAID BIN ABDULLAH AL-JABRI Chairman of the Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (SEZAD) |
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