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The Central Bank of Angola (BNA) released on November 9, the new 50 and 100 Kwanza coins. This completes the launching of the new Kwanza series released back in 2012, which includes the 50 cents, 1 Kz, 5 Kz, 10 Kz and 20 Kz coins.
At the launching ceremony, the governor of BNA, José Pedro de Morais, said that despite this year’s slowdown in the economic growth due to the sudden and sharp drop of oil prices, the main product of Angolan exports, the country has witnessed an increase of currency in circulation, particularly the use of coins and lower-denomination notes.
The launch of the 50 Kz and Kz 100 coins comes as parts of the various activities scheduled to celebrate the Angola’s 40th anniversary of independence.
Source: ANGOP
The Minister of Welfare and Social Reintegration of Angola, João Baptista Kussumua, paid an official visit to Japan from 20 to 26 October to strengthen the friendship and solidarity ties between the two countries as well as to review the level of cooperation in mining clearance projects in Angola where some Japanese companies are engaged.
During his stay in Japan, Minister Kussumua held talks with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Yasuhisa Shiozaki, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Masakazu Hamachi, the Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Hiroshi Kato, as well as with some members of the Japanese Diet and other senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Minister Kussumua also traveled to the city of Hiroshima where he visited the Peace Memorial for the Atomic Bomb Victims and laid a wreath.
Source: Embassy of Angola in Japan
Construction works on the new Luanda International Airport will be completed by April 2017 according to the Minister of Transports, Augusto da Silva Tomás.
The Minister gave this information to the press during a field visit that by the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, on Monday, October 26 to the new Luanda International Airport, aimed at assessing the progress of the construction works.
Located 40 kilometers from the center of Luanda and spread over an area of 1,324 hectares, the new airport will have 31 passenger boarding bridges (PBB), two double runways capable of taking the world’s largest commercial aircraft, the Airbus A380, an underground car park for more than1,500 vehicles among other supporting infrastructures that will enable the airport to handle 15 million passengers a year.
Source: ANGOP
The Minister of Industry, Bernarda Martins, called on the domestic and foreign investors to invest in cotton production in Malanje Province, in order to support the three large textile factories rehabilitated by the government in the provinces of Kwanza Norte, Luanda and Benguela.
The minister, who was speaking to journalists at the International Conference on Investment Promotion organized by the Malanje Province, said that under the rehabilitation, expansion and modernization of the textile industry, Angola currently imports cotton for its three textiles factories, namely África Têxtil in Benguela Province, Textang 2 in Luanda Province and Satec in Kwanza Norte Province.
The Minister stated that Malanje Province was once one of the largest cotton producers in the country, and that investors should take this into consideration in order to end cotton imports.
The Minister added that the Angolan government is focused on creating industrial land with the necessary infrastructure such as water, power and roads to support entrepreneurs who wish to invest.
Source: ANGOP
An Angolan delegation led by the Chairman of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA), António Belsa da Costa is in Addis Ababa to attend the World Energy Executive Assembly and the World Energy Leader’s Summit (October 26-30). Angola holds the chairmanship of APUA since 2014 for a three-year term.
On the sidelines of the event, the APUA Chairman who is also the CEO of the Angolan National Electricity Production Company (PRODEL-EP), will hold talks with the African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, Dr. Elham Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim as well as with general directors of African electric power companies.
The Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA), formerly known as the Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in Africa (UPDEA), was established in 1970 to bring together African electric power companies towards making power more accessible, affordable and reliable for the African people. The APUA headquarters is located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Source: ANGOP
The Angolan capital, Luanda, will host on 28-30 October, the 41st Meeting of the Committee of Governors of Central Banks (CGCB) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The meetings will focus primarily on monetary policy, banking supervision, monetary and capital markets, international financial relations, payment systems, clearing and settlement, training, information systems and money laundering.
The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) holds the permanent presidency of the CGCB. The CGCB was established in 1995 to address the need of a specialized structure to promote and achieve close cooperation between central banks in Southern Africa.
Source: ANGOP
The Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, received, Monday, at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, the letters of credence from five new ambassadors.
They are the ambassadors of the Holy See, Archbishop Petar Rajic, Gabon, Guy Nambo-Wezet, Mali, Diamou Keita, Mozambique, Santos Alvaro, and Egypt, Ahmed Ahmed Sabry Abdelfattah.
Last week, the Angolan Head of State received letters of credence from the ambassadors of the Netherlands, Willem Mattheus Constantijn Aalmans, Belgium, Felix Frank, India, Sushil Kumar Singhal, China, Cui Aimim and Poland, Piotr Jozef Mysliwiec.
Source: ANGOP
The solidarity shown by Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, during the Ebola epidemic outbreak in Liberia and in other West African countries was highlighted, Tuesday in Luanda by the special envoy of the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf.
Boima Fahmbulleh who was received in audience by President José Eduardo dos Santos, told the media that he took the opportunity to explain to the Angolan Head of State the progress achieved in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in the West region of Africa.
He added that he came to Angola to, on behalf of the president of his country, thank the Angolan leader for his support during that period.
Asked about the political instability in some African countries, Boima Fahmbulleh said that the matter was also discussed with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. He highlighted the experience of Angola in solving its own internal conflict, which is an example to be followed to ensure peace in some African countries.
Source: ANGOP
September 17, the birth date of the founder and first President of Angola, Dr. António Agostinho Neto, is considered as the National Hero’s Day because of his contributions in the fight against Portuguese colonialism. September 17 was established as a national holiday in 1980 one year after his death in Moscow, from an illness.
Physician and statesman, Dr. Agostinho Neto was jailed several times by the Portuguese authorities for his political activism for Angola’s independence, which was achieved on November 11, 1975.
Dr. Agostinho Neto was also a distinguished poet and has published several works including “Sacred Hope”, a collection of poems that has been translated into several languages.
Source: ANGOP