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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The four executive directors appointed by Emirates Airline are already in Angola to join the new board of directors of TAAG, Angolan Airlines.

The CEO of TAAG, Joaquim Cunha, said the new executive directors would assume their respective positions soon, under the strategic partnership agreement signed in September 2014 between the Government of Angola and Emirates Airline, through which, TAAG will be under the management of a team of executives from Emirates.

The agreement provides for a new governing model for TAAG which will be managed by a nine-member management board: five appointed by the Angolan Government, namely, the Deputy CEO and four non-executive directors while Emirates will represented by four executive directors, that is, the CEO and three directors in charge of the commercial, operation, finance and administrative departments.

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The new General Labour Law, approved on June 15 this year, came into force on 14 September. According to the national director of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security, Agostinho dos Reis Amândio, the main objectives of this new law is to promote social justice and the creation of more jobs in order to enhance economic growth.

Speaking at a seminar about the new law, Agostinho dos Reis Amândio, added that the previous labor law was in a historical, socio-economic and political context different from the present, and for this reason a new legal framework was created to provide greater accountability and dignity between employers and employees.

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The Japan – Angola Association’s 10th anniversary ceremony held on September 15th, 2015 at the Embassy of Angola.

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H.E. João Miguel Vahekeni, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola

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Mr. Shoichi Tanaka, the President of the Japan-Angola Friendship Association

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Hon. Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya Ward

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Dr. Nobuyuki Miura, the President of Kokushikan University

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Angola and Namibia intend to identify new areas of cooperation and will continue to work to strengthen their parliamentary ties. This was pledged by the Speakers of the Parliament of Angola and Namibia, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos and Peter H. Katjavivi, respectively, during a meeting that took place on the sidelines of the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from August 31 to September 2.

During his stay in New York, the president of the Angolan parliament also held a meeting with this Kenyan counterpart with whom he discussed, among other issues, the preparations for the Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) which will be held in Angola from December 1-3.

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos also held separate talks and discussed issues of bilateral interest with his counterparts from Brazil, Burundi, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Serbia

Source: ANGOP