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Angola

Patrol boats: João Lourenço changes rules of naval engagement

Having overseen naval purchases when he was minister of defence, João Lourenço has now entrusted the interior ministry with equipping the country with OPVs.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.10.2019

Wedding bells for João Lourenço

In late September, the Angolan president João Lourenço and his [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.10.2019

Grupo Vernon, the firm with the address book for Baker Hughes' ambitions

American oil firm Baker Hughes, an offshoot of the General Electric galaxy, will be able to call on the help [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Blocks 14/15: minister Domingos fighting to keep oil zone status quo with Tshisekedi

From Luanda's point of view, the new Angolan president João Lourenço is hell bent on stopping his Congolese homologue Felix [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Coca-Cola equity fund chairman and industry ministry favourite lands on feet in oil services

Lawyer Laurentino de Sousa Pedro Canga, who was appointed to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Spotlight
Luanda picks out new diamonds with old allies

President João Lourenço may be working hard to breathe fresh life into the country's diamond industry, doing away with the practices of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos's era is proving more difficult. Even as the country opens its mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining Running story - The reform of diamond mining 15.10.2019

Ministry sets tight schedule for bidding round shortlist

The Angolan government has given interested bidders until 4.30 p.m. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

Spotlight
Hollande, Macron, Pouyanné: three presidents in Luanda

Following the deep chill that prevailed during the last presidency of José Eduardo dos Santos, French companies have been making a comeback in Luanda. This nascent new wave is being supported politically by Emmanuel Macron, who is going out of [.

Subscribers only Politics 09.10.2019

Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Joao Lourenco in Angola early next year.

Banco Sol, a presidential bank

A minority shareholder (5.42%) in the country's seventh largest bank [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.10.2019

Paulino Jeronimo primes dream team for ANPG hydrocarbons roadshow

A select set of three experienced technocrats, all former Sonangol execs, join board member Natacha Massano to form the promotional group.

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Joao Lourenco grants Total a breather on Chissonga

Angolan president Joao Lourenco has signed a decree authorizing Total [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Who is the shadow architect behind the Sonangol privatisation scheme?

While Angolan president Joao Lourenco has been fronting a push [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Trading house Flawless Diamond opens shop in Luanda

With new opportunities to be had with Angola's diamond trade now open to private enterprise, the South African company has decided to open a branch in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Felix Tshisekedi's security pact with Joao Lourenco

Obliged to accommodate his predecessor Joseph Kabila at home, the Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi is trying to strengthen his hand abroad through a rapprochement with Angola, which was always on very distant terms with Kabila.

Free access Politics 25.09.2019

Who will succeed Isaias Samakuva as head of UNITA?

The current president of UNITA, Isaias Samakuva, has in the end decided not to stand again for the leadership of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Mirco Martins moves into security sector lobbying

Having been one of the best-connected young businessmen during the [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Spotlight
How Shell tucked in behind Somoil for Angolan comeback

To cover the missing funds for the development of its block 2/05, Somoil, an Angolan junior oil company founded during Eduardo Dos Santos's era by the former vice president Manuel Vicente and minister of petroleum at the time Desiderio da [.

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2019

Alrosa gets greenlight to demand proof over lost Catoca money

An American court has accepted the Russian miner firm's request for the discovery of documents from banks active in New York over alleged embezzlement of funds from its Angolan diamond mine Catoca.