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Gemcorp strives to get Cabinda refinery back on track

The project spearheaded by Gemcorp to build a refinery in Angola is well behind schedule, but the London-based investment management firm still believes in the project and its team in Luanda.

Subscribers only Energy 17.07.2023

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French scepticism douses Lourenço's agricultural fervour

French president Emmanuel Macron and president of Angola Joao Lourenco at the presidential palace in Luanda on 3 March 2023.© Jacques Witt/Pool/Abacapress

Subscribers only Politics, Business 22.06.2023

Lourenço's associates find a rich seam in rare earths, copper, manganese and gold

Concessions held by Angolan government associates.© Indigo Publications - 2023

Subscribers only Mining 21.06.2023

How the €305m road between Luanda and Lunda Sul province will be financed

The African Trade Insurance Agency has just authorised the granting of a $305m loan, guaranteed by Deutsche Bank, to finance the Angolan road link between Luanda and Lunda Sul province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.06.2023

Visalia sues Seadrill for $70m over hook-up with Sonangol

The drilling company Seadrill, which has been associated with Sonangol in the Sonadrill joint venture since 2019, is now in the sights of Visalia Marketing communications agency. The agency wants $70m from Seadrill for having hooked it up with the Angolan state-owned company.

Free access Energy 13.06.2023

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MPLA bigwigs behind Hipergesta diamond empire

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) leaders meet on 10 August 2017, in Luanda.© Ampe Rogerio/AFP

Subscribers only Mining 09.06.2023

More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

The list of winners in the 2019-2022 privatisation programme is growing. It includes honorary consuls, some foreign entrepreneurs and Angolan businessmen with ties to the president's office.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 06.06.2023

American AEG Fuels settles case with Angolan Air Force out of court

The case filed by Texan AEG Fuels against the Angolan Air Force for $560,000 in unpaid fees was settled outside of court.

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2023

Bolloré Angola set to take lead in Congolese Copperbelt exports

Africa Global Logistics, formerly a branch of France's Bolloré Group bought by MSC in December, is well placed, via its Angolan subsidiary Bolloré Transport & Logistics Angola, to win two tender calls issued by the Agência Reguladora de Certificação de Carga e Logística (ARCCLA) to set up logistics platforms in two key border areas.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 01.06.2023

National networks of logistics platforms in Angola.

Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Farming cooperatives run by former soldiers are poised to receive an initial consignment of tractors, which will be assembled in the country thanks to the Emirati investor.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 25.05.2023

Lourenço aims to undercut UNITA by redrawing provincial boundaries

A plan to redraw Angola's electoral boundaries, which will result in the creation of a number of new provinces, is due to be launched by the government shortly with the aim of reducing the opposition threat to the MPLA at the next general election in 2027.

Subscribers only Politics 18.05.2023

Plan to redraw Angola's electoral boundaries.

Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Some politically well-connected Angolan families who were favoured by the previous government have boosted their businesses under the current presidency of João Lourenço. Silvestre Tulumba Kapose's clan, which is involved in the automobile and banking sectors, is doing particularly well.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2023

Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

The Congolese president, who is distancing himself from the East African Community, continues to be involved with other regional organisations and will shortly attend the next summit of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region in Luanda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.05.2023

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Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

Rwanda is about to send a new ambassador to Luanda. President Kagame has again chosen a high-flyer for the strategic embassy as relations with Angola, particularly on the security front, grow ever stronger.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.05.2023

President of Angola João Lourenço and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2018.

External Relations Minister Tete António appoints key staff

The minister of external relations has now finished appointing his administration, filling the vacancies created by new ambassador postings abroad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.05.2023

Angola's Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, in Washington, on 26 May 2022.

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Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Several firms led by allies of the current Angolan president and his predecessor won tender calls in the first wave of state privatisations, and the government is now preparing a second round involving some of the country's flagship companies.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 05.05.2023

Angolan president João Lourenço (2nd left) sits next to the National Assembly speaker Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (2nd right).

Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Brazilian construction group Odebrecht has made its return to Angola with the signature of a series of major new contracts. In so doing, it has demonstrated its resilience after having been one of the main groups charged under the Lava-Jato anti-corruption programme.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 02.05.2023

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Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Russia, Brazil and China are the most sought-after assignments for Angolan defence attachés, but Africa has the largest number of these posts. Luanda also has several defence attachés in Europe who facilitate military training cooperation programmes and arms deals.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.04.2023

President of Angola João Lourenço at a military ceremony in Moscow in 2019.

Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

The Portuguese-Angolan construction group Omatapalo has won billions of euros worth of state contracts with the help of its connections within the ruling party.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.04.2023

Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

The Kenyan president has proposed that his country host the headquarters of the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area, which, once three more states ratify a deal struck in 2015, will group 29 African countries.

Subscribers only Business 24.04.2023

Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Egypt's Elsewedy Electric is winning contract after contract in Angola. Those contracts alone account for a third of Egypt's annual exports to sub-Saharan Africa, making the southern African country a key economic partner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 24.04.2023

Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Foreign Affairs Minister Tete António is scheduled to travel to the Comoros at the end of this month to discuss the unrest in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.04.2023

Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Portugal has pledged €2bn in aid to Angola. Of that sum, some money will go towards the construction of the vast Vila da Muxima, a sanctuary that Angola's Catholic Church has been trying to get out of the ground for years.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.04.2023

Angolan president Joao Lourenco at the presidential palace in Luanda.

How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

The Israeli firm Mitrelli has bagged a series of major Angolan state contracts thanks to its boss Haim Taib's close ties with Angolan President João Lourenço's inner circle.

Subscribers only Business 11.04.2023

Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

The Angolan president has completed the revamp of his diplomatic network with a fresh round of ambassadorial appointments. The new envoys to the United States, South Africa, Austria, Norway, Serbia and Zambia include politicians, technocrats and regime loyalists.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.04.2023

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Angola

Gemcorp strives to get Cabinda refinery back on track

Spotlight
French scepticism douses Lourenço's agricultural fervour

Lourenço's associates find a rich seam in rare earths, copper, manganese and gold

How the €305m road between Luanda and Lunda Sul province will be financed

Visalia sues Seadrill for $70m over hook-up with Sonangol

Spotlight
MPLA bigwigs behind Hipergesta diamond empire

More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

American AEG Fuels settles case with Angolan Air Force out of court

Bolloré Angola set to take lead in Congolese Copperbelt exports

Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Lourenço aims to undercut UNITA by redrawing provincial boundaries

Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

Spotlight
Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

External Relations Minister Tete António appoints key staff

Spotlight
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Inner Circle
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

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Gemcorp strives to get Cabinda refinery back on track

Spotlight French scepticism douses Lourenço's agricultural fervour

Lourenço's associates find a rich seam in rare earths, copper, manganese and gold

How the €305m road between Luanda and Lunda Sul province will be financed

Visalia sues Seadrill for $70m over hook-up with Sonangol

Spotlight MPLA bigwigs behind Hipergesta diamond empire

More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

American AEG Fuels settles case with Angolan Air Force out of court

Bolloré Angola set to take lead in Congolese Copperbelt exports

Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Lourenço aims to undercut UNITA by redrawing provincial boundaries

Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

Spotlight Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

External Relations Minister Tete António appoints key staff

Spotlight Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Inner Circle Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

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French scepticism douses Lourenço's agricultural fervour

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MPLA bigwigs behind Hipergesta diamond empire

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Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

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Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Inner Circle
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe