US Commitments To Angola Highlight Shifting Strategies
June 19th, 2023
Via The African Energy View, a look at Us commitments to Angola: Not since the Cold War have countries in the Global South featured so prominently in the thinking of the world’s major powers – something clearly visible in the shifting patterns in energy markets and renewable investments. For many, that presents an opportunity. Angola’s […]
Read more »DRC and Angola Finalize Oil Deal With Chevron
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Reuters, an article on a recent agreement between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its southern neighbor Angola to split up an offshore oil block that they have been fighting over for 50 years. Under the proposed agreement, DRC and Angola would each take 30% of the block, and the US company […]
Read more »Angola: Private-Sector Agriculture Partnerships Key To Diversification
June 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Angola’s efforts to diversify its economy: Agricultural partnerships between the state and private sector are crucial to diversifying Angola’s economy away from oil dependence, Manuel Francisco Pedro, chairman of the Luanda/Bengo Special Economic Zone (SEZ), tells The Africa Report. More than 80% of Angola’s agricultural produce comes […]
Read more »Angola: Ready To Switch Allegiance From Russia To U.S.
June 1st, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Angola’s stated tendency to ditch Russia for US as Lourenço eyes third term: From arms sales to green energy to direct flights, Luanda is forging ahead with ever-deepening ties with Washington even as other countries in southern Africa look to preserve their Cold War-era ties to Moscow […]
Read more »US Reviews $250 Million Investment in Congo-Angola Rail Link
May 27th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report that the US Development Finance Corp. is conducting due diligence for a potential $250 million financing package for the Lobito Atlantic Railway Corridor, which runs from Ndola in northern Zambia north through the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Angola to the port at Lobito: US International Development Finance […]
Read more »Kilamba Kiaxi, Angola’s Giant City Of The Future
April 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Kilamba Kiaxi, Angola’s giant city of the future: A flagship project of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos era, the ‘new city’, located on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, has not lived up to all its promises. However, projects of this type are multiplying, encouraged […]
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