Benguela, Angola News

After having assessed on Saturday the progress of the works in the provinces of Hula and Benguela, the delegation of the Confederation of African Football , led by the chairperson of the organisation, Issa Hayatou, visited to the stadiums of Chiazi and of Camama , having considered the construction works as satisfactory.

The deputy minister of Industry, Kiala Gabriel, Monday in Luanda said that despite the global financial and economic crisis, Angola still keeps on inspiring the confidence of investors.

The Benguela Railways are expected to reach Luau village, Moxico province, in 2011, as result of the celerity of reconstruction works undertaken by the Chinese construction company at that railway lane, said Thursday the company's administrative director, Carlos Brs.

Lonrho said on Wednesday that it has been issued with an Air Services Licence in Angola for its regional African airline, Fly540.

The Angolan Commerce minister, Idalina Valente, said Wednesday in Luanda, that the Rural Trade Promotion Programme for the 2009-2012 period, approved by the Government, aims at the gradual rehabilitation of all shops in rural areas, to encourage agricultural production and trade.

The governor of central Benguela province, Armando da Cruz Neto, over the weekend appealed to farmers to produce goods of quality so they are absorbed by the Programme of Restructuring of the System of Logistics and Distribution of Basic Commodities to the Population .

The Coca-Cola Botling, through its northern and southern bureaus, invested Usd 150 million in the construction of two new plants, purchase of bottles and equipment in Angola last year.

HOUSTON: KBR consulting subsidiary Granherne has been selected as the contractor by Chevron Overseas Ltd.

Angolan minister of Territory Administration, Virglio de Fontes Pereira, considered as correct the way the district administrations of Benguela, Lobito, Cubal and Ganda are using the Usd 5.0 million the central ...

Trade with Africa will be the focus of a conference this month at Monterey Institute of International Studies sponsored by the nonprofit Monterey Bay International Trade Association.

The Angolan Oil minister, Botelho de Vasconcelos, said Thursday in Lobito, central Benguela Province, that the construction of Lobito oil refinery will cost USD 08 billion and that it is one of the strategies ...

The inland localities of Lobito district , central Benguela province, will benefit this year from the government's "Water for all" programme, announced last Wednesday, the local administrator.

Angolan deputy agriculture minister, Zacarias Sambeny, has voiced for the immediate rehabilitation of the zootechnical station of Ganda aimed at the recovery of veterinary investigation.

The Angola-Zambia mixed commission is to hold technical talks on furthering economic cooperation from February 25 to 26, Angola's official news agency ANGOP reported on Saturday.

Angolan Industry minister, Joaquim David, Thursday in Luanda, expressed optimistic about the rapid development of the country, mainly his sector, thanks to its potential, having invited Indian businesses to ...

A unique "Iron Palace" in Luanda, once a crumbling legacy of the school of Gustave Eiffel, has been painstakingly restored as part of a city-wide effort to rebuild after decades of civil war.

Angolan Cabinet Council approved Wednesday here the resolution establishing the inter-ministerial Commission for National Energy Safety, at its 2009 first extraordinary session presided over by the President, ...

Crude oil production in Angola, last year, was set at 695,707 million barrels, Angop learnt on Friday here from the minister of Oil, Botelho de Vasconcelos, while speaking at the new-year greetings ceremony ...

The rehabilitation and enlargement works of hydroelectric dams of Lomaum and Biopio, southern Benguela province, estimated at more than AKz 1.5 billion, are set to start in 2009, ensured Wednesday the ...

The governor of Benguela province, Armando da Cruz Neto, Monday here guaranteed that his executive will protect the businesspeople that operate in the south-western province, aiming at the generation of income ...