Angola - Copperbelt Katanga Mining

The Benguela Railway: A Testimony of Friendship and Development

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023 Constance

In an extraordinary feat of engineering, the Benguela Railway in Angola stands as a testament to the power of collaboration and the determination to overcome monumental challenges. As the final piece of the east-west transcontinental link that connects the Indian and Atlantic oceans, this remarkable project, built by the China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corporation (CR20), has revolutionized regional connectivity and transformed the African rail network. With its immense socio-economic impact, the Benguela Railway is more than just a transportation artery; it symbolizes the enduring friendship between the peoples of… Read More Here

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Lobito Corridor to Generate Two Thousand Jobs in the Initial Phase

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Constance

Around two thousand jobs will be created along the Lobito Corridor when it is fully operational, according to Angola’s Minister of Transport, Ricardo D’Abreu. “On the one hand, there are direct jobs related to all those who will be directly involved in port and railway operations and indirect jobs via other sectors”, he stressed on Tuesday July 4th, in statements. For the consortium, he advanced, there is an obligation to invest in the order of US$450 million in the near future. Read More Here

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Almost all roads lead to the Lobito Corridor

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023 Constance

It was only in 1931 that the first shipment of copper from Katanga arrived in Lobito, but the railroad that allowed to bring the riches from the then Belgian Congo, today the Democratic Republic of Congo, was born from a Portuguese law of 1899. At the head of the project was the Scotsman Robert Williams, who had been a friend of Cecil Rhodes and who understood the advantages of the Benguela Railway: for the Portuguese, it made it possible to link the Angolan coast to the Central Plateau and even… Read More Here

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Angola begins fiber optic connection tests with Zambia

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Constance

The Angolan Government started tests for the connection with Zambia, by fiber optics, as revealed on Tuesday June 2th in Luanda by the minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Social Communication. Mário Oliveira made the revelation during a visit by the delegation of the Public Accounts Committees of the Southern African Development Community (SADCOPAC), headed by Warren Chisha Mwambazi. Speaking to the press, at the end of the meeting with the delegation, the minister stressed that the process is part of the desideratum of transforming Angola into a telecommunications hub. … Read More Here

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Gasoline price increase doesn’t deter illegal trade between DRC and Zambia

June 29, 2023July 2, 2023 Constance

In an environment of expectations, the 9th National Production Banana Fair was opened yesterday 28th June in the locality of Panguila, municipality of Dande, with estimated transactions of 50 million kwanzas expected, thanks to the high flow of suppliers and buyers, as well as an abundant supply of agro-industrial products. The rise in the price of gasoline, from 160 kwanzas to 300 kwanzas (0.39 dollars), is not inhibiting the fuel smuggling business, in the province of Zaire, to the DRC and Zambia, where the liter is being sold at 1.50… Read More Here