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Driving Angolan Hydrocarbon Production: Bp Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Murray Auchincloss Joins Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Murray Auchincloss, CEO of global energy company bp, has joined the Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference as a keynote speaker. His participation comes as bp – through its joint venture Azule Energy – advances a series of large-scale...

ISCTE will train 45 young people in Angola to develop small businesses.
The project ‘Impactful Entrepreneurship for Inclusion and Diversity in Africa,’ implemented in two Angolan cities, aims to support 45 youths aged between 14 and 18 in learning to transform simple ideas into small businesses, according to a...

Veteran Department of Corrections officer arrested for smuggling cell phones into Angola
A longtime Louisiana Department of Corrections officer resigned Sunday after being arrested for allegedly smuggling contraband into Angola State Penitentiary. Judy Robertson McDowell, a corrections lieutenant with 12 years of service, was taken...

Angolan NGOs say rising fuel prices are worsening social inequalities
In the note, issued on Saturday, the organizations Associação Upangue, OMUNGA, Friends of Angola, FORDU and ALDA, state that this is "the second withdrawal of fuel subsidies in a short space of time" and warn of "the disproportionate impact [of...

Angola has already collected 3.6 billion kwanzas in non-oil revenues in the first half of 2025
According to the chairman of the board of directors of the General Tax Administration, José Leiria, non-oil tax revenues "are in line with what is forecast in the General State Budget". "And our perspective is to continue working so that, with...
Young Copper Queens thrash Angola 8-0 to book a place in the semifinals
The Zambia U20 Women’s National Team picked up where they left off at the ongoing COSAFA U20 Girls Championship| Region V Youth Games as they thrashed Angola by eight goals to nil to book a place in the Semifinals. Blessings Zangose Zulu opened...

Beach Volleyball: Angola crowned SADC Zone 5 champion
According to a statement from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, which VerAngola had access to, the team won by two sets to zero. "The national women's beach volleyball team won the SADC Zone 5 champion title this Saturday, after defeating Zimbabwe...

Ricardo de Abreu says that safety and certification in the maritime sector are still “critical points” in Angola
"Our critical points are related to human capital, we have to ensure that, not only from the point of view of inspections, in maritime and port activities we have the necessary skills and certifications to be able to do so, but also in the area of...

UNITA says it is ready to think about Angola without a “party card”
Adalberto Costa Júnior answered questions from the public during his participation in the 3rd edition of the 'Conversas da Economia sem Makas', hosted by journalist Carlos Rosado de Carvalho, and assured that his party is open to dialogue. "One of...

Salt ‘made in Angola’ to start being exported to the DRC next week
The signing of this agreement – which took place last Friday in Mbanza Kongo (Zaire) –, according to Nercia Tailer, commercial director of Salinas Calombolo, will allow the company to increase its production of table salt in order to supply the...

Angolan protesters did not threaten Portugal near the official residence of the Portuguese Prime Minister
It all started on Thursday, July 3, when an anonymous X/Twitter account supporting Chega, with the pseudonym 'Sr. Dr. Zé Nunes' and the description "Bruno Nunes' assistant at X - Radicalist of common sense - Graduated on a Sunday", published a...

Gabon's Minister Of Oil & Gas Joins Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2025 Amid Shift To Deepwater Exploration
(MENAFN- APO Group) Sosthene Nguema Nguema, Minister of Oil&Gas of Gabon, has joined this year's Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference – taking place September 3-4 in Luanda – as a keynote speaker. Minister Nguema's participation comes as the country...

Angolan Diamond Leaders Endiama and Sodiam Join the Natural Diamond Council. De Beers Group Commits Additional Investment to Jointly Promote the Natural Diamond Industry.
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 7 July 2025 - Angola's two leading state-owned diamond institutions, ENDIAMA E.P. and SODIAM E.P., have formally announced their joint commitment to generic category marketing by joining the Natural...

Taxis and buses in Angola follow the increase in diesel prices
The fare for collective taxis, commonly referred to as “candongueiros,” will be set at 300 kwanzas per journey (0.28 euros), and urban bus fares will increase to 200 kwanzas per ride (0.19 euros), as stated in a communiqué from the ANTT. The new...

U.S. firm to build $1.5B power line linking Angola, DRC
The project, valued at $1.5 billion, addresses persistent power shortages in the DRC’s southeastern Copperbelt region, which hosts critical mineral mines. With Angola enjoying a surplus of energy at its hydropower sites, the line will connect...

Namibia and Angola strengthen ties to fight financial crimes

Cruises, cuisine, surf: Angola charts new tourism path
When Feliesiano Muteca started surfing a decade ago, he had the waves at Cabo Ledo on Angola's long Atlantic coastline pretty much to himself. Now, the unspoilt and sandy beach about 125 kilometres (75 miles) south of the capital Luanda has become...
Angola hikes diesel price again to bolster public finances
Angola hiked the diesel price by one-third from Friday as part of the government’s drive to curb costly subsidies and shore up public finances. The African oil-producing country has been gradually removing fuel subsidies since 2023, encouraged by...

Angola Raises Diesel Price by 33 Pct, Third Increase This Year
Angola raised the diesel price by 33%, the third increase this year as authorities press ahead with fuel-subsidy cuts that have been encouraged by the International Monetary Fund. The price will rise to 400 kwanzas ($0.43) per liter on Friday from...

Angola Hikes Diesel Prices Again to Boost Government Finance
Angola increased diesel prices by a third starting Friday as part of the government’s strategy to reduce expensive subsidies and strengthen public finances. The oil-rich African nation has been systematically eliminating fuel subsidies since 2023....