News Angola Financial: Italy's Draghi to visit Congo Republic, Angola in hunt for gas deals - sources
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will visit Congo Republic and Angola this month and is expected to sign new energy supply deals to cut his country's reliance on Russian gas, two sources said. Draghi, who will head a delegation expected to include Ecology Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, will visit the two countries on April 20 or 21, the sources said.
News Angola Financial: Political Risk Insurance For Investment Decision-Making
A "bottom-up" approach to financial valuation demonstrates that political risk insurance typically reduces the Country Risk Premiums and credit score equivalent of an EM investment.
News Angola Financial: Nigeria, Angola and Ghana lead globally in Women’s Entrepreneurial Activity Rate in 2021
The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs has for the third consecutive year ranked Botswana (38.5%), Uganda (38.4%) and Ghana (37.2%) ...
News Angola Financial: Q&A: How is Angola Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable During Covid-19?
Josefina Nangombe and André Himi are among more than 247,000 heads of households benefiting from the country’s new cash transfer program, Kwenda. Both live in the Huila Province of Angola—a region famous for basket-making—and began receiving quarterly government payments of 25,500 kz, approximately $40, last summer. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, coupled with falling oil prices in Angola has resulted in an economic crisis expected to have major detrimental impacts on human capital and poverty levels. Under these circumstances, Kwenda has been a lifeline for those like Josefina and André. With the new funds, Josefina, a mother of four, is acquiring pigs for breeding which she will sell, using that income to support her family. André, a skeptic at first, now sees hope for his dream of educating his children come true.
News Angola Financial: Angola: IFC Willing to Finance National Production
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is willing to provide technical and financial assistance to companies with sustainable projects, aimed at increasing national production, with emphasis on the cultivation of soybeans in Angola.
News Angola Financial: $722,500 Cash 5 bought in Angola
A winning Cash 5 jackpot ticket valued at $722,500 was sold in Angola, the Hoosier Lottery said Tuesday. The winning ticket was purchased Sunday at C ...
