Tag: Angola
Africa the ‘new China’ when it comes to appetite for retail
The African continent is experiencing rapid retail expansion, and is being compared to China in 1987 when it was predicated…
Crude: Angola to load more cargoes, Nigeria down
Nigerian crude oil differentials remained under downward pressure on Friday, while early indications pointed to a larger number of Angolan…
Afrobasket Women: D’Tigress overwhelm Senegal
Sarah Ogoke was the top performer on Monday at the City Arena in Yaounde, Cameroon as D’Tigress shot to the…
Angola joins global chemical weapons body
Reuters – Angola will join the chemical weapons non-proliferation body in The Hague, leaving only four countries that have not…
Nigeria make history, beat Angola to win first-ever AfroBasket title
Nigeria beat Angola 74-65 in the Final ofAfroBasket 2015 in Rades, Tunisia on Sunday to claim their first-ever continental championship.…
Total inaugurates major oil project off Angola
French oil firm Total on Thursday inaugurated a major project off Angola with a capacity of 160,000 barrels per day…
Africa’s richest woman to expand banking empire to Namibia
Africa’s richest woman, Angolan Isabel dos Santos, is set to spread her banking empire into neigbouring Namibia, after a banking…
Chinese Premier to visit Nigeria, other African countries
Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, will on Tuesday 6 May, commence visits to Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya. Li, who disclosed…
Angola to auction first major onshore oil concessions
Angola, Africa’s second-biggest crude producer, is to sell production rights for the first major onshore oil concessions, national producer Sonangol…
Mozambique plane carrying 34 passengers missing
A Mozambican Airlines airplane carrying 28 passengers and six crew members went missing en route from Mozambique to Angola on…
Angola Bans Islam, Shuts Mosques
Angola has declared Islam illegal and ordered all of the country’s mosques to be closed down. Minister of culture Rosa…
Angolan police kills opposition activist, detains 292 protesters
(Reuters) – Angolan security forces shot and killed an opposition activist on Saturday, hours ahead of protests across the country…
Football: Angola national coach quits
Uruguayan Gustavo Ferrin has quit as Angola coach after a string of disappointing results, the national football federation confirmed Sunday.…
OPEC probes shale oil as Nigeria, others hit
.Nigeria, Angola most hit OPEC, the oil producer cartel, is shrugging off talk of its weakening influence sparked by booming…
Angola targets 2mbd, to tie Nigeria’s output
Angola’s national oil company Sonangol said Monday it is targeting a 16 percent rise in oil production to hit 2…