Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 | ANGOLAJAPAN Tokyo eyes the sparklers 3rd November 2008 Japanese trainers are to help develop the skills of Angolan workers in the diamond industry As long as it lasts, the diamond boom may help Japanese companies. They are well placed to take advantage of the decision by state diamond company Endiama that more than half of ...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | ANGOLATANZANIACHINA Flying higher 3rd November 2008 Chinese investors are to rescue Tanzania's state-owned airline and rennovate Julius Nyerere International Airport Talks on a complex three-party investment deal between China and Angola and the ailing Air Tanzania Company are nearing conclusion, officials have confirmed in Dar es Salaam. The ...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 9 | ANGOLACHINA The trains don't run on time 6th November 2008 Angola's infrastructure is being given a makeover by Beijing Relations between Angola and China are steaming ahead, despite the wishful thinking of some Western diplomats. China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Luanda on 23 June and s...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | ANGOLACHINA No oil guarantees 7th November 2008 New Chinese investment in Angola has a note of risk attached Angola and China are to set up a'new model partnership'. This will involve the'sharing of risks' and will'complement existing models', said Gao Jian, Vice-Governor of the China D...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | ANGOLACHINA Coming cleanish on the money 30th October 2008 New details are emerging about Angola’s public finances and the management of the mega-credit lines from Angola Angola's Finance Ministry has strengthened its policy to promote greater transparency in public finances, with the disclosure of new details about Chinese credit lines that suppo...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | ANGOLACHINA Big oil, high stakes 23rd October 2008 Luanda is Beijing’s closest ally in Africa but mystery surrounds the role of Chinese companies in rebuilding the country Beijing may try to stay out of African politics but the rivalries among Angola’s elite leave its diplomats little choice. The latest row over China’s US$6 billion cr...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | ANGOLACHINA China's Nova Luanda 23rd October 2008 The China International Fund (CIF) appears to be the construction arm of Beiya International Development Ltd, the parent company of China Angola Oil Stock Holding Ltd, which tra...
Vol 48 No 20 | ANGOLA Surfing the surge 5th October 2007 The start-up of British Petroleum's 200,000 barrels per day Plutônio deep-water field this week marks the latest of the multi-billion dollar projects that will increase Angol...
Vol 48 No 18 | ANGOLAGERMANY No ode to joy 7th September 2007 Plans for Germany to extend an oil-backed US$1 billion credit facility to President José Eduardo dos Santos' government have hit problems.
