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Angola Sets Up Body to Oversee $5 Billion Fund After Probe

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Angola Sets Up Body to Oversee $5 Billion Fund After Probe

LUANDA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Angola’s Finance Ministry will set up a supervisory committee for the nation’s $5 billion sovereign wealth fund after an investigation found that its processes are inconsistent and opaque. The southern African nation will also increase oversight of Fundo Soberano de Angola by the ministry, the presidency and the central bank, the Luanda-based Finance Ministry said in a statement on its website Friday. This week, President Joao Lourenco dismissed the son of…

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Angolan Economy – An uphill struggle in 2015 says Chief Economist, Tiago Dionisio

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Angolan Economy – An uphill struggle in 2015 says Chief Economist, Tiago Dionisio

Tiago Dionisio, Chief Economist with Eaglestone Securities           Lower oil prices hit 2014 GDP growth and fiscal accounts Angola is Sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest oil producer after Nigeria and its economy remains highly dependent on the oil sector. Official figures show that the oil sector accounted for nearly 37% of the country’s GDP, 98% of its total exports and more than two-thirds of government revenues in 2014. As a result, it is…

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