Angolan head of State João Lourenço Monday appointed new Board of Directors for the National Radio of Angola (RNA), Public Television of Angola (TPA), the National Post and Telegraph Company of Angola and the Telecommunications Company of Angola (Angola Telecom). The information is expressed in a press release from the Civil Affairs Office to the...
The win sees the operator expand into its fifth African market
Angola Cables recorded 170% growth in traffic on its IP Network in the first quarter of 2020 when compared to the same period last year.
The National Bank of Angola (BNA) has initiated the process of implementing an interoperable instantaneous money transfer (STMI) system in the country. The financial institution began its project by first looking for the company that will help it operationalize. The company, which should be known in September 2020, according to the schedule set by the BNA,...
The engineer Manuel Homem was appointed, last Monday, as the minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Mass Media. A merger of the then Ministries of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, and that of Mass Media, takes effect. Within the framework of governmental reshuffle, this new ministerial department now has two secretaries of state, namely Nuno dos...
Angola entered containment to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country. To this end, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology has drawn up a sectoral emergency plan, the objective of which is to guarantee the minimum provision of voice, messaging, Internet, postal and meteorological services to citizens and public and private entities. The...
The interdepartmental working group – composed of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology and that of Economy and Planning – invited the telecoms company Africell Holdings SAL to present its technical and financial offer for the 4 th mobile license of Angola. The invitation received by the Lebanese telecoms group reflects its successful...
Angolan start-up mobile services company Angorascom Telecomunicacoes – backed by Egyptian entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris – has reportedly made ‘no progress’ in developing launch plans since November 2019 when it was named as a partner of state-owned Angola Telecom (AT) to utilise the latter’s Unified Global operating licence and introduce the country’s third cellular network. Expansao...
Brazilian telco Oi completed the sale of its 25% stake in Angolan mobile market leader Unitel to Angola’s Sonangol on 24 January 2020, effectively raising the state-owned oil firm’s Unitel share to 50% as it already held 25% via its telecoms subsidiary MSTelcom. Two other 25% tranches in Unitel are owned by Geni – led...
Angola’s largest telecommunications group Unitel has been included in a list of companies reportedly used by entrepreneur Isabel dos Santos to exploit resources and expropriate funds. Dos Santos has been described as Africa’s richest woman, with investments in both Angolan and international companies spanning telecoms, oil and banking, among other sectors. She is also a...
