Angola, China Trade Reaches USD 11 Million in 2006
Trade between Angola and the People’s Republic of China reached USD 11 million in the 2006 economic year.

In the 2006 economic year, Angola imported from China primarily industrial goods, electric appliance sets, construction equipment and materials, and exported oil.

According to the manager, thanks to the rise in business volume, Angola is currently China’s biggest trade partner in the Sub-Saharan Africa, a position that encourages authorities to maintain the privileged business relation with Chinese businesses, based on the principle of mutual advantages.

Trade, financial, and business cooperation between both nations has been exemplar, of which the exchange of business delegations and the holding of joint business exchange are great examples.

In 2006, BFA opened a USD 100 million credit line to finance trade between Angolan importers and Chinese exporters.

Postal Service to Invest USD 24 Million in Modernization
The Angolan National Post and Telecommunication s Firm will invest USD 24 million through the year 2012, in the rehabilitation and modernization of approximately 160 of its centers, throughout the country.

This investment is part of the institution’s steering plan, being implemented since 2004, aimed at improving their service to the public.

Under this plan, nine provincial centers have been rehabilitated and equipped, including the set-up of Internet services.

Two additional centers are to be inaugurated soon, in Malanje and Huambo provinces.
 

TECHNOLOGY

National Television Transmission Center Ready in December
Angolan Social Commission minister, Manuel Rabelais, visited the construction work of the country’s Public Television (TPA) production and transmission center, which is underway in the Luanda-Sul area, and is expected to end in December 2007.

Luanda-Sul transmission center, to be shared by Angola’s National Radio (RNA) and Public Television (TPA), aims at improving the company’s signal quality. The TPA production center will have an office and two studios.

 

AVIATION

Luanda/Saurimo Flights Guarantees Development
Angolan Airline, TAAG, will resume flights on the Luanda/Saurimo route, ensuring the province’s development, by linking Luanda to Saurimo, the capital of Lunda Sul.

This will allow for greater mobility of business people and will also guarantee greater investments to the region and better development of the province.

TAAG’s goal is to reach the all of the country’s 18 provinces. At the moment, TAAG flies to the provinces of Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo, Lubango, Malanje, Kuando Kubango, Namibe, Cunene, Zaire and Moxico.

TAAG Angola Airlines Partners with
ARINC for Flight Communications
The Angolan Airline, TAAG, has begun using a collection of advanced data link and flight support services from ARINC Incorporated. ARINC has signed a 5-year contract with the carrier, to provide advanced GLOBALinkSM VHF, GLOBALink Satellite, and High Frequency Data Link (HFDL) services.

TAAG has also signed for ARINC’s Graphic/Text Weather Service (GTWS) and the exclusive ARINC OpCenterSM mess age management solution, which enhances standard data link communications.

TAAG replaced most of its passenger fleet in late 2006, with six new Boeing aircraft, including four B737-700 and two B777-200ER extended range planes.

ARINC OpCenter messaging service enables TAAG’s dispatchers to send, receive, and manage data link messages efficiently, while translating data link code into readable text for enhanced communications. It also reduces costs by eliminating the need for airlines to develop proprietary server-based message systems.

OpCenter includes a secure Internet e-mail service hosted by ARINC to give crews reliable ground communications with global access to important operational messages from any Internet connection. OpCenter can also host and deliver pre-departure clearances from Air Traffic Control to requesting aircraft via data link.