\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Kwanza River stretches nearly 1000 kilometres across Angola. During Portuguese colonial times, it was a major shipping route for millions of slaves.<\/p>\n<p>In a voyage of remembrance and natural beauty, Euronews accompanied\u00a0a family from Virginia, in the United States, on their historic journey to retrace the path of their ancestors Antoney and Isabel who were taken as slaves from the Ndongo Kingdom in Angola in 1619.<\/p>\n<p>The Tucker family follow the so-called Kwanza Corridor that took their ancestors from the Malanje Province, with its Calandula Falls and Pedras Negras -- or Black Rocks -- to the Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\"Listening to those waves break in the quiet period of the day remind me of the voices that travelled down the river\"<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Vincent Tucker\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n President, William Tucker 1624 Society\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Six million enslaved Angolans, including Antoney and Isabel -- who ended up in the then English land of Virginia -- were sent abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\"I cannot imagine what it was like, to have to walk 100 miles to be enslaved and in bondage to this place, and then shipped off in the bottom of a boat...I can\u2019t imagine that experience that they survived\", said Wanda Tucker, Vincent's sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//17//92//04//808x454_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/384x216_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/640x360_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/750x422_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/828x466_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/1080x608_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/1200x675_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/1920x1080_cmsv2_b7d2577a-af45-5d3e-9bc0-ce9d60bb3dee-7179204.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Tucker family beginning a historic journey to retrace the path of their ancestors who were taken as slaves from the Ndongo Kingdom in Angola in 1619<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Tucker Family traced their DNA to what is now Angola\u2019s Malanje Province -- with its breathtaking Calandula Falls -- where their journey began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Just looking at this beauty, and just feeling a sense of \"wow\", this is where my family is from\", Wanda Tucker said.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5681908\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//05//26//angola-s-top-tourist-destinations-just-waiting-to-be-discovered/">Angola's top tourist destinations just waiting to be discovered<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For the Tucker family, their trip to Angola is revealing both in its beauty and in the shocking history.\u00a0 They hope this experience will raise awareness.<\/p>\n<p>\"The story needs to be told\", said Carolita Jones, a cousin of the Tucker family. \"I wish everybody could experience it, especially those African Americans who know that they have roots in Africa and they want to start somewhere. This is the place they can start.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//17//92//04//808x454_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/384x216_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/640x360_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/750x422_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/828x466_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/1080x608_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/1200x675_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/1920x1080_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The breathtaking Calandula Falls in Angola\u2019s Malanje Province<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Which is why Jones says this point of departure for African slaves needs global recognition by UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Kwanza corridor is such an excellent place\u2026to become a World Heritage site. There are so many locations that mean so much, that have so much history\", she added.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1667898799,"publishedAt":1668175244,"updatedAt":1668185250,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2022\/11\/11\/beauty-and-sorrow-virginia-family-retraces-steps-of-enslaved-angolan-ancestors","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_20505cf4-205b-5ff9-b371-4bea0ff28cb6-7179206.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/17\/92\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2c37fd9e-41f0-563b-80e3-17e9d48eb488-7179204.jpg","altText":"The breathtaking Calandula Falls in Angola\u2019s Malanje Province","caption":"The breathtaking Calandula Falls 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Mampuya: from attorney to Turner?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"From attorney to Turner? Angolan artist Guilherme Mampuya","titleListing2":"Combining African motifs with the styles of Dali, Dubuffet and Picasso, Guilherme Mampuya is living the dream he had when he left his job as a lawyer.","leadin":"A world away from the day job as a legal advisor he quit two decades ago, artist Guilherme Mampuya, splashes a riot of colours on the canvas in his studio. Combining African and Angolan motifs with those from the giants who inspired him, like Picasso, Dali, and Dubuffet.","summary":"A world away from the day job as a legal advisor he quit two decades ago, artist Guilherme Mampuya, splashes a riot of colours on the canvas in his studio. Combining African and Angolan motifs with those from the giants who inspired him, like Picasso, Dali, and Dubuffet.","keySentence":null,"url":"angolan-artist-guilherme-mampuya-from-attorney-to-turner","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Combining African motifs with the flourishes of Dali, Dubuffet, and Picasso, Angolan artist, Guilherme Mampuya , is living his dream after he quit his job as a lawyer.\u00a0 \n\nGuilherme Mampuya, has established a distinctive style characterised by vibrant African colours, unique, intricate perspectives, and a truly Angolan character, becoming one of Africa\u2019s most invigorating artists and most celebrated artists.\u00a0 \n\nA world away from the corporate life he left two decades ago, Guilherme splashes a riot of colours on the canvas in his studio. Combining African \u2013 and Angolan \u2013 motifs with those from the giants who inspired him, like Picasso and Dubuffet. \n\n\"In 2002, I started working in a conventional job as a legal advisor for a company, but unfortunately that was the environment of neckties. It's not bad, but I saw other artists promoting exhibitions, that colourful world and I felt that this world exists in me .\" Explains\u00a0 Guilherme. \n\n\nMampuya\u2019s world is expanding steadily. Already adorning the walls of galleries, cities and boardrooms \u2013 with big plans for a museum of Angolan art, and even hoping to decorate the control tower of the new airport in the capital Luanda.\u00a0 \n\nPaulo Edra is an institutional advisor for the insurance company Fidelidade Angola, which is investing tens of thousands of euros in his work. \n\n\" We have already invested more than 20 million kwanzas with Guilherme. ...this is something he never thought about. With his enthusiasm as an artist, he was fascinated by a project to paint the seven natural wonders of Angola. And indeed, we have this collection at the company and they are fantastic .\" Explains Paulo.\u00a0 \n\nIncluded in the seven wonders of Angola is Calandula Falls, plunging 100 metres on the Lucala River. Another is the legendary Pedras Negras \u2013 or Black Rocks - where Angolan fighters resisted Portuguese colonial rule. \n\nGuilherme's work \u00a0is admired around the world including in South Korea, Paris, Brazil, and Portugal.\u00a0 His combination of Western and African artistic styles contributed to his success. He also integrates the history of Angola in his work. \n\nGuilherme has his own gallery and says it\u2019s time to build a museum, with the works of other African artists. \n\n\" It's going to be a pantheon with all the great figures of Africa. We're talking about four hectares, there's already a space, everything is in motion .\" Explains\u00a0Guilherme. \n\nAnd why not make his mark on Angola\u2019s new airport in Luanda? Making the control tower a beacon for Angolan art. \" I want to paint the control tower. It is my dream. Toast the tourists arriving, that welcome look from Angola with that light, with our strength .\" Says Guilherme. \n\n\nHaving already realised so many of his dreams, you wouldn't bet against him achieving this one either!\u00a0","htmlText":"<p><strong>Combining African motifs with the flourishes of Dali, Dubuffet, and Picasso, Angolan artist, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//guilhermemampuya.wola/">Guilherme Mampuya<\/a>, is living his dream after he quit his job as a lawyer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.invaluable.com//artist//mampuya-guilherme-019cjldsbg//sold-at-auction-prices///">Guilherme Mampuya,<\/a> has established a distinctive style characterised by vibrant African colours, unique, intricate perspectives, and a truly Angolan character, becoming one of Africa\u2019s most invigorating artists and most celebrated artists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A world away from the corporate life he left two decades ago, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//guilhermemampuya///">Guilherme splashes a riot of colours on the canvas in his studio. Combining African \u2013 and Angolan \u2013 motifs with those from the giants who inspired him, like Picasso and Dubuffet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//15//70//30//808x454_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_08882740-584f-5bd0-b1ca-10422639535c-7157030.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Guilherme Mampuya in his gallery<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>\"In 2002, I started working in a conventional job as a legal advisor for a company, but unfortunately that was the environment of neckties. It's not bad, but I saw other artists promoting exhibitions, that colourful world and I felt that this world exists in me<\/em>.\" Explains\u00a0Guilherme. <\/p>\n<p>Mampuya\u2019s world is expanding steadily. Already adorning the walls of galleries, cities and boardrooms \u2013 with big plans for a museum of Angolan art, and even hoping to decorate the control tower of the new airport in the capital Luanda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\"\u2026 What I learned in law school was self-control, research, and logic. I think I put that in my art ....\"<br><br>\u2026which is probably why, though he left the boardrooms behind as a career, his work resonates in the corporate world...\"<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Guilherme Mampuya\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Angolan Artist\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paulo Edra is an institutional advisor for the insurance company Fidelidade Angola, which is investing tens of thousands of euros in his work.<\/p>\n<p>\"<em>We have already invested more than 20 million kwanzas with Guilherme. ...this is something he never thought about. With his enthusiasm as an artist, he was fascinated by a project to paint the seven natural wonders of Angola. And indeed, we have this collection at the company and they are fantastic<\/em>.\" Explains Paulo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//15//70//30//808x454_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_735a5883-7de0-5456-b2f0-2fd82cc55aeb-7157030.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Calandula Falls, plunging 100 metres on the Lucala River.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Included in the seven wonders of Angola is Calandula Falls, plunging 100 metres on the Lucala River. Another is the legendary Pedras Negras \u2013 or Black Rocks - where Angolan fighters resisted Portuguese colonial rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Talking about Guilherme Mampuya, in short, is talking about artistic eclecticism accompanied by high intellectual honesty. <br><br>It's also talking about humanism.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Carlos Baptista\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Art Critic\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Guilherme's work\u00a0is admired around the world including in South Korea, Paris, Brazil, and Portugal.\u00a0His combination of Western and African artistic styles contributed to his success.He also integrates the history of Angola in his work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//15//70//30//808x454_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/15\/70\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_fc3bafea-1bac-57ff-b78e-fb020f6add7b-7157030.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Painting of legendary Pedras Negras, where Angolan fighters resisted Portuguese colonial rule.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The history of colonisation, slavery, the triangular trade. It was here. We were exposed. <br><br>Of course, when you are exposed, you receive all the influences, both negative and positive\u2026. <br><br>I tried to express joy, peace, hope, faith, struggle, and faith in tomorrow.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Guilherme Mampuya\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Angolan artist,\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Guilherme has his own gallery and says it\u2019s time to build a museum, with the works of other African artists.<\/p>\n<p>\"<em>It's going to be a pantheon with all the great figures of Africa. We're talking about four hectares, there's already a space, everything is in motion<\/em>.\" Explains\u00a0Guilherme.<\/p>\n<p>And why not make his mark on Angola\u2019s new airport in Luanda? Making the control tower a beacon for Angolan art. \"<em>I want to paint the control tower. It is my dream. Toast the tourists arriving, that welcome look from Angola with that light, with our strength<\/em>.\" Says Guilherme. <\/p>\n<p>Having already realised so many of his dreams, you wouldn't bet against him achieving this one 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and global alliance","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Angola's flagship airline undergoes massive expansion","titleListing2":"A major hub in Africa, with an eye on the rest of the world, Angola\u2019s flagship airline carrier undergoes major expansion.","leadin":"Driven by a new CEO and his team, Angola\u2019s flagship carrier TAAG has expanded its global reach through a new tie-up with Spain\u2019s Iberia.","summary":"Driven by a new CEO and his team, Angola\u2019s flagship carrier TAAG has expanded its global reach through a new tie-up with Spain\u2019s Iberia.","keySentence":null,"url":"taag-reborn-angolas-airline-with-a-new-ceo-routes-and-global-alliance","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Angola\u2019s National Airline, TAAG , is a company with over 70 years of aviation history. \n\nSimilar to many carriers, TAAG is undergoing a transformation in order to confront the challenges of the times. With a new management team, a new partnership with Iberia Airlines, new destinations on the horizon and a firm commitment to making Luanda a global cargo hub, TAAG\u2019s future looks promising. \n\nImproved service, expansion and comfort \n\nOne of the airline's fourteen destinations inside Angola, is a flight from the capital Luanda to the northern agricultural and mining province of U\u00edge. This is in addition to the dozen exisiting international destinations, and that number is increasing. \n\nPassengers are seeing a difference in the new TAAG, the acronym for Transportes A\u00e9reos Angolanos. One diamond trader is on his way to a meeting in Uige and enjoys not having to drive more than four hours anymore to get there. \n\n\" It's 45 minutes only, Luanda to Uige. I think it's better because people can do things really quickly. \" Says Antonio Oliveira, Diamond Entrepreneur. \n\n\"The service, it's also improving. The progress, it's visible. All the people can see TAAG is making progress. Even services, prices. I think they are in a good way.\" Continues Antonio. \n\nThis is exactly what the new CEO, Eduardo Fairen, likes to hear. With decades of experience running airlines in Latin America and Spain, he is turning TAAG around with a new team. \n\n\"I have had the fantastic opportunity to launch successful airlines and also revamp older ones. And I have also had the opportunity to enjoy having and have collaborated with fantastic team members that allow us to reach those goals .\" Explains CEO, Eduardo Fairen. \n\nA major hub in Africa, with an eye on the rest of the world \n\nOne of the ways to achieve those goals, is by teaming up with Iberia in a code-sharing agreement. Now that TAAG is again fully certified by European regulators, the alliance with the Spanish carrier is a major boost for TAAG to spread its wings across the globe. \n\n\" Iberia has been a very good deal now because in fact, Angola, TAAG, needs to come up and show up on the international scene for the very first time.\" Says Eduardo. \n\nFor TAAG, it will tap into Iberia's hub in Madrid, connecting it to the world. \n\n\"The link with Iberia means they can access not only a wider reach of destinations in Europe, but also in North and South America too, It's definitely a win-win. There\u2019s no massive cost involved, there\u2019s increased exposure for both airlines.\" So says John Strickland, Director of JLS Consulting. \n\nMeanwhile, Angola is building itself as a major hub in Africa, with a new airport in the capital Luanda which is due to open at the end of next year. \n\nThe Antonio Agostinho Neto airport, named after the country\u2019s first president, is being built to handle 15 million passengers a year. \n\n\" In the West African area, that will be probably the only hub that is operating because the closest hub could be Dakar or Casablanca. And on the South, Jo'burg is on the southern side, is 4 hours away from here. \" Says CEO, Eduardo. \n\nThat is why TAAG is already adding flights to expand that reach. More flights to Mozambique, Namibia and Brazil, as well as Cabinda in Angola, to meet market demand. \n\nPrivatisation for TAAG \n\nTAAG are also planning to go private by 2025, which could help it raise the capital needed for its expansion. \n\nThe key to that is investor confidence, says airline consultant John Strickland. \n\n\" It has a good opportunity to grow for the future and provided investors have that confidence that the business is being run commercially, they may well be able to attract adequate funds for this privatisation plan .\" \n\nWith that new partnership bringing a wider reach for TAAG, one of Africa\u2019s most historic national airlines, is betting on its ambitious strategy.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <img src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////video.euronews.com//flv//adverts//angola-banner-en-2022.jpg/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Angola\u2019s National Airline, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.taag.com//fr//Réservation-de-vol-dhôtel-et-enregistrement-en-ligne-TAAG/">TAAG, is a company with over 70 years of aviation history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Similar to many carriers, TAAG is undergoing a transformation in order to confront the challenges of the times. With a new management team, a new partnership with Iberia Airlines, new destinations on the horizon and a firm commitment to making Luanda a global cargo hub, TAAG\u2019s future looks promising.<\/p>\n<h2>Improved service, expansion and comfort<\/h2><p>One of the airline's fourteen destinations inside Angola, is a flight from the capital Luanda to the northern agricultural and mining province of U\u00edge. This is in addition to the dozen exisiting international destinations, and that number is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are seeing a difference in the new TAAG, the acronym for Transportes A\u00e9reos Angolanos. One diamond trader is on his way to a meeting in Uige and enjoys not having to drive more than four hours anymore to get there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//92//18//86//808x454_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/384x216_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/640x360_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/750x422_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/828x466_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/1080x608_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/1200x675_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/1920x1080_cmsv2_71c80e16-b098-5f85-860c-5783f150a2a6-6921886.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">TAAG flight<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"<em>It's 45 minutes only, Luanda to Uige. I think it's better because people can do things really quickly.<\/em>\" Says Antonio Oliveira, Diamond Entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>\"The service, it's also improving. The progress, it's visible. All the people can see TAAG is making progress. Even services, prices. I think they are in a good way.\" Continues Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what the new CEO, Eduardo Fairen, likes to hear. With decades of experience running airlines in Latin America and Spain, he is turning TAAG around with a new team.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"I have had the fantastic opportunity to launch successful airlines and also revamp older ones. And I have also had the opportunity to enjoy having and have collaborated with fantastic team members that allow us to reach those goals<\/em>.\" Explains CEO, Eduardo Fairen.<\/p>\n<h2>A major hub in Africa, with an eye on the rest of the world<\/h2><p>One of the ways to achieve those goals, is by teaming up with Iberia in a code-sharing agreement. Now that TAAG is again fully certified by European regulators, the alliance with the Spanish carrier is a major boost for TAAG to spread its wings across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.iberia.com//fr//?language=en&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy5maBhDdARIsAMxrkw0nmAKn551PlfgHUA8HpI949rVzJFZvPlSn6WiOa3ZaSUcBF1PKw8kaAqREEALw_wcB\%22>Iberia<\/a> has been a very good deal now because in fact, Angola, TAAG, needs to come up and show up on the international scene for the very first time.\"<\/em> Says Eduardo.<\/p>\n<p>For TAAG, it will tap into Iberia's hub in Madrid, connecting it to the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"The link with Iberia means they can access not only a wider reach of destinations in Europe, but also in North and South America too, It's definitely a win-win. There\u2019s no massive cost involved, there\u2019s increased exposure for both airlines.\"<\/em> So says John Strickland, Director of JLS Consulting.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Angola is building itself as a major hub in Africa, with a new airport in the capital Luanda which is due to open at the end of next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//92//18//86//808x454_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/384x216_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/640x360_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/750x422_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/828x466_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/1080x608_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/1200x675_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/1920x1080_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">New airport to open in 2023 in Luanda<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Antonio Agostinho Neto airport, named after the country\u2019s first president, is being built to handle 15 million passengers a year.<\/p>\n<p>\"<em>In the West African area, that will be probably the only hub that is operating because the closest hub could be Dakar or Casablanca. And on the South, Jo'burg is on the southern side, is 4 hours away from here.<\/em>\" Says CEO, Eduardo.<\/p>\n<p>That is why TAAG is already adding flights to expand that reach. More flights to Mozambique, Namibia and Brazil, as well as Cabinda in Angola, to meet market demand.<\/p>\n<h2>Privatisation for TAAG<\/h2><p>TAAG are also planning to go private by 2025, which could help it raise the capital needed for its expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The key to that is investor confidence, says airline consultant John Strickland.<\/p>\n<p>\"<em>It has a good opportunity to grow for the future and provided investors have that confidence that the business is being run commercially, they may well be able to attract adequate funds for this privatisation plan<\/em>.\"<\/p>\n<p>With that new partnership bringing a wider reach for TAAG, one of Africa\u2019s most historic national airlines, is betting on its ambitious strategy.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1659978605,"publishedAt":1666965624,"updatedAt":1670318786,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/10\/28\/taag-reborn-angolas-airline-with-a-new-ceo-routes-and-global-alliance","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_727d581a-230a-5918-b2ce-b5a7e145cb86-6921888.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/18\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_25316a60-bf49-58bd-a25c-ab149346ffa9-6921886.jpg","altText":"New airport to open in 2023 in Luanda","caption":"New airport to open in 2023 in 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Peace Prize Ceramic Factory","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Exploring Angola: The Peace Prize Ceramic Factoy in Bi\u00e9","titleListing2":"#Exploring Angola: The Social Benefits of the Peace Prize Ceramic Factory. Providing jobs for army vets, and young people as well as a new school, water facilities and energy supplies, the social impact of this new enterprise is so important for the region.","leadin":"The new Peace Prize Ceramic Factory is an enterprise with far-reaching social benefits to the Province of Bi\u00e9. Bringing much-needed jobs, education, water facilities and energy.","summary":"The new Peace Prize Ceramic Factory is an enterprise with far-reaching social benefits to the Province of Bi\u00e9. Bringing much-needed jobs, education, water facilities and energy.","keySentence":null,"url":"exploring-angola-the-social-benefits-of-the-peace-prize-ceramic-factory","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Bi\u00e9 Province in central Angola has long been a commercial centre and a highly fertile region for agriculture. It was also a key flashpoint in Angola\u2019s fight for independence and later its civil insurgency. Following the conflict, it was crucial to generate employment both for veterans and for the youth. \n\nDaniel Kavinhanha is the manager the new Peace Prize Ceramic Factory that's to be completed by the end of the year, and he explains its main objectives, \n\n\"It's very important to diversify the source of income. Also to contribute to GDP. The second social dimension creates employability for citizens, to have incomes for their stability. The third dimension is political, to absorb most of the military and their socio-professional reintegration.\" \n\nWhen the factory is completed, they hope to produce many building materials, including\u00a0 high-quality bricks and tiles. They are also in the process of implementing an additional phase which will enable them to manufacture kitchenware.\u00a0 \n\nThe factory's output will play an important role in the region's development, too,\u00a0Kavinhaha says the project also encompasses a social dynamic and will provide a school, a health centre as well as water and energy. \n\nOne of the veterans involved in the project gathered other vets with their skills and experience to help make it all work.\u00a0Avelino Munijindo says it is also helping veterans like him to integrate back into the workforce as well as into the community, \n\n\"The relationship is actually very good, because the local population here are helping to do the work and the ex-military assist with the expertise they in some of the areas, so we are helping them too.\" \n\nEven before the factory officially opens, its impact is already being positively felt across the area, and much of this is due to all the infrastructure improvements built around it.\u00a0 \n\nSabino Henda is Administrator in Chipeta, a community with more than 30,000 people in more than 50 combined villages.\u00a0Henda says one of the favorable impacts of the factory is the school, \n\n\"The children now get to study very close to their homes. Parents know that their children will study in a school with excellent conditions.\" \n\nBut the broader picture behind the ceramics factory and all the infrastructure is securing peace in the country on a social level.\u00a0Henda says,\u00a0 \n\n\"Development can only exist where there is peace. So, following the armed conflict, these kids represent \u2018the peace generation'.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <img src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////video.euronews.com//flv//adverts//angola-banner-en-2022.jpg/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Bi\u00e9 Province in central Angola has long been a commercial centre and a highly fertile region for agriculture. It was also a key flashpoint in Angola\u2019s fight for independence and later its civil insurgency. Following the conflict, it was crucial to generate employment both for veterans and for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kavinhanha is the manager the new Peace Prize Ceramic Factory that's to be completed by the end of the year, and he explains its main objectives,<\/p>\n<p>\"It's very important to diversify the source of income. Also to contribute to GDP. The second social dimension creates employability for citizens, to have incomes for their stability. The third dimension is political, to absorb most of the military and their socio-professional reintegration.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//92//19//58//808x454_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/384x216_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/640x360_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/750x422_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/828x466_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1080x608_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1200x675_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d93ce1a4-5a55-5678-82db-38be00f76c9f-6921958.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Work taking place on tghe construction of the Peace Prize Cermaic Factory<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When the factory is completed, they hope to produce many building materials, including\u00a0 high-quality bricks and tiles. They are also in the process of implementing an additional phase which will enable them to manufacture kitchenware.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//92//19//58//808x454_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/384x216_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/640x360_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/750x422_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/828x466_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1080x608_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1200x675_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8f83f51b-1586-5cf7-a375-ee844ec37821-6921958.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Peace Prize Ceramic factory in the Angolan Province of Bi\u00e9.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The factory's output will play an important role in the region's development, too,\u00a0Kavinhaha says the project also encompasses a social dynamic and will provide a school, a health centre as well as water and energy.<\/p>\n<p>One of the veterans involved in the project gathered other vets with their skills and experience to help make it all work.\u00a0Avelino Munijindo says it is also helping veterans like him to integrate back into the workforce as well as into the community,<\/p>\n<p>\"The relationship is actually very good, because the local population here are helping to do the work and the ex-military assist with the expertise they in some of the areas, so we are helping them too.\"<\/p>\n<p>Even before the factory officially opens, its impact is already being positively felt across the area, and much of this is due to all the infrastructure improvements built around it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sabino Henda is Administrator in Chipeta, a community with more than 30,000 people in more than 50 combined villages.\u00a0Henda says one of the favorable impacts of the factory is the school,<\/p>\n<p>\"The children now get to study very close to their homes. Parents know that their children will study in a school with excellent conditions.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//92//19//58//808x454_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/384x216_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/640x360_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/750x422_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/828x466_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1080x608_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1200x675_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/92\/19\/58\/1920x1080_cmsv2_30f8ef24-65c4-58e5-aee4-4f74d26e460a-6921958.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A new school in the Angolan Province of Bi\u00e9<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But the broader picture behind the ceramics factory and all the infrastructure is securing peace in the country on a social level.\u00a0Henda says,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Development can only exist where there is peace. 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Alluvial means that the stones are recovered from a river bed. \n\nBut the Australian owner of the mine, the Lucapa Diamond Company, says that only one in 10,000 diamonds found are pink in colour. \n\nThe discovery of the pink diamond has generated quite a bit of excitement, not only within African diamond producing countries, but also worldwide. \n\n\u201cThe surfacing of this particular pink diamond in Angola is distinct justification that natural diamonds have always been the real wonders of the world,\u201d said Dr M'Z\u00e9e Fula Ngenge, Chairman of the African Diamond Council. \n\nThe mine in Angola has produced the two largest diamonds ever found in the country, including a 404-carat clear diamond. \n\nThe \u2018Lulo Rose\u2019 is to be sold by international tender by Angola\u2019s state diamond marketing company, Sodiam. \n\n\u201cWhen you get to these rare articles, it's very difficult to put or understand what kind of premium might well be paid for this kind of stone,\u201d said Stephen Wetherall, Chief Executive Officer of Lucapa Diamond Company. \n\nBecause of its purity and unusual colouring, it\u2019s expected to fetch a record high price.","htmlText":"<p>A rare pink diamond discovered in Angola is thought to be the largest of its kind to be found in 300 years.<\/p>\n<p>The 170-carat stone, which weighs just 34 grams, has been named the \u2018Lulo Rose\u2019, after the alluvial mine where it was discovered. Alluvial means that the stones are recovered from a river bed.<\/p>\n<p>But the Australian owner of the mine, the Lucapa Diamond Company, says that only one in 10,000 diamonds found are pink in colour.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery of the pink diamond has generated quite a bit of excitement, not only within African diamond producing countries, but also worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe surfacing of this particular pink diamond in Angola is distinct justification that natural diamonds have always been the real wonders of the world,\u201d said Dr M'Z\u00e9e Fula Ngenge, Chairman of the African Diamond Council.<\/p>\n<p>The mine in Angola has produced the two largest diamonds ever found in the country, including a 404-carat clear diamond.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Lulo Rose\u2019 is to be sold by international tender by Angola\u2019s state diamond marketing company, Sodiam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you get to these rare articles, it's very difficult to put or understand what kind of premium might well be paid 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Along with the national producer Somoil, they are also developing renewable energies and cutting the carbon footprint of their petroleum production. \n\nEnergy superpower \n\nThe International Energy Agency says Angola is set to become the largest crude oil producer in Southern Africa, with a foundation for renewable energy, through investments and supportive measures. \n\nTotalEnergies is the largest oil and gas producer in Angola, where the government is encouraging more investment to expand that production. \n\nTotalEnergies has been working in the country for nearly seven decades. Olivier Jouny, the company's Director General in Angola says a\u00a0flexible policy approach on taxation and regulation in recent years has paid off. \n\n\"We have invested a lot. We now have a leading position in Angola, we represent 45 percent of the country's production.\" \n\n\"This is one of our largest subsidiaries since we have six installations, six oil platforms, six large vessels that produce in water depths between 1,500 and 2,000 meters,\" Jouny added.\u00a0 \n\nExxonMobil has been another major player in Angola, for more than a quarter of a century. \n\nWe have the biggest deepwater operation within the entire corporation.\" says Melissa Bond, General Manager, Exxon-Mobil Angola, adding: \"It's very important to have stability, fiscal stability, legal stability, regulatory stability. And Angola has been able to demonstrate that through the time that we've been here.\" \n\nExxon\u2019s training programmes have also paid off, including in offshore operations called FPSOs - Floating Production, Storage and Offloading. \n\n\"We were sending our Angolans for technical training overseas and we're very proud that because of that investment and the time that we have spent. Currently, 92 percent of our workforce is Angolan,\" explains Bond.\u00a0 \n\nShift to renewables \n\nLike elsewhere in the world, the energy sector in Angola is also evolving to include more renewables and to reduce its carbon footprint. Angola's largest oil company Somoil, now 20 years old, is redefining itself. \n\n\"There's clearly a shift to renewables. One is solar, solar exposure. Angola has one of the best in Africa. And the second one is hydroelectric power. Plenty of rivers in Angola,\" says Somoil CEO, Edson dos Santos. \n\nTotal's Olivier Jouny also says the firm is\u00a0aiming at a range of renewable power sources in Angola. \n\n\"Here in Angola, we see in particular a very strong potential for solar power. We currently have a solar project in the town of Lubango, in Huila province, in the south of Angola. We would like to decide soon on a 35-megawatt solar power plant.\" \n\nIn addition, Total says it is working on eliminating gas flaring and switching to renewables in its operations. \n\nIt's a policy the Angolan government is also pushing, says\u00a0Paulino Jer\u00f3nimo chairman of the Board of the National Agency for Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels (ANPG), saying,\u00a0\"Our goal is to reach zero burn very soon.\" \n\nFactors that will be necessary to create a future-proof energy industry in Angola. \n\n\"Solar exposure is tremendous. So hydroelectric power, another opportunity. So our geographical location also helps. Angola has all the ingredients to become truly an energy superpower in Africa,\" said Somoil CEO, Edson dos Santos.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Southern Africa's second-largest oil and gas producer, Angola aims to be an energy superpower with an array of renewables including solar, wind and hydropower. International giants like TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil have been in Angola for decades, welcoming Angola's stable government with streamlined regulatory and tax policies. Along with the national producer Somoil, they are also developing renewable energies and cutting the carbon footprint of their petroleum production.<\/p>\n<h2>Energy superpower<\/h2><p>The International Energy Agency says Angola is set to become the largest crude oil producer in Southern Africa, with a foundation for renewable energy, through investments and supportive measures.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies is the largest oil and gas producer in Angola, where the government is encouraging more investment to expand that production.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies has been working in the country for nearly seven decades. Olivier Jouny, the company's Director General in Angola says a\u00a0flexible policy approach on taxation and regulation in recent years has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have invested a lot. 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That\u2019s a lot of corkscrewing! \n\nOwner Paulo M\u00farias was a doctor who started viniculture as a hobby while he tried cultivating olives \u2013 before wine production came calling. \n\n\u201cAs the olive trees were not appearing, I went to the second culture that I identified from the beginning, which was the culture of the vines, with the idea of trying to produce wine here. And this plan was, shall we say, a success right from the start,\u201d rejoices M\u00farias. \n\nThe two harvests a year were a helpful factor, M\u00farias admits. Most countries like France, Italy and Spain only get one harvest in the calendar year. \n\n\u201cIt was an advantage, a very big advantage in relation to most countries because most countries only have one annual production.\u201d \n\nAnd what kind of vines did he plant? M\u00farias kept things close to the Angolan pallet. \n\n\u201cI decided to choose Portuguese grapes for the simple reason that the Angolan population is used to the taste of Portuguese wine and that's why I decided, in terms of vine strains, to import them from Portugal.\u201d \n\nM\u00farias continues: \u201cThe grapes absorb the entire environment, the terroir that involves this work. So, at present, I think that the Vale do Bero is, in fact, so to speak, the taste of Angolan wine.\u201d \n\nCaxaramba: A rum distillery on the rise \n\nAlong with Namibe\u2019s wine producers, a common objective with rum distiller Caxaramba, in Benguela province, is to export globally. Owner Ricardo Guerra comes from a family with a long tradition of winemaking in Portugal. He\u2019s also fifth-generation Angolan. \n\n\u201cRight now, since 2010, since we began, this is this dream, this experience. We start dealing with Oak barrels of French and American oak,\u201d says Guerra. \n\n\u201cWe have here about 50,000 litres of rum and to make these 50,000 litres we must ferment almost 500,000 litres. So because the process of distillation it\u2019s very, very, very, very small.\u201d \n\nApart from the barrels, Caxaramba gets most of its supplies from companies in Angola, avoiding the dependency on imports. \n\n\u201cAlmost 95% of our products are bought in Angola already. That is a huge victory for us.\u201d \n\nNow Guerra wants to dramatically expand production and bring Angolan rum to the world. \n\n\u201cIn the next 10 years, I would like instead of being 50,000 litres a year ageing, I want to be 500,000 litres a year ageing. That's a goal that we have. I think it's possible. Then we want to of course internationalise our brand. We want to show our brand to the world because we believe we have a special product.\u201d \n\nAnd what makes Caxaramba rum so special? \n\n\u201cYou can feel it, all the complexity that this has. It\u2019s not so strong. You cannot feel the alcohol and you are feeling the structure, the flavour of the wood. That's why it's unique, that's why it's special and that's why I put all my passion here inside of these barrels. So\u2026cheers!\u201d","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With a soil and climate that allow two harvests a year, Angola\u2019s Vale do Bero vineyard in the rich agricultural province of Namibe, is an example of how growers are meeting demand on the domestic market.<\/p>\n<p>Vale do Bero has 25 hectares of land \u2013 producing 80,000 bottles a year. That\u2019s a lot of corkscrewing!<\/p>\n<p>Owner Paulo M\u00farias was a doctor who started viniculture as a hobby while he tried cultivating olives \u2013 before wine production came calling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the olive trees were not appearing, I went to the second culture that I identified from the beginning, which was the culture of the vines, with the idea of trying to produce wine here. And this plan was, shall we say, a success right from the start,\u201d rejoices M\u00farias.<\/p>\n<p>The two harvests a year were a helpful factor, M\u00farias admits. Most countries like France, Italy and Spain only get one harvest in the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an advantage, a very big advantage in relation to most countries because most countries only have one annual production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And what kind of vines did he plant? M\u00farias kept things close to the Angolan pallet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided to choose Portuguese grapes for the simple reason that the Angolan population is used to the taste of Portuguese wine and that's why I decided, in terms of vine strains, to import them from Portugal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>M\u00farias continues: \u201cThe grapes absorb the entire environment, the terroir that involves this work. So, at present, I think that the Vale do Bero is, in fact, so to speak, the taste of Angolan wine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Caxaramba: A rum distillery on the rise<\/h2><p>Along with Namibe\u2019s wine producers, a common objective with rum distiller Caxaramba, in Benguela province, is to export globally. Owner Ricardo Guerra comes from a family with a long tradition of winemaking in Portugal. He\u2019s also fifth-generation Angolan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, since 2010, since we began, this is this dream, this experience. We start dealing with Oak barrels of French and American oak,\u201d says Guerra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have here about 50,000 litres of rum and to make these 50,000 litres we must ferment almost 500,000 litres. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CRZa5htrggK//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Caxaramba (@caxaramba)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Apart from the barrels, Caxaramba gets most of its supplies from companies in Angola, avoiding the dependency on imports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost 95% of our products are bought in Angola already. That is a huge victory for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Guerra wants to dramatically expand production and bring Angolan rum to the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the next 10 years, I would like instead of being 50,000 litres a year ageing, I want to be 500,000 litres a year ageing. That's a goal that we have. I think it's possible. Then we want to of course internationalise our brand. We want to show our brand to the world because we believe we have a special product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And what makes Caxaramba rum so special?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can feel it, all the complexity that this has. It\u2019s not so strong. You cannot feel the alcohol and you are feeling the structure, the flavour of the wood. That's why it's unique, that's why it's special and that's why I put all my passion here inside of these barrels. So\u2026cheers!\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1654761534,"publishedAt":1656685824,"updatedAt":1657891840,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/07\/01\/wine-and-rum-angolan-producers-thrive-domestically-and-eye-up-the-global-market","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/76\/53\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4890cdec-dca0-5d53-9385-9ca70dcb8f38-6765342.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/76\/53\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_620af050-097a-5464-aa8d-02dbf2d4dd6d-6765340.jpg","altText":"Vale do Bero","caption":"Vale do 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power and creativity drive facelift of Angola\u2019s port of Mo\u00e7amedes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The Angolan coastal city experiencing a renaissance","titleListing2":"People power and creativity drive facelift of Angola\u2019s port of Mocamedes","leadin":"Mo\u00e7amedes is experiencing a true renaissance characterized by vivid colours, a sense of community and the celebration of a unique history of a city committed to the arts.","summary":"Mo\u00e7amedes is experiencing a true renaissance characterized by vivid colours, a sense of community and the celebration of a unique history of a city committed to the arts.","keySentence":null,"url":"people-power-and-creativity-drive-facelift-of-angolas-port-of-mocamedes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Mobilising residents in the beach town and port of Mo\u00e7amedes, Ema Samali da Silva, Vice-Governor of Namibe Province, has launched an urban renewal project that\u2019s changing the face of the city. She\u2019s turning old relics like movie theatres and an auditorium into cultural centres reborn. Street artists and painters are livening up and beautifying facades across the city. And it\u2019s creating jobs, with the aim of creating more by encouraging more tourism and business activity. \n\nMo\u00e7amedes in the Province of Namibe is a city committed to urban renewal and providing opportunity for young artists and creatives. \n\nThrough a partnership between the public sector, the private sector and civil society, Mo\u00e7amedes is experiencing a true renaissance, characterized by vivid colours, a renewed sense of community and a celebration of the deep history of a city committed to the arts, architecture and cinema. \n\nA gateway to the Namibe Desert in southwest Angola, Mo\u00e7amedes is one of the country's top fishing ports. \n\nBringing old relics to life \n\nA dynamo behind the city's reboot is Ema Samali da Silva, a Vice-Governor of Namibe Province. \n\n\"The initial phase of the programme was a strategy that aimed to create an inclusive collective spirit in the city,\" she says. \n\nAs part of transforming the face of Mocamedes, this architect by training is aiming to bring old relics to life, an auditorium that never opened. With construction interrupted by civil war, Samali da Silva plans to finally complete the project. It's been waiting to welcome visitors since 1974. \n\nShe's got support from Hildeberto Alfredo Madeira, whose father was among those who built it. \n\n\"I think we should do what its creators imagined and move forward,\" he says. \"To show, nationally and internationally, what this province is all about in the fields of art and culture.\" \n\nGetting people involved, Samali da Silva is mobilising an army of painters to rejuvenate the facades of buildings and homes across the city. \n\n\"Our houses are being made beautiful, thank God,\" says one resident. \"We're really enjoying it, I'm very grateful.\" \n\nWinning hearts and minds \n\nOne private-sector firm involved in the effort is Tokamak Teto Associados. Sometimes they have to win over hearts and minds. \n\n\"There's always an initial shock for communities and residents when a team intervenes in their locality. But the most important thing is dialogue,\" says partner Teixeira Caiado.\"In fact, they're just noticing that buildings and spaces are taking on a new appearance.\" \n\nStreet artists like Johannes Silas and Paulo Daniel are also in on the action. \n\n\"Our goal is to make sure the province doesn't stop, that it continues to be a beautiful province, making artists express themselves more and more, making these walls come to life and getting our culture stamped on every wall of this city,\" says Paulo. \n\nCreating jobs for local residents \n\nBeyond the art, this project also means jobs for local residents. A local business produces paints for it, in a wide range of colours. \n\n\"It can also help with unemployment because art is also a job,\" says Daniel. \"We can bring in people from the margins of society. Like this, the city gains artistically.\" \n\nThe city and its beach culture, too. More colour to brighten up the shelters from the sun along the seaside. \n\n\"We're making our city a little more colourful or a little more vibrant,\" says Samali, more alive and certainly also more attractive, both for those who want to do new business and also for those who want to visit the sites. \n\nIt's a remarkable testament to urban renewal.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Mobilising residents in the beach town and port of Mo\u00e7amedes, Ema Samali da Silva, Vice-Governor of Namibe Province, has launched an urban renewal project that\u2019s changing the face of the city. She\u2019s turning old relics like movie theatres and an auditorium into cultural centres reborn. Street artists and painters are livening up and beautifying facades across the city. And it\u2019s creating jobs, with the aim of creating more by encouraging more tourism and business activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00e7amedes in the Province of Namibe is a city committed to urban renewal and providing opportunity for young artists and creatives.<\/p>\n<p>Through a partnership between the public sector, the private sector and civil society, Mo\u00e7amedes is experiencing a true renaissance, characterized by vivid colours, a renewed sense of community and a celebration of the deep history of a city committed to the arts, architecture and cinema.<\/p>\n<p>A gateway to the Namibe Desert in southwest Angola, Mo\u00e7amedes is one of the country's top fishing ports.<\/p>\n<h2>Bringing old relics to life<\/h2><p>A dynamo behind the city's reboot is Ema Samali da Silva, a Vice-Governor of Namibe Province.<\/p>\n<p>\"The initial phase of the programme was a strategy that aimed to create an inclusive collective spirit in the city,\" she says.<\/p>\n<p>As part of transforming the face of Mocamedes, this architect by training is aiming to bring old relics to life, an auditorium that never opened. With construction interrupted by civil war, Samali da Silva plans to finally complete the project. It's been waiting to welcome visitors since 1974.<\/p>\n<p>She's got support from Hildeberto Alfredo Madeira, whose father was among those who built it.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think we should do what its creators imagined and move forward,\" he says. \"To show, nationally and internationally, what this province is all about in the fields of art and culture.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Our houses are being made beautiful, thank God. We're really enjoying it, I'm very grateful.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Resident\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Mo\u00e7amedes\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Getting people involved, Samali da Silva is mobilising an army of painters to rejuvenate the facades of buildings and homes across the city.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our houses are being made beautiful, thank God,\" says one resident. \"We're really enjoying it, I'm very grateful.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6563530,6026006,5983198,5967392\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//03//18//angola-uses-the-lobito-corridor-as-a-vehicle-for-investment-and-growth/">Angola uses the Lobito corridor as a vehicle for investment and growth<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//15//angola-sets-its-sights-on-the-global-coffee-market/">Angola sets its sights on the global coffee market<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//05//13//angola-s-formigas-basketball-school-shaping-kids-for-life/">Angola/u2019s Formigas basketball school: shaping kids for life<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//01//the-ambassador-of-angolan-cuisine-mama-kuiba-still-cooks-up-a-storm/">The 'ambassador' of Angolan cuisine, Mama Kuiba, still cooks up a storm<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Winning hearts and minds<\/h2><p>One private-sector firm involved in the effort is Tokamak Teto Associados. Sometimes they have to win over hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<p>\"There's always an initial shock for communities and residents when a team intervenes in their locality. But the most important thing is dialogue,\" says partner Teixeira Caiado.\"In fact, they're just noticing that buildings and spaces are taking on a new appearance.\"<\/p>\n<p>Street artists like Johannes Silas and Paulo Daniel are also in on the action.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our goal is to make sure the province doesn't stop, that it continues to be a beautiful province, making artists express themselves more and more, making these walls come to life and getting our culture stamped on every wall of this city,\" says Paulo.<\/p>\n<h2>Creating jobs for local residents<\/h2><p>Beyond the art, this project also means jobs for local residents. A local business produces paints for it, in a wide range of colours.<\/p>\n<p>\"It can also help with unemployment because art is also a job,\" says Daniel. \"We can bring in people from the margins of society. Like this, the city gains artistically.\"<\/p>\n<p>The city and its beach culture, too. More colour to brighten up the shelters from the sun along the seaside.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're making our city a little more colourful or a little more vibrant,\" says Samali, more alive and certainly also more attractive, both for those who want to do new business and also for those who want to visit the sites.<\/p>\n<p>It's a remarkable testament to urban 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An \u2018eye-opening\u2019 discovery: Jazz drummer Gregory Hutchinson discovers ancestral past","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":" An \u2018eye-opening\u2019 discovery: Jazz drummer Gregory Hutchinson discovers ancestral past","leadin":" An \u2018eye-opening\u2019 discovery: Jazz drummer Gregory Hutchinson discovers ancestral past","summary":"An \u2018eye-opening\u2019 discovery: Jazz drummer Gregory Hutchinson discovers ancestral past","keySentence":null,"url":"an-eye-opening-discovery-jazz-drummer-gregory-hutchinson-discovers-ancestral-past","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1575, Luanda was a trading outpost for the great Kongo and Ndongo Kingdoms. Five centuries later, the city of Luanda is rediscovering, confronting and embracing its past and hoping to establish itself as one of the most historic cities on the African continent\u00a0\u2013 especially for those among the global Angolan Diaspora. \n\nAt one of Luanda\u2019s many cultural spaces, it's a homecoming of sorts. American drummer Gregory Hutchinson has played with the likes of Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Henderson and John Scofield. \n\nHutchinson proudly got up on stage and performs a concert in the land of his ancestors. Over centuries, millions of nowadays Angolans were sent as slaves to the Americas. \n\n\u201cFor me,\u201d Hutchinson says, \u201cit's been awesome to come here and to be enlightened. Walking around and seeing the different sights, coming here to see them. It wakes you up and makes you see that there's so much more to learn.\u201d \n\nAlong his visit was the National Museum of Slavery , which exhibits artefacts evoking the horrors of a slave trade that victimised so many beyond imagination. For instance, chains and other devices were used to restrain the slaves as they were led to the ships. \n\n\u201cThis is the beginning of a journey for me. [I feel like] I've been slapped in the face and now I'm going to do the work [to learn more].\u201d \n\nGuiding him to Hutchinson\u2019s reconnection with that history is Carlos Bumba, founder of TAC Tour Angola . \n\nBumba delivers tour guides to curious visitors, showing them all walks of life in Luanda. From the colonial architecture to street vendors selling some tasty charred plantains. \n\n\u201cThis Luanda has traces, it has signs, it has evidence, it has marks, where slaves passed, where slaves were chained, where slaves were stored,\u201d says Bumba. \n\nNot to forget \u2013 Angola\u2019s influence has enrichened American culture in more ways than we think. \n\n\u201cIt shows that Angola also contributed to the construction of the American nation. The gastronomy, the language, the dances, the blues, and jazz are all African rhythms.\u201d \n\nAlong with these stories is one of a struggle against the Portuguese colonisers, led by Angola's most famous queen. \n\nQueen Njinga first visited Luanda in 1622, 400 years ago this year. Her brother, the then-King of Ndongo, what is now Angola, sent then-Princess Njinga to negotiate with the Portuguese governor, about slavery. She would later spend the rest of her life resisting the Portuguese. \n\nThat's why architect Paulo Furtado - an administrator of Luanda's Ingombota district, says the city is making Queen Njinga Street a key tourist attraction, after renovating its waterfront. \n\n\u201cWe already have the bay and a bit of that mirror of the bay that we also want to make so that people can walk and enjoy. And I think that with this project we will be able to achieve this goal of bringing people back to the city.\u201d \n\nOne more reason for Gregory Hutchinson to return here for yet another visit.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1575, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//search?query=luanda\%22>Luanda<\/a> was a trading outpost for the great Kongo and Ndongo Kingdoms. Five centuries later, the city of Luanda is rediscovering, confronting and embracing its past and hoping to establish itself as one of the most historic cities on the African continent\u00a0\u2013 especially for those among the global Angolan Diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>At one of Luanda\u2019s many cultural spaces, it's a homecoming of sorts. American drummer Gregory Hutchinson has played with the likes of Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Henderson and John Scofield.<\/p>\n<p>Hutchinson proudly got up on stage and performs a concert in the land of his ancestors. Over centuries, millions of nowadays Angolans were sent as slaves to the Americas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//73//75//18//808x454_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/384x216_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/640x360_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/750x422_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/828x466_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/1080x608_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/1200x675_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/1920x1080_cmsv2_34462642-f4e3-5b62-b23d-8b91a7b7a280-6737518.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Display of statues depicting Angolan slaves at the National Museum of Slavery in Luanda, Angola<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me,\u201d Hutchinson says, \u201cit's been awesome to come here and to be enlightened. Walking around and seeing the different sights, coming here to see them. It wakes you up and makes you see that there's so much more to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along his visit was the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////momaa.org//directory//national-museum-of-slavery///">National Museum of Slavery<\/a>, which exhibits artefacts evoking the horrors of a slave trade that victimised so many beyond imagination. For instance, chains and other devices were used to restrain the slaves as they were led to the ships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the beginning of a journey for me. [I feel like] I've been slapped in the face and now I'm going to do the work [to learn more].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guiding him to Hutchinson\u2019s reconnection with that history is Carlos Bumba, founder of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////medicareclub.ao//viagens-e-alojamento//tac-tour.html/">TAC Tour Angola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bumba delivers tour guides to curious visitors, showing them all walks of life in Luanda. From the colonial architecture to street vendors selling some tasty charred plantains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//73//75//18//808x454_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/384x216_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/640x360_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/750x422_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/828x466_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/1080x608_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/1200x675_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/73\/75\/18\/1920x1080_cmsv2_b9845f22-96ff-5c65-a203-b00865d34aa1-6737518.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tour of colonial building<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis Luanda has traces, it has signs, it has evidence, it has marks, where slaves passed, where slaves were chained, where slaves were stored,\u201d says Bumba.<\/p>\n<p>Not to forget \u2013 Angola\u2019s influence has enrichened American culture in more ways than we think.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that Angola also contributed to the construction of the American nation. The gastronomy, the language, the dances, the blues, and jazz are all African rhythms.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5983198,5646888,6563530\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//05//13//angola-s-formigas-basketball-school-shaping-kids-for-life/">Angola/u2019s Formigas basketball school: shaping kids for life<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//01//the-ambassador-of-angolan-cuisine-mama-kuiba-still-cooks-up-a-storm/">The 'ambassador' of Angolan cuisine, Mama Kuiba, still cooks up a storm<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//05//27//a-weekend-in-luanda-angola-africa-s-manhattan-waits-to-be-discovered/">A weekend in Luanda, Angola: \u201cAfrica\u2019s Manhattan\u201d waits to be discovered<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Along with these stories is one of a struggle against the Portuguese colonisers, led by Angola's most famous queen.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Njinga first visited Luanda in 1622, 400 years ago this year. Her brother, the then-King of Ndongo, what is now Angola, sent then-Princess Njinga to negotiate with the Portuguese governor, about slavery. 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Formigas basketball school: shaping kids for life","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Angola\u2019s Formigas basketball school: shaping kids for life","titleListing2":"Angola\u2019s Formigas basketball school: shaping kids for life","leadin":"Hard-working like the ants they\u2019re named after, Angola\u2019s Formigas do Cazenga are a basketball team and school preparing inner-city kids in Luanda for a better life.","summary":"Hard-working like the ants they\u2019re named after, Angola\u2019s Formigas do Cazenga are a basketball team and school preparing inner-city kids in Luanda for a better life.","keySentence":null,"url":"angola-s-formigas-basketball-school-shaping-kids-for-life","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hard-working like the ants they\u2019re named after, Angola\u2019s Formigas do Cazenga are a basketball team and school preparing inner-city kids in Luanda for a better life. One of their star players, Sara Caetano, has gone on to the Tony Parker Ad\u00e9quat Academy in Lyon, France. Parker, a veteran NBA star, says he aims to find more players like Sara in Angola and beyond. \n\nTransforming the dreams of a community \n\nThe \"Formigas do Cazenga\" sports school has been transforming the dreams of a community in Luanda for 20 years. It's a dream from humble beginnings, with a lot of hard work and determination. \n\nThat's why they're called the Formigas \u201cthe ants\u201d of Cazenga. Coach Eduardo Fonseca founded the basketball club 20 years ago. \n\n\u201cIt is due to how ants organise - the workforce, the will, humility and how they never stop working, are always focused, even the younger ones,\u201d he says. \n\nOver those two decades, the Formigas, based in Luanda's most densely populated municipality, Cazenga, have taken in thousands of Angolan kids to teach them basketball, and much more. \n\n\u201cIt has to do, first, with education,\u201d says Cazenga. \u201cIt is to create, give moral, ethical, cultural values \u200b\u200bto our young people and learn to educate, respect and be organised and be persistent in life.\u201d \n\nHelp and hard work \n\nOne of the Formigas' star players is Sara Caetano. \n\n\u201cFrom the beginning, when I started, they showed that they are not just coaches or colleagues, they show that they are parents, and that I have sisters here that I can count on,\u201d she says. \n\nYou can count on help and hard work here: key qualities of the Formigas, on-court and off. \n\n\u201cI learned a lot, not only as a player, but also as a person,\u201d says Sara. \u201cI learned that in sport, in life, you have to be kind, you have to be respectful to people, not only on the field, off the field too, and, despite everything, you have to be a good student.\u201d \n\nHelp from NBA star\u00a0Tony Parker \n\nAnd there's help from a veteran Franco-American basketball star, Tony Parker. He led the San Antonio Spurs to win four NBA championships in the US. Sara is one of his students at his basketball academy in Lyon, France. \n\n\u201cI always wanted to build an academy,\u201d says Tony. \u201cI always knew I wanted to do that after my career. We opened in 2019, so it's been three years now. It's just a great way for me to give back and I always knew I wanted to do that.\u201d \n\nBorn in Belgium to an American basketball player and a Dutch mother, Parker became a French citizen and a star player on the French national team. Now retired, he supports a number of charities, including his academy. \n\n\u201cFor me, every time I can see a smile on a kid's face, it's priceless, just to give an opportunity for those kids to fulfil their dreams,\u201d he says. \u201cThat's the slogan of the academy. You come to the academy and you get a job. And I just want to make sure that all the kids who come to the academy, they can fulfil their dreams.\u201d \n\n\u201cMy basketball evolved when I got here, collectively and tactically,\u201d says Sara. \u201cMy dream really is to become a manager, I'm studying for that. I'm studying here at the academy. It's been really good, the people here are amazing, they've helped me a lot and they give me that support to make my dream come true\u201d. \n\nPlans for the future \n\nTony looks forward to more players like Sara coming from Angola, and elsewhere. \n\n\u201cMy plan is to go in Angola,\u201d he says. \u201cWe started with Sara because she had the potential to do something with the basketball team that we are helping over there. I definitely want to go over there and visit them and try to find more kids like Sara\u201d. \n\nBack at the Formigas club, Sara gives her teammates a reason to dream. \n\n\u201cFor the next generation, my message is to keep working and believing in your dreams, that anything is possible,\u201d she says. \n\nThe sports aspirations of young Angolans are now taking a new direction with the help of the stars.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hard-working like the ants they\u2019re named after, Angola\u2019s Formigas do Cazenga are a basketball team and school preparing inner-city kids in Luanda for a better life. One of their star players, Sara Caetano, has gone on to the Tony Parker Ad\u00e9quat Academy in Lyon, France. Parker, a veteran NBA star, says he aims to find more players like Sara in Angola and beyond.<\/p>\n<h2>Transforming the dreams of a community<\/h2><p>The \"Formigas do Cazenga\" sports school has been transforming the dreams of a community in Luanda for 20 years. It's a dream from humble beginnings, with a lot of hard work and determination.<\/p>\n<p>That's why they're called the Formigas \u201cthe ants\u201d of Cazenga. Coach Eduardo Fonseca founded the basketball club 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">It has to do, first, with education. It is to create, give moral, ethical, cultural values \u200b\u200bto our young people.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Eduardo Fonseca\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Coach, Formigas do Cazenga\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is due to how ants organise - the workforce, the will, humility and how they never stop working, are always focused, even the younger ones,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Over those two decades, the Formigas, based in Luanda's most densely populated municipality, Cazenga, have taken in thousands of Angolan kids to teach them basketball, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has to do, first, with education,\u201d says Cazenga. \u201cIt is to create, give moral, ethical, cultural values \u200b\u200bto our young people and learn to educate, respect and be organised and be persistent in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Help and hard work<\/h2><p>One of the Formigas' star players is Sara Caetano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning, when I started, they showed that they are not just coaches or colleagues, they show that they are parents, and that I have sisters here that I can count on,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">I learned a lot, not only as a player, but also as a person.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Sara Caetano\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Basketball player, Formigas do Cazenga\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can count on help and hard work here: key qualities of the Formigas, on-court and off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lot, not only as a player, but also as a person,\u201d says Sara. \u201cI learned that in sport, in life, you have to be kind, you have to be respectful to people, not only on the field, off the field too, and, despite everything, you have to be a good student.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Help from NBA star\u00a0Tony Parker<\/h2><p>And there's help from a veteran Franco-American basketball star, Tony Parker. He led the San Antonio Spurs to win four NBA championships in the US. Sara is one of his students at his basketball academy in Lyon, France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always wanted to build an academy,\u201d says Tony. \u201cI always knew I wanted to do that after my career. We opened in 2019, so it's been three years now. It's just a great way for me to give back and I always knew I wanted to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">For me, every time I can see a smile on a kid's face, it's priceless, just to give an opportunity for those kids to fulfil their dreams<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Tony Parker\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Ex-basketball player, NBA and France\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Born in Belgium to an American basketball player and a Dutch mother, Parker became a French citizen and a star player on the French national team. Now retired, he supports a number of charities, including his academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, every time I can see a smile on a kid's face, it's priceless, just to give an opportunity for those kids to fulfil their dreams,\u201d he says. \u201cThat's the slogan of the academy. You come to the academy and you get a job. And I just want to make sure that all the kids who come to the academy, they can fulfil their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy basketball evolved when I got here, collectively and tactically,\u201d says Sara. \u201cMy dream really is to become a manager, I'm studying for that. I'm studying here at the academy. It's been really good, the people here are amazing, they've helped me a lot and they give me that support to make my dream come true\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Plans for the future<\/h2><p>Tony looks forward to more players like Sara coming from Angola, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy plan is to go in Angola,\u201d he says. \u201cWe started with Sara because she had the potential to do something with the basketball team that we are helping over there. 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It provides food and musical education, helping to keep kids off the street and changing their lives.","summary":"The Camunga Symphony Orchestra in Luanda is changing Angolan students' lives. It provides food and musical education, helping to keep kids off the street and changing their lives.","keySentence":null,"url":"the-camunga-symphony-orchestra-more-than-just-a-musical-education","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"For the past decade, the Camunga Symphony Orchestra music school in Luanda has polished rough-cut diamonds of youth and changed their lives for the better.\u00a0 \n\n\nThe school and orchestra get their name from its founder\u00a0 Ntumba Malamba Camunga.\u00a0 Camunga means \" a small thing that is born, grows and then shines\", the founder tells us. He believes the name is particularly appropriate for this school as \" it started off as a small project, then it grew and now it is shining\" \n\nThe school was created in 2011 with just five students. 10 years later there are now 450 students and some of them have even become teachers at the school.\u00a0 \n\nTough beginnings \n\nNot all the students that attend the school have come from easy backgrounds and happy places. Ntumba Malamba Camunga explains that the school helps many children on the street, \" children involved in delinquency, drugs and even prostitution.\" \n\nKelson's story \n\nK elson Bento Afonso is one student with a difficult past. He now considers the orchestra his home, family and place of comfort. But he has come a long way for that to be the case. Kelson admits that he would hang out with people who behaved badly, people who were also violent.\u00a0 \n\nAfter\u00a0 going to a party with some of the school's students, Kelson visited the school and met the director, Ntumba. He was welcomed with open arms. His motivation was the main\u00a0 group playing. He says that it moved him and he wanted to be like them. \n\nKelson's progression was gradual. He first learnt the viola for three months, but then the teacher realised his real vocation was wind instruments.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, it wasn't just the straight and narrow for Kelson. He returned to bad habits. He took things that he shouldn't have and fell ill because of it. When\u00a0Ntumba realised Kelson had stopped coming to lessons, he went to his house to encourage him to come back. It worked and Kelson was able to start playing music again. \n\nMaking the effort \n\nSome of the music school's students have to travel very far to get to the lessons. This is the case for 13-year-old Delcio Macedo. He travels 56 kilometres just for the music. He is passionate about playing the violin. \"Music is really in his soul\", his mother says. \n\nSocial help \n\nPart of the\u00a0 orchestra's operation is to fight malnutrition. As\u00a0 Ntumba says, \" you can't do much on an empty stomach.\" The students can get food at the school.\u00a0 \n\nThe symphony orchestra is also community-driven and depends on donations. Once the students reach a level of proficiency with their instruments they become teachers there themselves. It's what N tumba describes as giving back what you take. \n\nThe Camunga Symphony Orchestra and the school go beyond the music, as Kelson aptly says the people you teach have to grow, \"that's the only way we can change the country.\"","htmlText":"<p>For the past decade, the Camunga Symphony Orchestra music school in Luanda has polished rough-cut diamonds of youth and changed their lives for the better.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The school and orchestra get their name from its founder\u00a0Ntumba Malamba Camunga.\u00a0Camunga means \"a small thing that is born, grows and then shines\", the founder tells us. He believes the name is particularly appropriate for this school as \"it started off as a small project, then it grew and now it is shining\"<\/p>\n<p>The school was created in 2011 with just five students. 10 years later there are now 450 students and some of them have even become teachers at the school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Tough beginnings<\/h2><p>Not all the students that attend the school have come from easy backgrounds and happy places.Ntumba Malamba Camunga explains that the school helps many children on the street, \"children involved in delinquency, drugs and even prostitution.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The families immediately saw a behavioral difference, they began to see that the boys felt they had some responsibilities towards the school<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Raimundo Salvador\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Journalist\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Kelson's story<\/h2><p>Kelson Bento Afonso is one student with a difficult past. He now considers the orchestra his home, family and place of comfort. But he has come a long way for that to be the case. Kelson admits that he would hang out with people who behaved badly, people who were also violent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0going to a party with some of the school's students, Kelson visited the school and met the director, Ntumba. He was welcomed with open arms. His motivation was the main\u00a0group playing. He says that it moved him and he wanted to be like them.<\/p>\n<p>Kelson's progression was gradual. He first learnt the viola for three months, but then the teacher realised his real vocation was wind instruments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, it wasn't just the straight and narrow for Kelson. He returned to bad habits. He took things that he shouldn't have and fell ill because of it. When\u00a0Ntumba realised Kelson had stopped coming to lessons, he went to his house to encourage him to come back. 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This is the case for 13-year-old Delcio Macedo. He travels 56 kilometres just for the music. He is passionate about playing the violin. \"Music is really in his soul\", his mother says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">I like music, someone who likes music has focus and purpose<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Neide Zuanga\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Student at the Camunga Symphony Orchestra\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Social help<\/h2><p>Part of the\u00a0orchestra's operation is to fight malnutrition. As\u00a0Ntumba says, \"you can't do much on an empty stomach.\" The students can get food at the school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The symphony orchestra is also community-driven and depends on donations. Once the students reach a level of proficiency with their instruments they become teachers there themselves. 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In the 1970s, around a quarter of a million tonnes of this original Angolan black gold was produced a year. This was interrupted by civil war, but now after nearly 20 years of peace, Angola is bouncing back and\u00a0two Angolan companies are expanding into the global market once again. Their goal is to regain Angola's standing\u00a0as one of the world's top coffee exporters.\u00a0The companies, Caf\u00e9 Cazengo and\u00a0Fazenda Vissolela\u00a0are trying to do this by\u00a0expanding in the historical coffee-producing areas of Angola. \n\nResearchers say Caf\u00e9 Cazengo is one of the most dynamic producers in the agricultural heartland east of the capital, Luanda. One of the main towns in this coffee country is Quiculungo. \n\nCamila Paula, the commercial director at Caf\u00e9 Cazengo, explains that in colonial times\u00a0coffee was what moved Angola's economy and\u00a0Quiculungo was really built around coffee.\u00a0Camila Paula is from coffee giant Brazil and it was a Brazilian who started Angola's\u00a0first commercial coffee plantation in\u00a0the early 19th century.\u00a0 \n\nCaf\u00e9 Cazengo, however, was created by Mr Miguel, an Angolan whose family had been coffee farmers for generations prior to\u00a0Angola\u2019s war for independence. He created the company in 2010 and there are currently\u00a0500 coffee growers working for him, providing the raw material. The majority of the company's production is sold to the United States, but it also has a website and they are able to sell their coffee elsewhere.\u00a0 \n\nHelping local farmers \n\nCaf\u00e9 Cazengo's 500 growers are\u00a0among 25 000 smaller farms producing about half the country's coffee crop. Around 500 larger commercial farms produce the rest.\u00a0Camila says Caf\u00e9 Cazengo works with growers to boost productivity and improve their lives. They even have an Angolan higher education centre project which is helping coffee farmers to formalise their cooperatives.\u00a0 \n\nProducers are also getting help from an EU-UN programme that's part of an effort to scale up the private sector and diversify Angola's mainly oil-based economy. Agriculture, which represents around 13% of the country's GDP, is key to that. \n\nFazenda Vissolela is one of those larger commercial farms. It covers 5000 hectares, 1000 of these are for its coffee project. According to its general manager,\u00a0Guilherme Diniz, these coffee crops are \"all focused on specialty coffee\". 100 hectares are expected to be dedicated to every variety of Arabica coffee and 80% of these coffees will be exported.\u00a0 \n\nFazenda Vissolela produced 2160 tonnes in 2021 and expects to increase production to 5400 tonnes by 2025. \n\nWhy is Angolan coffee so good? \n\nA combination of factors makes Angola ideal for the crop.\u00a0Diniz explains that for a good quality coffee bean you need\u00a0altitude.\u00a0Fazenda Vissolela is at\u00a01200 to 1300 above sea level \"and that's excellent for quality,\" he adds. \n\nCompared to other parts of the world, Angola benefits from geography and natural resources that are key to coffee-growing, like\u00a0an abundance of water to help with irrigation and topography that facilitates mechanisation. Diniz argues that this all leads \"to increased productivity.\" \n\n\u00c9nio Miranda, the managing partner at\u00a0Fazenda Vissolela says that this productivity has already given them a good turnover this year. He expects to double this turnover next year and in the years to come. \"This year is the beginning of a bright future. (...) coffee is the future, it has been our past, but now it will be the future of Angola\", he explains. \n\nAnalysts also see great potential, including the French-based agricultural research group Cirad. Their EU-backed research involved experts from Angola, Argentina, Portugal and France. C\u00e9cile Bessou is an agroecology researcher for the group. In her eyes, \"there is real government motivation both from local government, but also from international institutions like the European Union, to revitalise this sector with the help of some locals\". She describes these locals as dynamic and really trying to be innovative to get Angola's coffee sector \"back to its former glory.\" \n\nAngola's commercial coffee bean production was up by 34% in 2019-2020. The country's new agricultural technologies and a conquering flavour are bringing Angolan coffee back for good.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Angolan coffee is a brew long coveted by aficionados around the world. In the 1970s, around a quarter of a million tonnes of this original Angolan black gold was produced a year. This was interrupted by civil war, but now after nearly 20 years of peace, Angola is bouncing back and\u00a0two Angolan companies are expanding into the global market once again. Their goal is to regain Angola's standing\u00a0as one of the world's top coffee exporters.\u00a0The companies, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////cazengocoffee.com//pages//about-us/">Caf/u00e9 Cazengo<\/a> and\u00a0Fazenda Vissolela\u00a0are trying to do this by\u00a0expanding in the historical coffee-producing areas of Angola.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say Caf\u00e9 Cazengo is one of the most dynamic producers in the agricultural heartland east of the capital, Luanda. One of the main towns in this coffee country is Quiculungo.<\/p>\n<p>Camila Paula, the commercial director at Caf\u00e9 Cazengo, explains that in colonial times\u00a0coffee was what moved Angola's economy and\u00a0Quiculungo was really built around coffee.\u00a0Camila Paula is from coffee giant Brazil and it was a Brazilian who started Angola's\u00a0first commercial coffee plantation in\u00a0the early 19th century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Cazengo, however, was created by Mr Miguel, an Angolan whose family had been coffee farmers for generations prior to\u00a0Angola\u2019s war for independence. He created the company in 2010 and there are currently\u00a0500 coffee growers working for him, providing the raw material. The majority of the company's production is sold to the United States, but it also has a website and they are able to sell their coffee elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//02//60//06//808x454_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/384x216_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/640x360_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/750x422_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/828x466_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1080x608_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1200x675_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1920x1080_cmsv2_5970d686-527b-55f7-b4d3-ec242a4dbc25-6026006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Camila Paula, commercial director, Caf\u00e9 Cazengo<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Helping local farmers<\/h2><p>Caf\u00e9 Cazengo's 500 growers are\u00a0among 25 000 smaller farms producing about half the country's coffee crop. Around 500 larger commercial farms produce the rest.\u00a0Camila says Caf\u00e9 Cazengo works with growers to boost productivity and improve their lives. They even have an Angolan higher education centre project which is helping coffee farmers to formalise their cooperatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Producers are also getting help from an EU-UN programme that's part of an effort to scale up the private sector and diversify Angola's mainly oil-based economy. Agriculture, which represents around 13% of the country's GDP, is key to that.<\/p>\n<p>Fazenda Vissolela is one of those larger commercial farms. It covers 5000 hectares, 1000 of these are for its coffee project. According to its general manager,\u00a0Guilherme Diniz, these coffee crops are \"all focused on specialty coffee\". 100 hectares are expected to be dedicated to every variety of Arabica coffee and 80% of these coffees will be exported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fazenda Vissolela produced 2160 tonnes in 2021 and expects to increase production to 5400 tonnes by 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//02//60//06//808x454_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/384x216_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/640x360_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/750x422_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/828x466_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1080x608_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1200x675_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1920x1080_cmsv2_4c0f1fd2-6ae7-5ece-b1d1-208cbe4ae8d6-6026006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Guilherme Diniz, general manager, Fazenda Vissolela<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why is Angolan coffee so good?<\/h2><p>A combination of factors makes Angola ideal for the crop.\u00a0Diniz explains that for a good quality coffee bean you need\u00a0altitude.\u00a0Fazenda Vissolela is at\u00a01200 to 1300 above sea level \"and that's excellent for quality,\" he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to other parts of the world, Angola benefits from geography and natural resources that are key to coffee-growing, like\u00a0an abundance of water to help with irrigation and topography that facilitates mechanisation. Diniz argues that this all leads \"to increased productivity.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9nio Miranda, the managing partner at\u00a0Fazenda Vissolela says that this productivity has already given them a good turnover this year. He expects to double this turnover next year and in the years to come. \"This year is the beginning of a bright future. (...) coffee is the future, it has been our past, but now it will be the future of Angola\", he explains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//02//60//06//808x454_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/384x216_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/640x360_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/750x422_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/828x466_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1080x608_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1200x675_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/02\/60\/06\/1920x1080_cmsv2_e09c309c-ce4d-52ca-9224-bea1df3445fb-6026006.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Angolan coffee crops<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Analysts also see great potential, including the French-based agricultural research group Cirad. Their EU-backed research involved experts from Angola, Argentina, Portugal and France. C\u00e9cile Bessou is an agroecology researcher for the group. In her eyes, \"there is real government motivation both from local government, but also from international institutions like the European Union, to revitalise this sector with the help of some locals\". She describes these locals as dynamic and really trying to be innovative to get Angola's coffee sector \"back to its former glory.\"<\/p>\n<p>Angola's commercial coffee bean production was up by 34% in 2019-2020. 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'ambassador' of Angolan cuisine, Mama Kuiba, still cooks up a storm","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"The 'ambassador' of Angolan cuisine, Mama Kuiba, still cooks up a storm","leadin":"Meet Mama Kuiba, one of Angola's most respected celebrities and chefs putting the country's cuisine on the map.","summary":"Meet Mama Kuiba, one of Angola's most respected celebrities and chefs putting the country's cuisine on the map.","keySentence":null,"url":"the-ambassador-of-angolan-cuisine-mama-kuiba-still-cooks-up-a-storm","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Mama Kuiba is a world-famous Angolan chef who uses the country's traditional flavours and products to make mouth-watering dishes. She is very loved and appreciated in Angola. This is reflected in her being awarded 'personality of the year' three times thanks to popular vote. \n\nFrom market place to her own place \n\nAt 83 years old, Mama Kuiba starts her day like many other shoppers in the capital, Luanda: she heads to the market to pick out the right ingredients to make her magic, signature food. However, unlike other shoppers on the market, she is greeted as culinary royalty with much applause and esteem. Why? Her food has won over hearts, minds and taste buds throughout the country. Everyone knows her name. \n\nHer culinary career began on the market. She opened a stall there where she first started selling fizzy drinks and juices. This escalated to her cooking meals to sell. Her original reason for cooking this food on her make-shift stall which included a wooden table and stove, that she bought from the very same market, was to feed her young children coming in from school and her husband. \n\nIt was around this time she was given the nickname Mama Kuiba, which means \"ugly\" in Kimbundu. She explains that at that time she was 38 years old and a lot of the other women working on the market were in their 20s. They were \"young, pretty with nice hairdos and make-up\", she adds. She was the oldest and wore a headscarf. She eventually gave in, she would be known as the ugliest and started the Mama Kuiba stall. \n\nHer real name is Catarina Verissimo da Costa. She is also known as Natalia because she was born on Christmas Day. \n\nWhilst making the food for her small children and husband on the market, her fellow market workers would revel in the aromas of her creations. They wanted her to make them some food too. Eventually, she offered up one of her dishes and that's where her life as a chef took off. \n\nImportant clients \n\nShe opened her own restaurant on a Saturday and her first clients were the 1\u00ba de Agosto football players and coach. They had come in after a big victory. \n\nHer unique way of making Angolan cuisine has inspired chefs and restaurants all over. Pedro de Campos is the Manager of Vitruvio, an Italian-inspired restaurant in Luanda. He says that \"Mama Kuiba is an icon. She's like an ambassador for Angolan cuisine and she's also an amazing lady. She's done amazing work for the flavours of Angola\". \n\nHer dishes are popular in five-star hotel restaurants. Some of her specialties include Mufete which is grilled fish with sweet potato, banana and cassava, chicken Muamba and fish Calulu. \n\nGoing beyond the food \n\nMama Kuiba has also been a social influencer, demonstrating her cooking skills, campaigning for different causes, like stopping violence against women. She has even appeared on the reality show Big Brother and on TV to give cooking advice to friends, family and to the whole population in general. \n\nVeronica Goubel, aka 'Mama Africa', describes one of the things she has done for the market community. \"Hygiene is something Mama Kuiba has been pushing for on the market, for the good of the market and not just this market, but for all of Luanda's markets\". Mama Kuiba is trying to raise awareness about hygiene amongst the salespeople. She believes that it must come first. \n\nWhat food means to Mama Kuiba \n\nHer culinary influences are her mother's kitchen and learning on the job. When people ask her for the specific recipes of her stews, meats and other well-known dishes, she replies that she doesn't have the words to describe them because \"she lives food\". \n\nTo see the full interview with Mama Kuiba and to find out more about her impressive life, click on the media player above.","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <img src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////video.euronews.com//flv//adverts//angola-banner-en-2022.jpg/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mama Kuiba is a world-famous Angolan chef who uses the country's traditional flavours and products to make mouth-watering dishes. She is very loved and appreciated in Angola. This is reflected in her being awarded 'personality of the year' three times thanks to popular vote.<\/p>\n<h2>From market place to her own place<\/h2><p>At 83 years old, Mama Kuiba starts her day like many other shoppers in the capital, Luanda: she heads to the market to pick out the right ingredients to make her magic, signature food. However, unlike other shoppers on the market, she is greeted as culinary royalty with much applause and esteem. Why? Her food has won over hearts, minds and taste buds throughout the country. Everyone knows her name.<\/p>\n<p>Her culinary career began on the market. She opened a stall there where she first started selling fizzy drinks and juices. This escalated to her cooking meals to sell. Her original reason for cooking this food on her make-shift stall which included a wooden table and stove, that she bought from the very same market, was to feed her young children coming in from school and her husband.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//98//31//98//808x454_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/384x216_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/640x360_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/750x422_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/828x466_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1080x608_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1200x675_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1920x1080_cmsv2_47683626-3bad-5fe8-93fb-e16457c4bcab-5983198.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">One of Mama Kuiba's meat stews<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was around this time she was given the nickname Mama Kuiba, which means \"ugly\" in Kimbundu. She explains that at that time she was 38 years old and a lot of the other women working on the market were in their 20s. They were \"young, pretty with nice hairdos and make-up\", she adds. She was the oldest and wore a headscarf. She eventually gave in, she would be known as the ugliest and started the Mama Kuiba stall.<\/p>\n<p>Her real name is Catarina Verissimo da Costa. She is also known as Natalia because she was born on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst making the food for her small children and husband on the market, her fellow market workers would revel in the aromas of her creations. They wanted her to make them some food too. Eventually, she offered up one of her dishes and that's where her life as a chef took off.<\/p>\n<h2>Important clients<\/h2><p>She opened her own restaurant on a Saturday and her first clients were the 1\u00ba de Agosto football players and coach. They had come in after a big victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//98//31//98//808x454_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/384x216_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/640x360_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/750x422_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/828x466_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1080x608_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1200x675_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1920x1080_cmsv2_dc32a00f-bff1-5dbf-a7f1-84c06e7cb277-5983198.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mama Kuiba cooking inside her restaurant called Mama Kuiba's Cantine<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Her unique way of making Angolan cuisine has inspired chefs and restaurants all over. Pedro de Campos is the Manager of Vitruvio, an Italian-inspired restaurant in Luanda. He says that \"Mama Kuiba is an icon. She's like an ambassador for Angolan cuisine and she's also an amazing lady. She's done amazing work for the flavours of Angola\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//98//31//98//808x454_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/384x216_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/640x360_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/750x422_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/828x466_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1080x608_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1200x675_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/31\/98\/1920x1080_cmsv2_95489406-a4de-5fc8-9564-060f0a6cf97a-5983198.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Food inspired by Mama Kuiba's creations<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Her dishes are popular in five-star hotel restaurants. Some of her specialties include Mufete which is grilled fish with sweet potato, banana and cassava, chicken Muamba and fish Calulu.<\/p>\n<h2>Going beyond the food<\/h2><p>Mama Kuiba has also been a social influencer, demonstrating her cooking skills, campaigning for different causes, like stopping violence against women. She has even appeared on the reality show Big Brother and on TV to give cooking advice to friends, family and to the whole population in general.<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Goubel, aka 'Mama Africa', describes one of the things she has done for the market community. \"Hygiene is something Mama Kuiba has been pushing for on the market, for the good of the market and not just this market, but for all of Luanda's markets\". Mama Kuiba is trying to raise awareness about hygiene amongst the salespeople. She believes that it must come first.<\/p>\n<h2>What food means to Mama Kuiba<\/h2><p>Her culinary influences are her mother's kitchen and learning on the job. 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uses the Lobito corridor as a vehicle for investment and growth","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Angola uses the Lobito corridor as a vehicle for investment and growth","leadin":"Angola is privatising the port of Lobito and the Lobito corridor railway with the goal of creating business opportunities. It is expected to be the boost the country needs to open a gateway from the Atlantic to the mineral-rich regions of the DRC and Zambia.","summary":"Angola is privatising the port of Lobito and the Lobito corridor railway with the goal of creating business opportunities. It is expected to be the boost the country needs to open a gateway from the Atlantic to the mineral-rich regions of the DRC and Zambia.","keySentence":null,"url":"angola-uses-the-lobito-corridor-as-a-vehicle-for-investment-and-growth","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Angola is looking to revolutionise the landscape of Southern Africa. Using private investment, it wants to transform the port of Lobito into the gateway of this region. It is also planning to make the province of Benguela the epicentre of trade and development in southern Africa.\u00a0 \n\nRenaissance work \n\nThe Atlantic port of Lobito, along with the Benguela railroad, makes up the Lobito corridor which reaches more than 1300 kilometres deep into the continent. \n\n\nIt's the quickest export route for copper, cobalt and other ores from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond. \n\n\nNow that the railway is renovated, the Port of Lobito is also getting ready for a renaissance. Angola is privatising it with a 20-year concession to attract new investment and boost the economy. \n\n\nPedro Neto is the CEO of EagleStone , an investment banking advisory firm and he has lived in Angola for over 20 years. He tells us that the \u00a0port of Lobito is a serious opportunity to create a network on the Atlantic coast to import and export goods and products from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the coast. \"It's really an opportunity to create an alternative to the Indian Ocean coast\", he adds. \n\nTo Neto it is more than just about moving metal from mines, he says that Lobito could be used to bring goods to the interior using Lobito port. He explains that along Lobito's railway corridor there are huge important agricultural sectors \" and that could be a huge point in favour of developing the port.\" \n\nThe Big Plan \n\nPrivatising the Port of Lobito and the Benguela Railroad is part of the Angolan government's wider plan to diversify the country's economy with the help of more private investment. The World Bank Group backs the idea. \n\n\nJo\u00e3o Fernandes, the Coordinator of the Lobito Port Evaluation Commission, says that t he Ministry of Transport\u2019s master plan \"is closely linked to the Port of Lobito and the Lobito Corridor\" and they expect with the participation of foreigners they can improve the infrastructure and efficiency as well. \n\nChanges in the port of Luanda \n\nForeign investment is already happening in Angola's largest port, Luanda. DP World , the Dubai port management company, won the bidding for it early this year.\u00a0 \n\nFrancisco Pinzon is the CEO of DP World Luanda. He described the advances already made there. There are now\u00a0 30 internal truck vehicles and they will shortly receive restackers and rehandlers. He also expects to give more efficiency to the terminal with an additional mobile hardware crane. \n\nThe gateway to Southern Africa \n\nPinzon also sees great potential for Lobito. He thinks it has a great infrastructure and that \"it has the potential to become the gateway to the Southern part of Congo and also to Zambia\". \n\nThat's certainly what drove the builders of the Benguela railroad more than a century ago. Now, work is concentrating on bringing the Lobito corridor further into the 21st century with more private investment. \n\n\nLobito is already geared for larger shipments from the mines with a new terminal to load from trains to ships. \n\nJesus Nelson Pereira Martins, President of the Public Tender Evaluation Committee even told us that there is a special terminal dedicated to ore.\u00a0 \n\nAnother key to the development of Lobito port is a wider range of cargo in both directions, involving millions of people and creating more potential industry, consumers and passengers. \n\n\nCreating jobs \n\nNeto explains that the Lobito corridor railway crosses 34% of Angola's agricultural production. Also,\u00a0around six million people live in the four provinces along the railway line.\u00a0 That means by developing the port more jobs are likely to be created.\u00a0 \n\nA real social and economic transformation is coming to Angola and that's thanks to the privatisation of the port of Lobito in the province of Benguela and the railway in the Lobito corridor.\u00a0","htmlText":"<p>Angola is looking to revolutionise the landscape of Southern Africa. Using private investment, it wants to transform the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////africaports.co.za//lobito///">port of Lobito<\/a> into the gateway of this region. It is also planning to make the province of Benguela the epicentre of trade and development in southern Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Renaissance work<\/h2><p>The Atlantic port of Lobito, along with the Benguela railroad, makes up the Lobito corridor which reaches more than 1300 kilometres deep into the continent. <\/p>\n<p>It's the quickest export route for copper, cobalt and other ores from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>Now that the railway is renovated, the Port of Lobito is also getting ready for a renaissance. Angola is privatising it with a 20-year concession to attract new investment and boost the economy. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//96//73//92//808x454_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg/" alt=\"Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/384x216_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/640x360_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/750x422_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/828x466_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1080x608_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1200x675_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1920x1080_cmsv2_22dcc9b3-193c-5396-b40c-af31fed66929-5967392.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Lobito Corridor railway<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.eaglestone.eu//en//our-firm//leadership//Pedro-Neto//60///">Pedro Neto<\/a> is the CEO of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.eaglestone.eu//en//our-firm//overview///">EagleStone, an investment banking advisory firm and he has lived in Angola for over 20 years. He tells us that the\u00a0port of Lobito is a serious opportunity to create a network on the Atlantic coast to import and export goods and products from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the coast. \"It's really an opportunity to create an alternative to the Indian Ocean coast\", he adds.<\/p>\n<p>To Neto it is more than just about moving metal from mines, he says that Lobito could be used to bring goods to the interior using Lobito port. He explains that along Lobito's railway corridor there are huge important agricultural sectors \"and that could be a huge point in favour of developing the port.\"<\/p>\n<h2>The Big Plan<\/h2><p>Privatising the Port of Lobito and the Benguela Railroad is part of the Angolan government's wider plan to diversify the country's economy with the help of more private investment. The World Bank Group backs the idea. <\/p>\n<p>Jo\u00e3o Fernandes, the Coordinator of the Lobito Port Evaluation Commission, says that the Ministry of Transport\u2019s master plan \"is closely linked to the Port of Lobito and the Lobito Corridor\" and they expect with the participation of foreigners they can improve the infrastructure and efficiency as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//96//73//92//808x454_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/384x216_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/640x360_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/750x422_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/828x466_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1080x608_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1200x675_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d52e8d05-189a-5334-a7c3-24acd3c6cc11-5967392.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Jo\u00e3o Fernandes, Coordinator Lobito Port Evaluation Commission<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Changes in the port of Luanda<\/h2><p>Foreign investment is already happening in Angola's largest port, Luanda. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dpworld.com///">DP World<\/a>, the Dubai port management company, won the bidding for it early this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Pinzon is the CEO of DP World Luanda. He described the advances already made there. There are now\u00a030 internal truck vehicles and they will shortly receive restackers and rehandlers. He also expects to give more efficiency to the terminal with an additional mobile hardware crane.<\/p>\n<h2>The gateway to Southern Africa<\/h2><p>Pinzon also sees great potential for Lobito. He thinks it has a great infrastructure and that \"it has the potential to become the gateway to the Southern part of Congo and also to Zambia\".<\/p>\n<p>That's certainly what drove the builders of the Benguela railroad more than a century ago. Now, work is concentrating on bringing the Lobito corridor further into the 21st century with more private investment. <\/p>\n<p>Lobito is already geared for larger shipments from the mines with a new terminal to load from trains to ships. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//96//73//92//808x454_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg/" alt=\"Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/384x216_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/640x360_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/750x422_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/828x466_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1080x608_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1200x675_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/96\/73\/92\/1920x1080_cmsv2_51aec03e-d70e-5e12-b656-dae1ee32e8e3-5967392.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Train to ship loading facility Lobito port<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jesus Nelson Pereira Martins, President of the Public Tender Evaluation Committee even told us that there is a special terminal dedicated to ore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another key to the development of Lobito port is a wider range of cargo in both directions, involving millions of people and creating more potential industry, consumers and passengers. <\/p>\n<h2>Creating jobs<\/h2><p>Neto explains that the Lobito corridor railway crosses 34% of Angola's agricultural production. Also,\u00a0around six million people live in the four provinces along the railway line.\u00a0That means by developing the port more jobs are likely to be created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A real social and economic transformation is coming to Angola and that's thanks to the privatisation of the port of Lobito in the province of Benguela and the railway in the Lobito 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the people behind Angola's COVID-19 response","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Meet the people behind Angola's COVID-19 response","leadin":"Catarina locked down in the hotel where she works in Luanda to ensure it kept running during the pandemic. She is one of many Angolans making an effort to keep the country's economy running smoothly during the health crisis.","summary":"Catarina locked down in the hotel where she works in Luanda to ensure it kept running during the pandemic. She is one of many Angolans making an effort to keep the country's economy running smoothly during the health crisis.","keySentence":null,"url":"meet-the-people-behind-angola-s-covid-19-response","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"From creating a field hospital to enforcing strict health protocols, Angola is working hard to fight the pandemic. \n\nHowever, it\u2019s the country\u2019s businessmen and women who are helping the economy. \n\nMoving online \n\nA good example of this is Geraldine Geraldo and her start-up platform, Roque Online , which supplies fruit and vegetables to market traders. Her business is booming amid a fast-track, digital transformation. \n\nShe tells us that a market segment that wasn't dependent on technology is now transitioning to the digital marketplace. She thinks this is fantastic and she has seen \"a significant growth in more vendors shopping online to source their products.\" \n\nGrowth in farming \n\nAngola\u2019s agriculture sector is crucial to its diversifying economy. It is valued at more than three billion euros this year and is expected to grow to a whopping 28.6 billion by 2050. \n\nJo\u00e3o Macedo, the CEO of Novagrolider an agriculture firm, has brought certainty in uncertain times. He created a massive new farm in just a few months which has boosted national production and created jobs. He even tells us that within two years he hopes to employ over 1500 people. \n\nDulce Oliveira\u2019s family-run farm has faced challenges. Despite this, it has pivoted to beat the pandemic. \n\nFewer foreign flower imports have helped the company to grow more domestic customers happy to buy their beautiful blooms. \n\nThe tourism sector fights back \n\nSafeguarding tourism during the pandemic has been crucial too as it's an emerging sector worth 725 million euros last year. It is also expected to surge to 2.9 billion by 2050. \n\nUsing strict safety measures, Angola\u2019s hotels have continued to welcome guests. Staff in some hotels also made very big personal sacrifices to keep things running smoothly. \n\nCatarina De Pina Joana is the Marketing Manager at Epic Sana Hotel Luanda . She says that in March they introduced safety measures at the hotel and within 48 hours they had to decide which team was going to stay in the hotel and confine. \n\nShe was part of the team that did this and she describes it as \"a very challenging period\". However, this tactic bore fruit and that is visible through the hotel's continued success during COVID. \n\nIt's policies like these that Vera Daves de Sousa , Angola's Minister of Finance, thinks help contribute to their \"building the confidence of the Angolans and all over the world in us, in our policies, in our ways of managing the country, the institutions, in our way to do business\". \n\nMany other companies, like boat-builders Rukka, have adapted too. Rukka, for example, tapped into a growing staycation market and sourced materials within Angola. \n\nAccording to Vera Daves de Sousa, the government also played its role and \"managed to quickly address the challenges coming from the health sector\" and it \"found space to be more flexible with the companies who were struggling with liquidity\". \n\nThanks to local innovation and hard work, Angola has remained dynamic and united during the fight against COVID.","htmlText":"<p>From creating a field hospital to enforcing strict health protocols, Angola is working hard to fight the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s the country\u2019s businessmen and women who are helping the economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A good example of this is Geraldine Geraldo and her start-up platform, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////roque-online.com///">Roque Online<\/a>, which supplies fruit and vegetables to market traders. Her business is booming amid a fast-track, digital transformation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//75//59//90//808x454_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/384x216_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/640x360_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/750x422_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/828x466_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1080x608_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1200x675_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1920x1080_cmsv2_5ac3e939-5b0f-5c05-be79-d7c03cb60c87-5755990.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Geraldine Geraldo, CEO of Roque Online<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She tells us that a market segment that wasn't dependent on technology is now transitioning to the digital marketplace. She thinks this is fantastic and she has seen \"a significant growth in more vendors shopping online to source their products.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growth in farming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Angola\u2019s agriculture sector is crucial to its diversifying economy. It is valued at more than three billion euros this year and is expected to grow to a whopping 28.6 billion by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Jo\u00e3o Macedo, the CEO of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//Novagrolider///">Novagrolider an agriculture firm, has brought certainty in uncertain times. He created a massive new farm in just a few months which has boosted national production and created jobs. He even tells us that within two years he hopes to employ over 1500 people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//75//59//90//808x454_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/384x216_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/640x360_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/750x422_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/828x466_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1080x608_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1200x675_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1920x1080_cmsv2_0c248057-aee3-51ef-830b-970a2be1f247-5755990.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Jo\u00e3o Macedo, CEO of Novagrolider<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dulce Oliveira\u2019s family-run farm has faced challenges. Despite this, it has pivoted to beat the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer foreign flower imports have helped the company to grow more domestic customers happy to buy their beautiful blooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The tourism sector fights back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Safeguarding tourism during the pandemic has been crucial too as it's an emerging sector worth 725 million euros last year. It is also expected to surge to 2.9 billion by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Using strict safety measures, Angola\u2019s hotels have continued to welcome guests. Staff in some hotels also made very big personal sacrifices to keep things running smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>Catarina De Pina Joana is the Marketing Manager at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.luanda.epic.sanahotels.com//en/">Epic Sana Hotel Luanda<\/a>. She says that in March they introduced safety measures at the hotel and within 48 hours they had to decide which team was going to stay in the hotel and confine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//75//59//90//808x454_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/384x216_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/640x360_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/750x422_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/828x466_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1080x608_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1200x675_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/75\/59\/90\/1920x1080_cmsv2_401064f4-e01f-5e5c-be5f-ad0428312661-5755990.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Catarina De Pina Joana, Marketing Manager, Epic Sana Hotel Luanda<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She was part of the team that did this and she describes it as \"a very challenging period\". However, this tactic bore fruit and that is visible through the hotel's continued success during COVID.<\/p>\n<p>It's policies like these that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////live.worldbank.org//experts//vera-esperanca-dos-santos-daves-de-sousa/">Vera Daves de Sousa<\/a>, Angola's Minister of Finance, thinks help contribute to their \"building the confidence of the Angolans and all over the world in us, in our policies, in our ways of managing the country, the institutions, in our way to do business\".<\/p>\n<p>Many other companies, like boat-builders Rukka, have adapted too. Rukka, for example, tapped into a growing staycation market and sourced materials within Angola.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vera Daves de Sousa, the government also played its role and \"managed to quickly address the challenges coming from the health sector\" and it \"found space to be more flexible with the companies who were struggling with liquidity\".<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to local innovation and hard work, Angola has remained dynamic and united during the fight against 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weekend in Luanda, Angola: \u201cAfrica\u2019s Manhattan\u201d waits to be discovered","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"A weekend in Luanda: \u201cAfrica\u2019s Manhattan\u201d waits to be discovered","titleListing2":"In the heart of Angola, Luanda, a seaside African metropolis waits to be discovered.","leadin":"Rica en cultura, ya en tiempos remotos, y m\u00e1s tarde con gran influencia portuguesa en el siglo XVI, Angola tiene mucho que celebrar en torno a su patrimonio, su gastronom\u00eda y sus tradiciones.","summary":"Rica en cultura, ya en tiempos remotos, y m\u00e1s tarde con gran influencia portuguesa en el siglo XVI, Angola tiene mucho que celebrar en torno a su patrimonio, su gastronom\u00eda y sus tradiciones.","keySentence":null,"url":"a-weekend-in-luanda-angola-africa-s-manhattan-waits-to-be-discovered","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"On the Angolan coast, the African metropolis of Luanda waits to be discovered. \n\nRich in culture before colonial times, then greatly influenced by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Angola has plenty to celebrate in its heritage, cuisine and traditions. \n\nA city of constant change, Luanda offers much for visitors; from colonial architecture and a diverse musical culture to an upscale beach scene and delicious grilled fish. \n\nThe Luanda province gives visitors a good taste of urban Angola, a mixture of Portuguese and African culture, but it can also be a great place to start your journey to discover the country\u2019s many natural wonders. Angola has 1,600km of coastline, with beautiful deserted beaches, rainforests , savannahs, a desert in the south, plus a year-round extraordinary climate. \n\nLuanda is one of the most important industrial and cultural urban centres in Africa and is home to over 8 million people. Portuguese is the official language. \n\nWhat to do first? The landmarks. \n\nLuanda\u2019s old town dates back to the 16th century when the Portuguese first arrived and built a settlement. They stayed for four centuries, and the influence is deeply felt. \n\nYou can travel back in time to colonial Luanda by visiting monuments such as the Iron Palace, believed to be designed by - or by someone close to - Gustave Eiffel, or the baroque S\u00e9 Cathedral, another of the city\u2019s oldest constructions. The Fortress of S\u00e3o Miguel, built on the side of Mount S\u00e3o Paulo is the oldest in Angola and is also worth a visit. \n\nAfter visiting the fortress head back to the old port by walking by the Marginal promenade (Avenida 4 de Fevereiro), a beautifully renovated seaside boulevard running along the Luanda bay. Throughout its three kilometres, the bay has a life of its own with plenty of green spaces, shops, lively bars and restaurants. \n\nA music state of mind \n\nIn Angola, music and dance play a central role in cultural life. In Luanda, people gather in the Marginal to \u201cKizomba na Rua\u201d (dancing kizomba on the street) every Sunday evening. The best dancers from Luanda usually show up. Everyone is very friendly and you\u2019ll probably be invited to join. \n\nAnother great Angolan-styled music to discover is Kuduro, a popular nationwide genre that blossomed in the 1990s. Head to the Rangel district to find the \u201cnext Kuduro generation.\u201d You\u2019ll be greeted by a festive atmosphere, fast beats, and spontaneous choreographies. \n\nDid you bring your appetite? You\u2019ll need it. \n\nLuanda\u2019s gastronomic tradition is well established, promising to appeal to seafood lovers and culinary exotics. The city has a vibrant restaurant scene, drawing on both local and historic food influences (such as the Mozambican, Portuguese or Brazilian). \n\nAngolans excel at cooking fish, so be sure not to miss a good grilled catch - Calulu fish is always a good option. Also try the Muamba chicken, and the Mufete, a generous national dish with fish, beans, plantain and sweet potato. Dairy production is well developed in the region, for something special opt for home-made goat cheese and yoghurt. If you have a sweet tooth, try doce de ginguba, a peanut jam which is also great to buy as a souvenir, or the Cocada Amarela, a delicious coconut pudding. \n\nWhere to eat \n\nA standout dining institution is La Vigia, in the Maculusso neighbourhood. It has a large coal grill and their fish and steaks are displayed for you to choose your cut. Portions are big and the beer is always cold. Luandans love their beer and, because of the Portuguese influence, they love wine too. The Rooftop by ListenSound is a great place for a drink and to grab a bite while enjoying the views of the Luanda skyline. If you're up for sushi, K. Sushi in downtown Luanda or its sister Restaurante K in Talatona are splendid choices. \n\nCafe del mar is another great pick, and not only because of its private beach. The place has been at the forefront of the culinary scene for more than two decades. It is situated on Ilha de Luanda (Luanda\u2019s island), which is always a fun place to be. \n\nBeach time is a must \n\nAlong with the upscale beach scene in the \u201cIlha de Luanda\u201d peninsula, there are many other beaches to explore near and around the city, a favourite is Mussulo island. But countless other secluded and wild beaches await to be discovered on the coast. Just outside of Luanda, a short road trip will take you to Barra do Donde in the city\u2019s north or Sangano to the South. \n\nNow if what you\u2019re looking is a laid-back atmosphere, drive south to Cabo Ledo, the surfers' destination of choice. Only 100 km away from Luanda, Cabo Ledo hosts one of the longest left-hand waves in the world. If skydiving is on your bucket list, Cabo Ledo also offers the opportunity to test your resolve and jump out of an aeroplane. \n\nSportfishing is another great option around Luanda, Angola offers some of the best conditions in the world for marlin, sailfish, dourado and tuna. \n\nNot so salty getaways \n\nIf sandy and salty feet are not high on your list, head to Miradouro da Lua (Viewpoint of the Moon), a stunning landscape Hollywood could claim to be the moon. The lunar-like cliffs are the result of erosion caused by the rain and wind - it is stunning to see. The place also offers a nice view of the sea, which makes it a remarkable aper\u00f3 and sunset setting, bring your picnic! \n\nNot too far away from the Miradouro da Lua is the mouth of the Kwanza River. Head here and take a river cruise to discover the region\u2019s wildlife: monkeys and colourful birds await. We went for a boat ride with the Kwanza eco-lodge. Another fun option is to rent a kayak and move around at your own pace. \n\nShopping \n\nAngola is rapidly growing, so visiting its capital will always be filled with new discoveries and unique contrasts. Local products show the country\u2019s diverse culture and lively, open-air markets are the best places to find them. One of the most well-known ones is Benefica, in the south of Luanda. It sells everything from food and jewellery to art and clothes. \n\nAnimal carvings are very popular, and so are signature pieces of Angolan art such as the \u201cPenseur sculpture,\u201d and the Mwana Pwo traditional masks, said to represent the feminine ideal. \n\nIf you want to hit up a classic mall, Belas Shopping, Shopping Avenida, Talatona Shopping and the Fortaleza Shopping all offer an international shopping experience. \n\nHow to get around? \n\nTaxis are the best and safest way to get around in Luanda. You can also opt for candogueiros (mini bus cabs) for a more authentic experience, there are many and easy to spot thanks to their pale blue and white paint. Candogueiros are safe and convenient during the daytime and the same rule applies for walking: best when the sun is out! If you prefer a more exclusive ride, apps like Kubinga, T\u2019Leva and Heetch all offer an \u201cUber-Like\u201d experience. There are also several car rental services, hiring a driver is also recommended if the budget allows. If you would like to explore a luxury train experience, be sure to research the Rovos Rail train journey between Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Lobito, Benguela. \n\nAngola is twice the size of France and is blessed with a remarkably beautiful, diverse and wild territory - you\u2019re guaranteed a fascinating trip.","htmlText":"<p>On the Angolan coast, the African metropolis of Luanda waits to be discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Rich in culture before colonial times, then greatly influenced by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Angola has plenty to celebrate in its heritage, cuisine and traditions.<\/p>\n<p>A city of constant change, Luanda offers much for visitors; from colonial architecture and a diverse musical culture to an upscale beach scene and delicious grilled fish.<\/p>\n<p>The Luanda province gives visitors a good taste of urban Angola, a mixture of Portuguese and African culture, but it can also be a great place to start your journey to discover the country\u2019s many natural wonders. Angola has 1,600km of coastline, with beautiful deserted beaches, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//09//18//angola-s-malanje-province-a-tourism-bonanza-waiting-for-investment/">rainforests, savannahs, a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//12//12//tourism-set-to-bloom-in-angola-s-namibe-desert/">desert in the south, plus a year-round extraordinary climate.<\/p>\n<p>Luanda is one of the most important industrial and cultural urban centres in Africa and is home to over 8 million people. Portuguese is the official language.<\/p>\n<h2>What to do first? The landmarks.<\/h2><p>Luanda\u2019s old town dates back to the 16th century when the Portuguese first arrived and built a settlement. They stayed for four centuries, and the influence is deeply felt.<\/p>\n<p>You can travel back in time to colonial Luanda by visiting monuments such as the Iron Palace, believed to be designed by - or by someone close to - Gustave Eiffel, or the baroque S\u00e9 Cathedral, another of the city\u2019s oldest constructions. The Fortress of S\u00e3o Miguel, built on the side of Mount S\u00e3o Paulo is the oldest in Angola and is also worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting the fortress head back to the old port by walking by the Marginal promenade (Avenida 4 de Fevereiro), a beautifully renovated seaside boulevard running along the Luanda bay. Throughout its three kilometres, the bay has a life of its own with plenty of green spaces, shops, lively bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"3675997\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//03//06//loving-luanda-the-way-the-locals-do/">Loving Luanda the way the locals do<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>A music state of mind<\/h2><p>In Angola, music and dance play a central role in cultural life. In Luanda, people gather in the Marginal to \u201cKizomba na Rua\u201d (dancing kizomba on the street) every Sunday evening. The best dancers from Luanda usually show up. Everyone is very friendly and you\u2019ll probably be invited to join.<\/p>\n<p>Another great Angolan-styled music to discover is Kuduro, a popular nationwide genre that blossomed in the 1990s. Head to the Rangel district to find the \u201cnext Kuduro generation.\u201d You\u2019ll be greeted by a festive atmosphere, fast beats, and spontaneous choreographies.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"3829410,3829442,4161830\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//10//02//the-kuduro-state-of-mind/">The 'Kuduro' state of mind<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//05//29//explore-angola-kizomba-music-helps-renew-angola-s-cultural-identity/">Explore Angola: Kizomba music helps renew Angola's cultural identity<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//05//29//kizomba-dance-an-angolan-celebration/">Kizomba Dance - an Angolan celebration!<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Did you bring your appetite? You\u2019ll need it.<\/h2><p>Luanda\u2019s gastronomic tradition is well established, promising to appeal to seafood lovers and culinary exotics. The city has a vibrant restaurant scene, drawing on both local and historic food influences (such as the Mozambican, Portuguese or Brazilian).<\/p>\n<p>Angolans excel at cooking fish, so be sure not to miss a good grilled catch - Calulu fish is always a good option. Also try the Muamba chicken, and the Mufete, a generous national dish with fish, beans, plantain and sweet potato. Dairy production is well developed in the region, for something special opt for home-made goat cheese and yoghurt. If you have a sweet tooth, try doce de ginguba, a peanut jam which is also great to buy as a souvenir, or the Cocada Amarela, a delicious coconut pudding.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2><p>A standout dining institution is La Vigia, in the Maculusso neighbourhood. It has a large coal grill and their fish and steaks are displayed for you to choose your cut. Portions are big and the beer is always cold. Luandans love their beer and, because of the Portuguese influence, they love wine too. The Rooftop by ListenSound is a great place for a drink and to grab a bite while enjoying the views of the Luanda skyline. If you're up for sushi, K. Sushi in downtown Luanda or its sister Restaurante K in Talatona are splendid choices.<\/p>\n<p>Cafe del mar is another great pick, and not only because of its private beach. The place has been at the forefront of the culinary scene for more than two decades. It is situated on Ilha de Luanda (Luanda\u2019s island), which is always a fun place to be.<\/p>\n<h2>Beach time is a must<\/h2><p>Along with the upscale beach scene in the \u201cIlha de Luanda\u201d peninsula, there are many other beaches to explore near and around the city, a favourite is Mussulo island. But countless other secluded and wild beaches await to be discovered on the coast. Just outside of Luanda, a short road trip will take you to Barra do Donde in the city\u2019s north or Sangano to the South.<\/p>\n<p>Now if what you\u2019re looking is a laid-back atmosphere, drive south to Cabo Ledo, the surfers' destination of choice. Only 100 km away from Luanda, Cabo Ledo hosts one of the longest left-hand waves in the world. If skydiving is on your bucket list, Cabo Ledo also offers the opportunity to test your resolve and jump out of an aeroplane.<\/p>\n<p>Sportfishing is another great option around Luanda, Angola offers some of the best conditions in the world for marlin, sailfish, dourado and tuna.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"3979200,5398502\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//03//03//luanda-the-best-catch-capital/">Luanda: The best catch capital<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//07//15//360-video-great-surfing-will-put-angola-on-the-map/">360/u00b0 video: Great surfing will \u2018put Angola on the map\u2019<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Not so salty getaways<\/h3><p>If sandy and salty feet are not high on your list, head to Miradouro da Lua (Viewpoint of the Moon), a stunning landscape Hollywood could claim to be the moon. The lunar-like cliffs are the result of erosion caused by the rain and wind - it is stunning to see. The place also offers a nice view of the sea, which makes it a remarkable aper\u00f3 and sunset setting, bring your picnic!<\/p>\n<p>Not too far away from the Miradouro da Lua is the mouth of the Kwanza River. Head here and take a river cruise to discover the region\u2019s wildlife: monkeys and colourful birds await. We went for a boat ride with the Kwanza eco-lodge. Another fun option is to rent a kayak and move around at your own pace.<\/p>\n<h2>Shopping<\/h2><p>Angola is rapidly growing, so visiting its capital will always be filled with new discoveries and unique contrasts. Local products show the country\u2019s diverse culture and lively, open-air markets are the best places to find them. One of the most well-known ones is Benefica, in the south of Luanda. It sells everything from food and jewellery to art and clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Animal carvings are very popular, and so are signature pieces of Angolan art such as the \u201cPenseur sculpture,\u201d and the Mwana Pwo traditional masks, said to represent the feminine ideal.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to hit up a classic mall, Belas Shopping, Shopping Avenida, Talatona Shopping and the Fortaleza Shopping all offer an international shopping experience.<\/p>\n<h2>How to get around?<\/h2><p>Taxis are the best and safest way to get around in Luanda. You can also opt for candogueiros (mini bus cabs) for a more authentic experience, there are many and easy to spot thanks to their pale blue and white paint. Candogueiros are safe and convenient during the daytime and the same rule applies for walking: best when the sun is out! If you prefer a more exclusive ride, apps like Kubinga, T\u2019Leva and Heetch all offer an \u201cUber-Like\u201d experience. There are also several car rental services, hiring a driver is also recommended if the budget allows. If you would like to explore a luxury train experience, be sure to research the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2020//10//05//trail-of-two-oceans-a-glorious-unique-trip-across-africa-to-angola/">Rovos Rail train journey<\/a> between Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Lobito, Benguela.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Angola is twice the size of France and is blessed with a remarkably beautiful, diverse and wild territory - you\u2019re guaranteed a fascinating trip.<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.8824257425742574\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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top tourist destinations just waiting to be discovered","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Angola's top tourist destinations just waiting to be discovered","leadin":"Rich cultural experiences, exceptional encounters and marvellous scenery are just waiting to be discovered in Angola. With desert, coastal roads, beaches and wetlands it has something for everyone. Explore some of its top destinations.","summary":"Rich cultural experiences, exceptional encounters and marvellous scenery are just waiting to be discovered in Angola. With desert, coastal roads, beaches and wetlands it has something for everyone. Explore some of its top destinations.","keySentence":null,"url":"angola-s-top-tourist-destinations-just-waiting-to-be-discovered","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"From captivating coastlines to lush lands and wonderful waterways, Angola is realising its tourism potential. Our team travelled some of the country's most amazing sites to give you a glimpse of what awaits to be explored. \n\nDrylands \n\nOne of Angola's biggest attractions in the south west is the Namib desert. It runs from Angola, through Namibia, to South Africa\u2019s Kalahari and is an impressive feat of nature. Local tribes live in the Angolan part of this desert and will happily show you their culture and heritage. \n\nFor a unique place to stay after visiting the rich sands, eco-lodges make a comfortable dwelling. For the more adventurous, this area also offers luxury camping or 'glamping'. \n\nWetlands \n\nAfter you let the sunset on the Namib desert, there's still plenty more to do. Heading further inland, there are unique fertile lands, waterways and wildlife. \n\nCuando Cubango\u2019s rivers flow into the Okavango Delta, one of earth\u2019s last wetland wildernesses. \n\nThe National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project team has spent years building up a scientific picture of them. For conservationists, like Stefan van Wyk, Cuando Cubango is special. He tells us that he thinks he'll stay there for the rest of his life. \"It\u2019s just a very tranquil place and I see a lot of potential in this area for tourism\", he explains. \n\nRoaring down the beach \n\nBack on the coast, the beaches and coastal line can be enjoyed in a rather unique way because Angola was made for 4x4s. They are able to take you special places you may otherwise miss. A group of enthusiasts regularly take 4x4 trips together up to where the river Onzo almost meets the sea. \n\nAlfredo Oliveria, the head of this group of off road fanatics, tells us quite simply that \"for anyone who likes nature and doing off-road, Angola is an ideal country, excellent in all aspects\". \n\nBiking down the coast \n\nExploring on two wheels is also a great way to discover Angola. On a motorbike it's possible to stop off at awesome places, like the Miradouro Overlook, which has one of the most memorable views in the world. It's one of the things that makes Angola \"an inviting country\", according to Jorge Cust\u00f3dio de Almeida, the General Assembly President of the Amigos da Picada motorbike group. \n\nTo relax after all that biking, you can wind down in a luxury lodge like The Mubanga. It's a rural retreat with a great evening atmosphere. \n\nA train to take the strain \n\nYou can also let the train take the strain in Angola and sit back and admire the passing beauty from the brand-new, luxury Trail of Two Oceans. It\u2019s the first passenger service running from Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania to Lobito, in Angola. \n\nIt's a trip that Daphne Mabala, the train manager describes as \"very special\". \n\nAngola is a country of a thousand facets, unparalleled adventures and unforgettable encounters. It's just waiting to be discovered.","htmlText":"<p>From captivating coastlines to lush lands and wonderful waterways, Angola is realising its tourism potential. Our team travelled some of the country's most amazing sites to give you a glimpse of what awaits to be explored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drylands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of Angola's biggest attractions in the south west is the Namib desert. It runs from Angola, through Namibia, to South Africa\u2019s Kalahari and is an impressive feat of nature. Local tribes live in the Angolan part of this desert and will happily show you their culture and heritage.<\/p>\n<p>For a unique place to stay after visiting the rich sands, eco-lodges make a comfortable dwelling. For the more adventurous, this area also offers luxury camping or 'glamping'.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//68//19//10//808x454_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_4e156fac-2ba2-5b6c-a70f-7b80e6f7edaa-5681910.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An eco-lodge in Namib desert<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Angola is in fact a power, a hidden secret within regional African tourism<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Jorge Cust\u00f3dio de Almeida\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n General Assembly President, Amigos da Picada, motorbike group\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Wetlands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After you let the sunset on the Namib desert, there's still plenty more to do. Heading further inland, there are unique fertile lands, waterways and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando Cubango\u2019s rivers flow into the Okavango Delta, one of earth\u2019s last wetland wildernesses.<\/p>\n<p>The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project team has spent years building up a scientific picture of them. For conservationists, like Stefan van Wyk, Cuando Cubango is special. He tells us that he thinks he'll stay there for the rest of his life. \"It\u2019s just a very tranquil place and I see a lot of potential in this area for tourism\", he explains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roaring down the beach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back on the coast, the beaches and coastal line can be enjoyed in a rather unique way because Angola was made for 4x4s. They are able to take you special places you may otherwise miss. A group of enthusiasts regularly take 4x4 trips together up to where the river Onzo almost meets the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Alfredo Oliveria, the head of this group of off road fanatics, tells us quite simply that \"for anyone who likes nature and doing off-road, Angola is an ideal country, excellent in all aspects\".<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biking down the coast<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//68//19//10//808x454_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_a2e6c698-bbe1-55c8-91cb-08303f1d6530-5681910.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Amigos da Picada motorbike group on a trip in Angola<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Exploring on two wheels is also a great way to discover Angola. On a motorbike it's possible to stop off at awesome places, like the Miradouro Overlook, which has one of the most memorable views in the world. It's one of the things that makes Angola \"an inviting country\", according to Jorge Cust\u00f3dio de Almeida, the General Assembly President of the Amigos da Picada motorbike group.<\/p>\n<p>To relax after all that biking, you can wind down in a luxury lodge like The Mubanga. It's a rural retreat with a great evening atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A train to take the strain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can also let the train take the strain in Angola and sit back and admire the passing beauty from the brand-new, luxury Trail of Two Oceans. It\u2019s the first passenger service running from Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania to Lobito, in Angola.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//68//19//08//808x454_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg/" alt=\"euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/384x216_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/640x360_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/750x422_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/828x466_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/1080x608_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/1200x675_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/68\/19\/08\/1920x1080_cmsv2_33906a56-e17a-5fa7-97d2-dfdd0dbef064-5681908.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Trail of Two Oceans - The first passenger service running from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania to Lobito, Angola<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It's a trip that Daphne Mabala, the train manager describes as \"very special\".<\/p>\n<p>Angola is a country of a thousand facets, unparalleled adventures and unforgettable encounters. 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slam-dunks its way into basketball history","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Angola slam-dunks its way into basketball history","leadin":"Africa is a birthplace of world-class sportsmen and women with Angola among some of the countries feeding top-flight competition. Its star basketball players are enjoying success not only on the continent, but they are also slam-dunking their way to teams in Europe and the US.","summary":"Africa is a birthplace of world-class sportsmen and women with Angola among some of the countries feeding top-flight competition. Its star basketball players are enjoying success not only on the continent, but they are also slam-dunking their way to teams in Europe and the US.","keySentence":null,"url":"angola-slam-dunks-its-way-into-basketball-history","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"For Angola, basketball is a deep-rooted passion, it's in its DNA. \n\nIn the capital, Luanda, young people love playing it and the nation adores watching it. Angolan Basketball Analyst, Alfredo 'Weza' Fortunato, tells us that \"every time Angola is playing, the country basically stops, and everybody sticks to the TV watching the formidable national team playing, with the set of skills comparing to America, even to Europe\". \n\nAngola has dominated on the African continent for three decades. It has won 11 out of 15 Afrobasket Championships since 1989. \n\nA much-watched sport \n\nDomestic clashes like Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto vs Atl\u00e9tico Petr\u00f3leos de Luanda always get the fans pumped. Both teams were in this year's Victorino Cunha Super Cup that was played under strict COVID-19 protocols. \n\nAlfredo describes watching these two teams compete as similar to \"watching Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid against Barcelona, Celtics against Lakers\". \n\nAngola\u2019s basketball success is built on skill, dedication and on some leading names, both past and present. It's a country that continues to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament and the FIBA Basketball World Cup. \n\nToday's talent \n\nBruno Fernando is among today\u2019s star international names. He was snapped up by the Atlanta Hawks and is the first-ever Angolan to compete in the coveted NBA in the US. Bruno says that playing in the NBA \"feels great\" and it's an honour. He also hopes that it will open doors for children who wish to follow in his footsteps. \n\nThe ambassador of African Basketball \n\nDikembe Mutombo is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also played for the Hawks. In 2015, he was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame and he's generally regarded, as the ambassador of African basketball. \n\nHe believes that the success of Angolan Basketball \"has got to do with the great foundation that they have in Angola with the game of basketball, great coaches and great inspiration.\" It is what's driving the talent of tomorrow. \n\nBasketball Africa League \n\nYoung players are also being boosted by the brand-new Basketball Africa League, which is partnered by the NBA and FIBA. Mutombo says the Basketball Africa League is great news for Angola, \"it will be a place where NBA scouts, NBA coaches and NBA General Managers will come to look at the young Africans and try to see who is the best on the continent\". \n\nAs Angola's rising stars continue to reach for success, the country's national team is focusing on this year\u2019s Olympic qualifiers in Lithuania. Its aim is to guarantee a place at the Tokyo Games.","htmlText":"<p>For Angola, basketball is a deep-rooted passion, it's in its DNA.<\/p>\n<p>In the capital, Luanda, young people love playing it and the nation adores watching it. Angolan Basketball Analyst, Alfredo 'Weza' Fortunato, tells us that \"every time Angola is playing, the country basically stops, and everybody sticks to the TV watching the formidable national team playing, with the set of skills comparing to America, even to Europe\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//64//55//14//808x454_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/384x216_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/640x360_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/750x422_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/828x466_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/1080x608_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/1920x1080_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Alfredo \u2018Weza\u2019 Fortunato, Angolan Basketball Analyst<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Angola has dominated on the African continent for three decades. It has won 11 out of 15 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.fiba.basketball//afrobasket//2021//qualifiers//overview/">Afrobasket Championships<\/a> since 1989.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A much-watched sport<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Domestic clashes like Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto vs Atl\u00e9tico Petr\u00f3leos de Luanda always get the fans pumped. Both teams were in this year's Victorino Cunha Super Cup that was played under strict COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Alfredo describes watching these two teams compete as similar to \"watching Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid against Barcelona, Celtics against Lakers\".<\/p>\n<p>Angola\u2019s basketball success is built on skill, dedication and on some leading names, both past and present. It's a country that continues to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament and the FIBA Basketball World Cup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1393680610560983041\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Today's talent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nba.com//player//1628981//bruno_fernando/">Bruno Fernando<\/a> is among today\u2019s star international names. He was snapped up by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nba.com//hawks///">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> and is the first-ever Angolan to compete in the coveted NBA in the US. Bruno says that playing in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\%22>NBA<\/a> \"feels great\" and it's an honour. He also hopes that it will open doors for children who wish to follow in his footsteps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">I hope this opportunity for me opens up the doors for many other kids that dream about coming to play in the NBA, to realise that it is possible to make it happen<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Bruno Fernando\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Angolan NBA Basketball Player\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The ambassador of African Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//officialmutombo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\%22>Dikembe Mutombo<\/a> is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also played for the Hawks. In 2015, he was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame and he's generally regarded, as the ambassador of African basketball.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that the success of Angolan Basketball \"has got to do with the great foundation that they have in Angola with the game of basketball, great coaches and great inspiration.\" It is what's driving the talent of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//64//55//14//808x454_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/384x216_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/640x360_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/750x422_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/828x466_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/1080x608_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/1920x1080_cmsv2_66f54c48-284a-5569-a544-6b1148d59041-5645514.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Basketball Academy, Luanda<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Basketball Africa League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young players are also being boosted by the brand-new Basketball Africa League, which is partnered by the NBA and FIBA. Mutombo says the Basketball Africa League is great news for Angola, \"it will be a place where NBA scouts, NBA coaches and NBA General Managers will come to look at the young Africans and try to see who is the best on the continent\".<\/p>\n<p>As Angola's rising stars continue to reach for success, the country's national team is focusing on this year\u2019s Olympic qualifiers in Lithuania. Its aim is to guarantee a place at the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1620719880,"publishedAt":1621434629,"updatedAt":1621434668,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/05\/19\/angola-slam-dunks-its-way-into-basketball-history","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_af5776e2-bb17-5a5c-a348-a84319633b2d-5645516.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/64\/55\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_17167b9d-33c1-5ed9-9ed7-fc2f8753701d-5645514.jpg","altText":"Alfredo \u2018Weza\u2019 Fortunato, Angolan Basketball Analyst","caption":"Alfredo \u2018Weza\u2019 Fortunato, Angolan Basketball 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Sayovo, Angola's gold-winning Paralympic athlete and pride","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Jos\u00e9 Sayovo, Angola's gold-winning Paralympic athlete and pride","leadin":"Jos\u00e9 Sayovo is an international icon and a source of pride in Angola. He is the first Angolan paralympic athlete to have won several medals at the paralympic games. He received three golds in Athens in 2004 and has an extremely successful sporting career.","summary":"Jos\u00e9 Sayovo is an international icon and a source of pride in Angola. He is the first Angolan paralympic athlete to have won several medals at the paralympic games. He received three golds in Athens in 2004 and has an extremely successful sporting career.","keySentence":null,"url":"jose-sayovo-angola-s-gold-winning-paralympic-athlete-and-pride","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Jose Sayovo is remarkable. He lost his sight in 1998 when his military convoy ran over an anti-tank mine. It's a time he describes as being extremely difficult, \"those who lose their sight, they end up with no reference, there\u2019s no way to get around or walk alone\". \n\nDespite this tough situation he was confronted with, as sports lover, the then 26-year-old soon found a new track in life when he was told he could take part in Paralympic sport. \n\nAt first, he didn't know how running as a blind person could be possible, but he quickly realised that it was. \n\nHe broke world records and won three Golds in the 100, 200 and 400 metres at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. He then went on to bag more in Beijing in 2008 and then at the 2012 London Games. \n\nHe tells us that he is lost for words to describe how it felt running his first race. However, he knew that if he was competing, if he was taking part, it was also because he was one of \"the best in the world\". \"I have to believe in myself and in the work and support of the Angolans\", he adds. \n\nSayovo became a national hero and a global icon, he became a man that motivated many Angolans, as they looked to reinvent their lives after years of conflict. He remembers the national reaction to his success fondly, \"the way the Angolan people received me was something unique. I\u2019ll never forget this\". \n\nFor other paralympic champions, like the Brazilian Lucas Prado, Sayovo was a rival but also an inspiration. They faced off in the 400-metre final at the London Games in 2012. Sayovo won gold, Prado took silver. \n\nPrado describes Sayovo as \"an exceptional person, who pioneered the Paralympic movement, who showed the blind they could achieve their dreams for as long as they want\". \n\nPrado will always remember Sayovo. In a personal address to the athlete, he explains that \"it was you who inspired me and it was you who made me what I am today\". \n\nIn 2012, in Luanda, Sayovo took on one of the world\u2019s Olympic legends in the 100 metres and won. He beat a blind-folded Michael Johnson at an exhibition event in front of a home crowd. \n\n\"Once you experience it, it\u2019s completely different\" is how Johnson describes running without being able to see. He has \"a lot of respect for Paralympians and people like Sayovo who doesn\u2019t have the aid of his sight\". \n\nRenowned Olympic medallist, Carl Lewis, is now a coach at the University of Houston in the US. He too has big respect for Sayovo\u2019s achievements. He describes him as someone who can see \"so much farther into the world than we can imagine\". \"He became an Olympic champion, a global icon and a national hero, by being able to see farther than anyone else around him\", he remarks. \n\nTo Sayovo his life and success on the track are simply \"a dream come true\".","htmlText":"<p>Jose Sayovo is remarkable. He lost his sight in 1998 when his military convoy ran over an anti-tank mine. It's a time he describes as being extremely difficult, \"those who lose their sight, they end up with no reference, there\u2019s no way to get around or walk alone\".<\/p>\n<p>Despite this tough situation he was confronted with, as sports lover, the then 26-year-old soon found a new track in life when he was told he could take part in Paralympic sport.<\/p>\n<p>At first, he didn't know how running as a blind person could be possible, but he quickly realised that it was.<\/p>\n<p>He broke world records and won three Golds in the 100, 200 and 400 metres at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. He then went on to bag more in Beijing in 2008 and then at the 2012 London Games.<\/p>\n<p>He tells us that he is lost for words to describe how it felt running his first race. However, he knew that if he was competing, if he was taking part, it was also because he was one of \"the best in the world\". \"I have to believe in myself and in the work and support of the Angolans\", he adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//60//07//44//808x454_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg/" alt=\"Luanda, Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Angolans celebrating Jose Sayovo's paralympic achievements<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Luanda, Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sayovo became a national hero and a global icon, he became a man that motivated many Angolans, as they looked to reinvent their lives after years of conflict. He remembers the national reaction to his success fondly, \"the way the Angolan people received me was something unique. I\u2019ll never forget this\".<\/p>\n<p>For other paralympic champions, like the Brazilian Lucas Prado, Sayovo was a rival but also an inspiration. They faced off in the 400-metre final at the London Games in 2012. Sayovo won gold, Prado took silver.<\/p>\n<p>Prado describes Sayovo as \"an exceptional person, who pioneered the Paralympic movement, who showed the blind they could achieve their dreams for as long as they want\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//60//07//44//808x454_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg/" alt=\"Lucas Prado\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d7c48af1-3f8f-5259-870c-0c22675abbf5-5600744.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Brazilian paralympic champion training<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lucas Prado<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Prado will always remember Sayovo. In a personal address to the athlete, he explains that \"it was you who inspired me and it was you who made me what I am today\".<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, in Luanda, Sayovo took on one of the world\u2019s Olympic legends in the 100 metres and won. He beat a blind-folded Michael Johnson at an exhibition event in front of a home crowd.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//60//07//44//808x454_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg/" alt=\"Luanda, 2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7d096d39-f46a-5271-b889-a7e24609cdb1-5600744.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Michael Johnson running blindfolded against Jos\u00e9 Sayovo<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Luanda, 2012<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Once you experience it, it\u2019s completely different\" is how Johnson describes running without being able to see. He has \"a lot of respect for Paralympians and people like Sayovo who doesn\u2019t have the aid of his sight\".<\/p>\n<p>Renowned Olympic medallist, Carl Lewis, is now a coach at the University of Houston in the US. He too has big respect for Sayovo\u2019s achievements. He describes him as someone who can see \"so much farther into the world than we can imagine\". \"He became an Olympic champion, a global icon and a national hero, by being able to see farther than anyone else around him\", he remarks.<\/p>\n<p>To Sayovo his life and success on the track are simply \"a dream come true\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1619533877,"publishedAt":1620829827,"updatedAt":1622553729,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/05\/12\/jose-sayovo-angola-s-gold-winning-paralympic-athlete-and-pride","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_61bfe8dd-2d2b-57c5-b7f1-1b5f5a6a1235-5600754.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/60\/07\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a0d184da-13aa-5925-9cf5-40f54973c6c6-5600744.jpg","altText":"Angolans celebrating Jose Sayovo's paralympic achievements","caption":"Angolans celebrating Jose Sayovo's paralympic achievements","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Luanda, 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is for every social level' - Angola's golf champion breaks down stereotypes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"'Golf is for every social level' - Angola's golf champion breaks down stereotypes","leadin":"Manucho is Angola's best golfer. He's a national champion, but it has taken him a lot of hard work and a long journey to get to where he is today.","summary":"Manucho is Angola's best golfer. He's a national champion, but it has taken him a lot of hard work and a long journey to get to where he is today.","keySentence":null,"url":"golf-is-for-every-social-level-angola-s-golf-champion-breaks-down-stereotypes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Victor Marcal could never have imagined what he would become. Taking to the course with Manuel Pedro, a renowned coach known as the \u2018Father of Angolan Golf\u2019, is a far cry from his humble beginnings. When he was a boy, he would watch other golfers from afar and retrieve their balls. \n\nVictor Marcal, affectionately known as Manucho, honed his skills and was coached by Manuel Pedro, but there were also others who incited him to get involved. \n\n\"They started asking us: \u2018do you want to learn to play too?\u2019 We said, \u2018yes, we want to learn.\u2019 Take a swing, they said. We took a swing and that\u2019s where it all started\", he tells us. They were a French couple who took Victor under their wing. They helped him to learn golf and they even gave him some equipment. \n\nAs his interest and confidence in the sport grew, Victor and others became caddies. That's how he ended up in front of the very same man he plays with today, Manuel Pedro. That's also when he came to be known as Manucho. \n\nManuel Pedro, the \u2018Father of Angolan Golf' says that they gave Manucho and others the opportunity to start competing. They first started in caddy tournaments and then in caddy and player tournaments. That's when they began training with players. \"It was at this time that Manucho stood out, plus some other kids, but Manucho was the number one among the outstanding. So, it was then that Manucho became known\", he adds. \n\nNow a national champion, Manucho recalls the early days of starting out. At the beginning, in Luanda, he had no equipment and was forced to improvise. He would use a rod for his club and bend the ends. He also used corks and lids from wine bottles as golf balls as he didn't have any of those either. That's how he practiced as a child. \n\nHis dedication and perseverance paid off. Now 38, Manucho has more than 60 championship titles under his belt in Angola. One particular trophy though stands out to him though, the trophy that marks 45 years of Angolan independence. \n\nWhen he\u2019s not on the golf course, Manucho works as a chauffeur for a bank. Sport is often the topic of conversations in his car. \n\nProfessional golf is still growing up in Angola. Infrastructure and equipment are being developed. But Manucho hopes to inspire others, breaking down traditional stereotypes. \n\nHe tells us that some of the boys he teaches ask whether golf is only about well-dressed people. His answer to them is very clear: \"no, if you become a professional, you will also dress like this and you will continue to be the same person you are and it will not change anything.\" \n\nManucho has big hopes for the future. He wants to beat the records in Angolan golf. If that leads him \"to make a life outside of Angola\" to further his golfing career then he will do that.","htmlText":"<p>Victor Marcal could never have imagined what he would become. Taking to the course with Manuel Pedro, a renowned coach known as the \u2018Father of Angolan Golf\u2019, is a far cry from his humble beginnings. When he was a boy, he would watch other golfers from afar and retrieve their balls.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Marcal, affectionately known as Manucho, honed his skills and was coached by Manuel Pedro, but there were also others who incited him to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>\"They started asking us: \u2018do you want to learn to play too?\u2019 We said, \u2018yes, we want to learn.\u2019 Take a swing, they said. We took a swing and that\u2019s where it all started\", he tells us. They were a French couple who took Victor under their wing. They helped him to learn golf and they even gave him some equipment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Golf is for every social level<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Victor Mar\u00e7al \u2018Manucho\u2019\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Angola\u2019s number one golfer\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As his interest and confidence in the sport grew, Victor and others became caddies. That's how he ended up in front of the very same man he plays with today, Manuel Pedro. That's also when he came to be known as Manucho.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Pedro, the \u2018Father of Angolan Golf' says that they gave Manucho and others the opportunity to start competing. They first started in caddy tournaments and then in caddy and player tournaments. That's when they began training with players. \"It was at this time that Manucho stood out, plus some other kids, but Manucho was the number one among the outstanding. So, it was then that Manucho became known\", he adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//59//69//24//808x454_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg/" alt=\"The \u2018Father of Angolan Golf'\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/384x216_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/640x360_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/750x422_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/828x466_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1080x608_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1200x675_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1920x1080_cmsv2_3a3eaa05-1f7f-593f-9467-03d4e6a2eb35-5596924.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Manuel Pedro<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">The \u2018Father of Angolan Golf'<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now a national champion, Manucho recalls the early days of starting out. At the beginning, in Luanda, he had no equipment and was forced to improvise. He would use a rod for his club and bend the ends. He also used corks and lids from wine bottles as golf balls as he didn't have any of those either. That's how he practiced as a child.<\/p>\n<p>His dedication and perseverance paid off. Now 38, Manucho has more than 60 championship titles under his belt in Angola. One particular trophy though stands out to him though, the trophy that marks 45 years of Angolan independence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//59//69//24//808x454_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg/" alt=\"Luanda, Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/384x216_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/640x360_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/750x422_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/828x466_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1080x608_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1200x675_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d8848807-fe2d-57d4-bcac-f38a93d39f4c-5596924.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Some of the trophies Victor Mar\u00e7al has won<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Luanda, Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When he\u2019s not on the golf course, Manucho works as a chauffeur for a bank. Sport is often the topic of conversations in his car.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Victor is a great guy, a very human guy, he likes people<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Alexandre Chivinga\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n A colleague at Banco Economico\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Professional golf is still growing up in Angola. Infrastructure and equipment are being developed. But Manucho hopes to inspire others, breaking down traditional stereotypes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//59//69//24//808x454_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg/" alt=\"Luanda, Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/384x216_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/640x360_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/750x422_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/828x466_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1080x608_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1200x675_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/59\/69\/24\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c43ddfa2-039a-5996-af71-83eff8f9e6c6-5596924.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Victor Mar\u00e7al showing how he used to practice as a child<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Luanda, Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He tells us that some of the boys he teaches ask whether golf is only about well-dressed people. 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Their goal? Health safety and optimal holidays.","summary":"Professionals from the hospitality and leisure sector in Angola have been working hard and developing the best quality stays and offers during the pandemic. Their goal? Health safety and optimal holidays.","keySentence":null,"url":"the-hotel-industry-in-angola-keeps-growing-even-during-the-pandemic","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A tourist haven is awaiting in Angola close to the capital. \n\nThe Mangais Golf Resort, set in beautiful surroundings, is regarded as a leader in high-end Angolan hospitality. Part of what makes it special, the resort's hotel manager Catarina de Castro explains, is it's the only one in the country to have a golf course. That's not all. They also have a football and a rugby field, horseriding and a magnificent view over the Kwanza river. \n\nOpen for business \n\nThe pandemic has challenged hotels around the world. However, at the Mangais eco-resort, strict safety protocols are in place and business has kept on coming. Their clients range from those enjoying staycations to those who want to absorb the great outdoors. \n\nNelson Martins is a guest at Mangais. He says that \"it is excellent because there are activities and places where children can have fun. It has green areas\". As he likes to be in contact with nature, the resort corresponds perfectly to his holiday expectations. \n\nAngola\u2019s luxury hospitality sector is still in its infancy. Inspired by other African countries, like Botswana, South Africa and Kenya, it has big ambitions for the future. \n\nA growing sector \n\nJosphat K. Maikara is the Kenyan Ambassador to Angola and a Mangais golf member. He tells us that if Angola can develop more facilities like Mangais, he believes that \"tourism as a sector can grow and Kenya is ready to partner with Angola\". \n\nCatarina agrees that growth is the way forward and to create that she thinks that they have to bet, invest and train people. She firmly believes Mangais is on the right track. \n\nShining examples \n\nIn Luanda, the luxury Epic Sana is a leading light. It mainly attracts business guests who\u2019ve continued to go there during the pandemic. They're reassured by the hotel\u2019s \u2018SANA Safe\u2019 policy, which puts their health at its heart. \n\nCatarina De Pina Joana, the marketing manager for Epic Sana Hotel Luanda, confirms that their staff is very aware of the social distancing measures that must be applied. They wear masks and follow the rules in place. She says that is one of the reasons why they've been \"engaging more business\". \n\nFor the staff at Epic Sana Hotel Luanda, it\u2019s an exciting time to be working in this area of hospitality. The industry is beginning to blossom. As Quinanga Sim\u00e3o Mazembo the Assistant of the Costs and Control Department of the hotel explains, \"the more we attract tourism, the more the level of hospitality will grow. There will be more hotel chains. This will increase the flow of people visiting our country\". \n\nThe green shoots of growth are showing. There is already a brand-new, Intercontinental Hotel in Luanda. It's the first internationally branded 5-star hotel. It will start taking reservations from September.","htmlText":"<p>A tourist haven is awaiting in Angola close to the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Mangais Golf Resort, set in beautiful surroundings, is regarded as a leader in high-end Angolan hospitality. Part of what makes it special, the resort's hotel manager Catarina de Castro explains, is it's the only one in the country to have a golf course. That's not all. They also have a football and a rugby field, horseriding and a magnificent view over the Kwanza river.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//58//24//44//808x454_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg/" alt=\"Mangais Golf Resort, Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_71f7b880-d319-5f33-a2f4-b68e4435874b-5582444.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The golf course<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mangais Golf Resort, Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Open for business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pandemic has challenged hotels around the world. However, at the Mangais eco-resort, strict safety protocols are in place and business has kept on coming. Their clients range from those enjoying staycations to those who want to absorb the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Martins is a guest at Mangais. He says that \"it is excellent because there are activities and places where children can have fun. It has green areas\". As he likes to be in contact with nature, the resort corresponds perfectly to his holiday expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Angola\u2019s luxury hospitality sector is still in its infancy. Inspired by other African countries, like Botswana, South Africa and Kenya, it has big ambitions for the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A growing sector<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Josphat K. Maikara is the Kenyan Ambassador to Angola and a Mangais golf member. He tells us that if Angola can develop more facilities like Mangais, he believes that \"tourism as a sector can grow and Kenya is ready to partner with Angola\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//58//24//44//808x454_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg/" alt=\"Tunde Laniyan, Business Traveller\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7eb2c5ca-a658-5345-ad92-e8d843955215-5582444.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">"Covid has changed a lot of things. Staying in a hotel it\u2019s a surreal experience"<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Tunde Laniyan, Business Traveller<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Catarina agrees that growth is the way forward and to create that she thinks that they have to bet, invest and train people. She firmly believes Mangais is on the right track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shining examples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Luanda, the luxury Epic Sana is a leading light. It mainly attracts business guests who\u2019ve continued to go there during the pandemic. They're reassured by the hotel\u2019s \u2018SANA Safe\u2019 policy, which puts their health at its heart.<\/p>\n<p>Catarina De Pina Joana, the marketing manager for Epic Sana Hotel Luanda, confirms that their staff is very aware of the social distancing measures that must be applied. They wear masks and follow the rules in place. She says that is one of the reasons why they've been \"engaging more business\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//58//24//44//808x454_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg/" alt=\"Quinanga Sim\u00e3o Mazembo, Assistant, Costs & Control Department, Epic Sana Hotel Luanda\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/384x216_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/640x360_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/750x422_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/828x466_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1080x608_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1200x675_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/58\/24\/44\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1da0b0f4-dae6-56e1-b4e6-91aad3831ca2-5582444.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">"I hope to one day also contribute to the development of the country, with the experience that I have had here in the Sana chain"<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Quinanga Sim\u00e3o Mazembo, Assistant, Costs & Control Department, Epic Sana Hotel Luanda<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For the staff at Epic Sana Hotel Luanda, it\u2019s an exciting time to be working in this area of hospitality. 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The area once provided firewood for steam locomotives on the historic Benguela Railway. \n\nFelisberto Capamba is the CEO of Habitec , he explained how the local resource is being utilised. \n\n\u201cIn the whole corridor that goes to Benguela, up to the limits of the railway lines, we have these eucalyptus trees. So, we have them in quantity. This led us to do an investigation to take advantage of this. And the solution was to produce school furniture, extracted from eucalyptus wood.\u201d \n\nThe wood is transformed at the Habitec factory, where school furniture is the focus. \n\nHowever, the social enterprise also supplies other sectors, like social housing. \n\nGraciano Paiva is the operations director at Habitec. \n\n\u201cWe have a production line of doors, windows, to support construction, the local construction companies and others nationally in Angola. And the restaurant sector as well, with tables, furniture. And above all the hotel sector,\u201d he explained. \n\nEcological forest management \n\nHabitec also works with local communities to procure eucalyptus for its products - and is committed to ecological forest management. \n\nWhen furniture is sold, more trees are planted - and they grow fast, as Felisberto Capamba, the CEO of Habitec explained. \n\n\u201cThe counterpart of this is reforestation. This means that we do not need to move towards the cutting down of pre-existing, native forests, because eucalyptus has this solution. In three, four and even six years, it is ready to be used.\u201d \n\nBoosting domestic production \n\nHabitec is boosting domestic production, amid the global COVID-19 health pandemic - helping to reduce a reliance on imports, while also creating new jobs. \n\nAt a school, in Zango, in Luanda Province, the Habitec furniture is being put to good use. \n\nAidino Gon\u00e7alves is the director of Vida Pacifica Public School Number 5143. \n\n\u201cThe school uses this product because, in addition to being a national product, it has good durability.\u201d \n\nPupils give the chairs and desks top marks too, including Vandira Ngola, a student at the school. \n\n\u201cIt's good. It's comfortable. It is very handy when it comes to moving,\u201d she said. \n\nThe school recognises the importance of sustainability and social responsibility, as Angola continues to build a future-fit economy. \n\n\u201cIn order for this sustainable development to take place, it\u2019s crucial that society itself and our entrepreneurs, the partnership between public and private, is a reality. If we have this, we will help those small businesses to stand out, to help develop communities, neighbourhoods and even our country,\u201d Aidino Gon\u00e7alves added.","htmlText":"<p>In this episode of Business Angola, Euronews looks at the economic challenges facing Angola - and how it is diversifying and capitalising on the abundance of ideas and resources it has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Local resources explored<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the outskirts of Huambo, there's a landscape dominated by eucalyptus trees. The area once provided firewood for steam locomotives on the historic Benguela Railway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//55//77//16//808x454_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg/" alt=\"Business Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_fe74846d-47c9-5cb8-8aa6-dba805916058-5557716.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">On the outskirts of Huambo, eucalyptus trees dominate the landscape<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Business Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Felisberto Capamba is the CEO of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////habitec.angonet.org///">Habitec, he explained how the local resource is being utilised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the whole corridor that goes to Benguela, up to the limits of the railway lines, we have these eucalyptus trees. So, we have them in quantity. This led us to do an investigation to take advantage of this. And the solution was to produce school furniture, extracted from eucalyptus wood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The wood is transformed at the Habitec factory, where school furniture is the focus.<\/p>\n<p>However, the social enterprise also supplies other sectors, like social housing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//55//77//16//808x454_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg/" alt=\"Business Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_290c1d27-a629-5bb0-87e3-a39e686d7afa-5557716.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Wood is transformed at the Habitec factory<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Business Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Graciano Paiva is the operations director at Habitec.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a production line of doors, windows, to support construction, the local construction companies and others nationally in Angola. And the restaurant sector as well, with tables, furniture. And above all the hotel sector,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ecological forest management<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Habitec also works with local communities to procure eucalyptus for its products - and is committed to ecological forest management.<\/p>\n<p>When furniture is sold, more trees are planted - and they grow fast, as Felisberto Capamba, the CEO of Habitec explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe counterpart of this is reforestation. This means that we do not need to move towards the cutting down of pre-existing, native forests, because eucalyptus has this solution. In three, four and even six years, it is ready to be used.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//55//77//16//808x454_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg/" alt=\"Business Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_ad7e5479-1b20-5f28-931a-f0a9f768c3cd-5557716.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Habitec is committed to ecological forest management<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Business Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Boosting domestic production<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Habitec is boosting domestic production, amid the global COVID-19 health pandemic - helping to reduce a reliance on imports, while also creating new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>At a school, in Zango, in Luanda Province, the Habitec furniture is being put to good use.<\/p>\n<p>Aidino Gon\u00e7alves is the director of Vida Pacifica Public School Number 5143.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe school uses this product because, in addition to being a national product, it has good durability.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//55//77//16//808x454_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg/" alt=\"Business Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pupils are impressed with the chairs and desks made locally<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Business Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pupils give the chairs and desks top marks too, including Vandira Ngola, a student at the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's good. It's comfortable. It is very handy when it comes to moving,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//55//77//16//808x454_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg/" alt=\"Business Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_ecd69f06-47a0-5e32-9717-fba33bb6697a-5557716.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Students at the Vida Pacifica Public School Number 5143<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Business Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The school recognises the importance of sustainability and social responsibility, as Angola continues to build a future-fit economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order for this sustainable development to take place, it\u2019s crucial that society itself and our entrepreneurs, the partnership between public and private, is a reality. If we have this, we will help those small businesses to stand out, to help develop communities, neighbourhoods and even our country,\u201d Aidino Gon\u00e7alves added.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1618468550,"publishedAt":1619015432,"updatedAt":1626960557,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/04\/21\/how-local-resources-are-helping-angola-overcome-economic-challenges","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_81aa06c7-40e7-5ad2-bb76-3442f1150735-5557718.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/55\/77\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6329aab4-2c5b-5ba8-abd6-fc95e265a4cf-5557716.jpg","altText":"Pupils are impressed with the chairs and desks made 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two family-owned businesses in Angola beating the pandemic","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"The two family-owned businesses in Angola beating the pandemic","leadin":"Dulce and Ana have several things in common. They are both entrepreneurs, they work with their mums and they're expanding their businesses even during the pandemic. Their family-owned businesses sell quality Angolan products proving to be very popular.","summary":"Dulce and Ana have several things in common. They are both entrepreneurs, they work with their mums and they're expanding their businesses even during the pandemic. Their family-owned businesses sell quality Angolan products proving to be very popular.","keySentence":null,"url":"the-two-family-owned-businesses-in-angola-beating-the-pandemic","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Being an entrepreneur can be difficult at the best of times but even more so during a health crisis. Facing the crisis head-on and developing business activity nationally and even internationally has been no meager feat for two particularly dynamic female entrepreneurs in Angola, yet that is exactly what they're doing. The two entrepreneurs in question, Dulce Oliveira and Ana Marta Castelbranco, both work in very different sectors, but they have two things in common: They both work with their mothers and they're taking Angola by storm. \n\nA blossoming business \n\nIf you head to Ca\u00e1la, in Angola's Huambo province, you\u2019ll find that the air is fragrant. It\u2019s home to the MMM flower farm, a family-owned business run by Dulce Oliveira and founded in 2008 by Dulce's mother. Its goal, Dulce tells us, is \"the simple purpose of producing flowers\". \n\nDulce leads the company now, but her mum still provides experience and guidance behind the scenes. The global pandemic has brought them challenges and opportunities. Fewer imports have fueled domestic sales of flowers. Dulce says that generally they compete with flowers from South Africa and imports from the Netherlands and Kenya, but because of the pandemic \"there were no other options, there were only local roses\", so Dulce ended up selling almost all of their production after the lockdown. \n\nThe roses that they grow come in several varieties: white, red, yellow and both soft and strong pink. \"The rose bushes are beautiful. They smell good too. People like them very much\", Victoria Alberto, a flower selector, confirms to us. \n\nAs the flower business blooms in the country, MMM farm has also been able to diversify into fruit production. They already grow lemons, limes and oranges and now the farm is focusing on avocados too. Expanding their business is driving up their foreign exports. \n\nMoving into the avocado trade is a good choice for the farm. As Franklin Cassinda, an agronomist for MMM farm says, \"the plateau region in Angola has always been characterised as a region with high production potential for avocados because the soil and climatic conditions are favourable\". They have already identified several varieties suitable for export. \n\nSweet success \n\nKamarta, based in Luanda, is also a small, family-owned business. It specialises in snacks, sweets and condiments. It made its first mark with a chili pepper paste and now it\u2019s a trusted, household name in Angola. \n\nAna Marta Castelbranco, Co-Founder of Kamarta, tells us that everything started with her mother making Jindungo at home. Jindungo is a paste that most households in Angola have in their pantry. Her mother wanted help with promoting and selling her paste and so she asked Ana. That's when things took off. A supermarket at the time said it would take Ana's mother's Jindungo. \n\nAna is at the helm of the company now, but her mum is still involved. Kamarta is the first family-run business to create, package and market traditional foods. For Ana, \"Kamarta is important because there\u2019s pride when you go to the supermarket and alongside cookies and sweets from other countries, you can also see an Angolan brand and sweets that are familiar\". \n\nRunning a food micro-enterprise during a pandemic is not easy. Sourcing ingredients at competitive prices can be challenging. There\u2019s also unpredictability with customers. But Ana has taken it all in her stride. They've already reduced costs and adapted. For now, they're waiting because as Ana says, \"sometimes standing still is better\".","htmlText":"<p>Being an entrepreneur can be difficult at the best of times but even more so during a health crisis. Facing the crisis head-on and developing business activity nationally and even internationally has been no meager feat for two particularly dynamic female entrepreneurs in Angola, yet that is exactly what they're doing. The two entrepreneurs in question, Dulce Oliveira and Ana Marta Castelbranco, both work in very different sectors, but they have two things in common: They both work with their mothers and they're taking Angola by storm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A blossoming business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you head to Ca\u00e1la, in Angola's Huambo province, you\u2019ll find that the air is fragrant. It\u2019s home to the MMM flower farm, a family-owned business run by Dulce Oliveira and founded in 2008 by Dulce's mother. Its goal, Dulce tells us, is \"the simple purpose of producing flowers\".<\/p>\n<p>Dulce leads the company now, but her mum still provides experience and guidance behind the scenes. The global pandemic has brought them challenges and opportunities. Fewer imports have fueled domestic sales of flowers. Dulce says that generally they compete with flowers from South Africa and imports from the Netherlands and Kenya, but because of the pandemic \"there were no other options, there were only local roses\", so Dulce ended up selling almost all of their production after the lockdown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//54//23//30//808x454_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg/" alt=\"Ca\u00e1la, Angola\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_46e4a5e4-5094-5394-99a5-8e64b896ad08-5542330.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers preparing roses for MMM Farm<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ca\u00e1la, Angola<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The roses that they grow come in several varieties: white, red, yellow and both soft and strong pink. \"The rose bushes are beautiful. They smell good too. People like them very much\", Victoria Alberto, a flower selector, confirms to us.<\/p>\n<p>As the flower business blooms in the country, MMM farm has also been able to diversify into fruit production. They already grow lemons, limes and oranges and now the farm is focusing on avocados too. Expanding their business is driving up their foreign exports.<\/p>\n<p>Moving into the avocado trade is a good choice for the farm. As Franklin Cassinda, an agronomist for MMM farm says, \"the plateau region in Angola has always been characterised as a region with high production potential for avocados because the soil and climatic conditions are favourable\". They have already identified several varieties suitable for export.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kamarta, based in Luanda, is also a small, family-owned business. It specialises in snacks, sweets and condiments. It made its first mark with a chili pepper paste and now it\u2019s a trusted, household name in Angola.<\/p>\n<p>Ana Marta Castelbranco, Co-Founder of Kamarta, tells us that everything started with her mother making Jindungo at home. Jindungo is a paste that most households in Angola have in their pantry. Her mother wanted help with promoting and selling her paste and so she asked Ana. That's when things took off. A supermarket at the time said it would take Ana's mother's Jindungo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//54//23//30//808x454_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg/" alt=\"Luanda\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/384x216_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/640x360_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/750x422_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/828x466_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/1080x608_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/54\/23\/30\/1920x1080_cmsv2_734005bd-8ff7-55d8-9b8b-af33fca89486-5542330.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A delicacy made by Kamarta, a family run business<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Luanda<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ana is at the helm of the company now, but her mum is still involved. 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\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Southern Africa's second-largest oil and gas producer, Angola aims to be an energy superpower with an array of renewables including solar, wind and hydropower. International giants like TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil have been in Angola for decades, welcoming Angola's stable government with streamlined regulatory and tax policies. Along with the national producer Somoil, they are also developing renewable energies and cutting the carbon footprint of their petroleum production.<\/p>\n<h2>Energy superpower<\/h2><p>The International Energy Agency says Angola is set to become the largest crude oil producer in Southern Africa, with a foundation for renewable energy, through investments and supportive measures.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies is the largest oil and gas producer in Angola, where the government is encouraging more investment to expand that production.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies has been working in the country for nearly seven decades. Olivier Jouny, the company's Director General in Angola says a\u00a0flexible policy approach on taxation and regulation in recent years has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have invested a lot. We now have a leading position in Angola, we represent 45 percent of the country's production.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"This is one of our largest subsidiaries since we have six installations, six oil platforms, six large vessels that produce in water depths between 1,500 and 2,000 meters,\" Jouny added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ExxonMobil has been another major player in Angola, for more than a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n<p>We have the biggest deepwater operation within the entire corporation.\" says Melissa Bond, General Manager, Exxon-Mobil Angola, adding: \"It's very important to have stability, fiscal stability, legal stability, regulatory stability. And Angola has been able to demonstrate that through the time that we've been here.\"<\/p>\n<p>Exxon\u2019s training programmes have also paid off, including in offshore operations called FPSOs - Floating Production, Storage and Offloading.<\/p>\n<p>\"We were sending our Angolans for technical training overseas and we're very proud that because of that investment and the time that we have spent. Currently, 92 percent of our workforce is Angolan,\" explains Bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6765340,6742004\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//01//wine-and-rum-angolan-producers-thrive-domestically-and-eye-up-the-global-market/">Wine and Rum: Angolan producers thrive domestically and eye up the global market<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//06//17//people-power-and-creativity-drive-facelift-of-angolas-port-of-mocamedes/">People power and creativity drive facelift of Angola\u2019s port of Mo\u00e7amedes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Shift to renewables<\/strong><\/h2><p>Like elsewhere in the world, the energy sector in Angola is also evolving to include more renewables and to reduce its carbon footprint. 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We would like to decide soon on a 35-megawatt solar power plant.\"<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Total says it is working on eliminating gas flaring and switching to renewables in its operations.<\/p>\n<p>It's a policy the Angolan government is also pushing, says\u00a0Paulino Jer\u00f3nimo chairman of the Board of the National Agency for Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels (ANPG), saying,\u00a0\"Our goal is to reach zero burn very soon.\"<\/p>\n<p>Factors that will be necessary to create a future-proof energy industry in Angola.<\/p>\n<p>\"Solar exposure is tremendous. So hydroelectric power, another opportunity. So our geographical location also helps. 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In Benguela Province, Caxaramba rum uses mainly locally sourced materials to grow, harvest and distil.","summary":"With a soil and climate that allow two harvests a year, Angola\u2019s Velho do Bero vineyard in Namibe Province is an example of how growers are meeting demand on the domestic market. In Benguela Province, Caxaramba rum uses mainly locally sourced materials to grow, harvest and distil.","keySentence":null,"url":"wine-and-rum-angolan-producers-thrive-domestically-and-eye-up-the-global-market","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"With a soil and climate that allow two harvests a year, Angola\u2019s Vale do Bero vineyard in the rich agricultural province of Namibe, is an example of how growers are meeting demand on the domestic market. \n\nVale do Bero has 25 hectares of land \u2013 producing 80,000 bottles a year. That\u2019s a lot of corkscrewing! \n\nOwner Paulo M\u00farias was a doctor who started viniculture as a hobby while he tried cultivating olives \u2013 before wine production came calling. \n\n\u201cAs the olive trees were not appearing, I went to the second culture that I identified from the beginning, which was the culture of the vines, with the idea of trying to produce wine here. And this plan was, shall we say, a success right from the start,\u201d rejoices M\u00farias. \n\nThe two harvests a year were a helpful factor, M\u00farias admits. Most countries like France, Italy and Spain only get one harvest in the calendar year. \n\n\u201cIt was an advantage, a very big advantage in relation to most countries because most countries only have one annual production.\u201d \n\nAnd what kind of vines did he plant? M\u00farias kept things close to the Angolan pallet. \n\n\u201cI decided to choose Portuguese grapes for the simple reason that the Angolan population is used to the taste of Portuguese wine and that's why I decided, in terms of vine strains, to import them from Portugal.\u201d \n\nM\u00farias continues: \u201cThe grapes absorb the entire environment, the terroir that involves this work. So, at present, I think that the Vale do Bero is, in fact, so to speak, the taste of Angolan wine.\u201d \n\nCaxaramba: A rum distillery on the rise \n\nAlong with Namibe\u2019s wine producers, a common objective with rum distiller Caxaramba, in Benguela province, is to export globally. Owner Ricardo Guerra comes from a family with a long tradition of winemaking in Portugal. He\u2019s also fifth-generation Angolan. \n\n\u201cRight now, since 2010, since we began, this is this dream, this experience. We start dealing with Oak barrels of French and American oak,\u201d says Guerra. \n\n\u201cWe have here about 50,000 litres of rum and to make these 50,000 litres we must ferment almost 500,000 litres. So because the process of distillation it\u2019s very, very, very, very small.\u201d \n\nApart from the barrels, Caxaramba gets most of its supplies from companies in Angola, avoiding the dependency on imports. \n\n\u201cAlmost 95% of our products are bought in Angola already. That is a huge victory for us.\u201d \n\nNow Guerra wants to dramatically expand production and bring Angolan rum to the world. \n\n\u201cIn the next 10 years, I would like instead of being 50,000 litres a year ageing, I want to be 500,000 litres a year ageing. That's a goal that we have. I think it's possible. Then we want to of course internationalise our brand. We want to show our brand to the world because we believe we have a special product.\u201d \n\nAnd what makes Caxaramba rum so special? \n\n\u201cYou can feel it, all the complexity that this has. It\u2019s not so strong. You cannot feel the alcohol and you are feeling the structure, the flavour of the wood. That's why it's unique, that's why it's special and that's why I put all my passion here inside of these barrels. So\u2026cheers!\u201d","htmlText":"<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governo.gov.ao///">
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