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Follow on Google News | Investors in Angola should be confident says Ambassador Ballard-TremeerIn the run-up to the annual investment forum, iPAD* Angola, taking place in Luanda from 13-16 Sep, Ambassador Ballard-Tremeer says scores of South African and South African-based companies are very successful in Angola and the list is growing.
By: iPAD Angola *iPAD = Infrastructure Partnerships for African Development Says Ambassador Ballard-Tremeer: A myriad of opportunities According to Ambassador Ballard-Tremeer, the emergence of a new Investment Law and a Public Private Partnership Law and the emergence of a major pro-ethics movement aimed at rescuing Angola’s social values from the negative effects of decades of civil disruption “are impacting profoundly on the assumptions, concepts, values and practices of the Angolan business paradigm.” He continues: “Applying sound business judgement principles to the myriad of opportunities on offer in the Angolan marketplace can certainly make the market work for those with an appetite for Angola.” More South African and South African-based companies making it in Angola include: Aurecon, Barloworld and Megger. Angolan government support Senior Angolan cabinet members will once again head up a high-level, expert government delegation addressing prospective investors at iPAD Angola which will focus on infrastructure partnership opportunities in the Angolan agriculture, power, water, transport & logistics and mining sectors. Highlights on the programme include: • Review of the governmental projects, programmes and initiatives for infrastructural development in Angola - Her Excellency the Angolan Minister of Planning, Ms. Ana Dias Lourenço, Ministry of Planning, Angola* • The importance of public-private partnerships to ensure the ideal profitability of public infrastructures and benefits from public investment - Mr. Mário Rui Pires, National Director, Technical Support Unit of Public-Private Partnerships - PPPs Unit, Ministry of Economy, Angola • Transports & Logistics: Programmatic analysis of the partnership opportunities in the transport sector: review of the railway and port rehabilitation programme - Mr. José João Kovíngua, Deputy Minister of Transport, Ministry of Transport, Angola* • Power: - Mr. João Baptista Borges, Secretary of State for Energy, Ministry of Energy and Water, Angola* • Water: - Mr. Luís Filipe da Silva, Secretary of State for water, Ministry of Energy and Water of Angola • Mining: - Mr. Francisco Queiroz, Manager, Technical Commission to Review Mining Legislation – CTRLM, Angola • Agriculture: - Mr. Domingos Nazaré Veloso, National Director of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Angola • Workshop: - Mr. João Caiado Guerreiro, Partner, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados • Workshop: - Dr. Nuno Chaves Frota, Attorney, GLA – Legal Law Offices, Angola • Site visit: the Port of Luanda *Invited speaker Event dates: Pre-conference workshops: 13 September 2011 Conference: 14-15 September 2011 Site visit: 16 September 2011 Location: Talatona Convention Hotel, Luanda, Angola. Website: www.angola.ipad- # # # Clarion Events hosts strategic conferences conferences and seated events across Britain, Europe, North and South America, Africa, Middle East and Asia, from leisure and entertainment to finance, from retail to gaming and from fine art to energy. End
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