The Light That Fails: Rethinking Rural Electrification in Angola

By Edmilson Ramiro Luís Ricardo Electrical Engineer In Angola, talking about a lack of electricity no longer quite describes the problem. The issue is not simply whether a community has a grid connection. It is whether that connection provides electricity …

“Violence cannot be our banner”: Catholic Bishops in Angola Urge Dialogue after Political Clashes

On August 10, CEAST’s Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace and Integrity of Creation warned that renewed confrontations could revive old grievances and lead to further violence. “The current tension requires prudence, responsibility and, above all, …

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Former Angola payroll company ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages

ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) – The co-owners of the now-defunct payroll processing company PayServ Systems LLC, located in Angola, , have been ordered to repay millions of dollars to resolve cascading civil litigation stemming from a massive corporate collapse. …

Angola gives an ultimatum to Brazil to accelerate its agricultural investments or it will seek other partners.

The Angolan Executive has issued a stern warning this Thursday to Brazilian companies to materialize their investment commitments in the primary sector of the country as soon as possible. In the event that no progress is made, the Government has warned …

Angola eyes big frontier basin gas project after appraisal well

Angola has a major deepwater gas and condensate project on its hands after state oil company Sonangol drilled a successful appraisal well on the decade-old, pre-salt Katambi discovery in the country's frontier Benguela basin. BP drilled the Katambi-1 …

Dozens of New Species Discovered in Angola’s Remote Lisima Plateau Headwaters

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Lisima plateau sits at the source of four of Africa’s greatest river systems, the Congo, the Okavango, the Zambezi, and the Cuanza. Despite feeding water to ecosystems and communities thousands of kilometers downstream, …

Angola CFO pleads guilty to seven counts of wire fraud

ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) – Heather Anne David, the former Chief Financial Officer of PayServ Systems LLC in Angola, has pleaded guilty to seven counts of Class C felony wire fraud in U.S. District Court after accepting a plea bargain. The charges stem from an …

Eni-BP joint venture hires TechnipFMC for another project offshore Angola

Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has awarded TechnipFMC another contract offshore Angola, covering the supply of flexible flowlines and risers. The contract has been awarded for the West Hub Tails project, an extension of …

TechnipFMC secures subsea contract for Angola oil project

Offshore contracting giant TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Azule Energy to supply flexible flowlines and risers for the West Hub Tails project, an extension of the Agogo Integrated Development. Under this award, TechnipFMC will design and …