Africa-Press – Angola. The Government intends to present financing instruments that are adjustable to the needs of startups, taking into account the different stages they are in, announced, this Tuesday, the national director for Economy and Business Development, Nédio dos Santos.
Speaking at the usual briefing of the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP), he underlined that the instruments will be presented at the 2nd edition of “Angola Startup Summer”, to be held from 27 to 29 April under the motto “Innovation and technology as vectors for immersion of startups in Angola”.
Nédio dos Santos stressed that, at the event, the intention is to encourage the emergence of new startups, improve entrepreneurial literacy, mature ideas so that “they have the necessary robustness, so that when they go to the market they can have the normal cycle of startups, as well as connecting startups so they can create service exchanges”.
According to the official, the intention is to finance two companies via venture capital, in a universe of 200 startups segmented between projects under the supervision of some universities or institutes, incubators, accelerators and those that today are companies, among others.
“MEP will challenge startups in order to find a set of solutions that can improve the parking system at the level of the province of Luanda and the creation of a QR code, through which customers can make payments in restaurants without human interaction”, emphasized.
On his turn, the national director of Socio-economic Studies, Luís Epalanga, made it known that the MEP in collaboration with the Economy and Market magazine will carry out the 1st edition of the “Angola E conomic O utlook”, under the motto of “ Economic recovery to the sustainable development”.
He informed that the event should constitute a platform for debate on issues focused on the national economy, namely economic growth, employment, inflation, public finances, monetary policy, national financial system.
With this event, he continued, it is intended to establish a forum that allows the Government, academia, the private sector, finance and opinion makers to assess recent developments in the national economy and anticipate the expected behavior in the short and medium term. term, taking into account the forecast established for the international and national context on the solution of a set of assumptions.
Luís Epalanga says that this event should serve everyone interested in developing business in Angola (domestic, foreign, financial institutions of international ranking).
The 1st edition of the “Angola Economic Outlook” will be held on the 26th of April and will be attended by members of the Angolan Executive, international cooperation partners for development, academia, commercial banks and members of civil society.
It is expected, said the director, that the opening of the event will be made by the Minister of State and Economic Coordination, Manuel Nunes Júnior, with the Minister of Economy and Planning, Mário Caetano João, as the main speakers, who will present the performance of the sector of the economy in the period 2017 – 2022 and the medium-term perspectives.
The Minister of Finance, Vera Daves, will also be present, who will present the performance of public finances for 2017-2022 and the governor of the BNA, José de Lima Massano, who will present the performance of the country’s foreign exchange and monetary sector.
According to Luís Epalanga, with this event, the Executive inaugurates a new way of communicating the performance of the national economy, to allow economic agents access to information, which allows them to anticipate decision-making.
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