Africa-Press – Angola. The launch of the Vehicle Title, a unique document to identify the physical characteristics of the car and the owner’s essential data, in Angola, constitutes one of the main highlights of economic area, in the week that ended Saturday.
This is a document, created within the scope of the SIMPLIFICA 1.0 project, which results from the unification of the Booklet and the Car Ownership Registration Title, with a view to reducing bureaucracy, modernizing and increasing the efficiency of public services, as well as facilitating life to the citizen.
In the first phase, the Vehicle Title is available in seven of the country’s 18 provinces, namely Luanda, Bengo, Benguela, Huíla, Namibe, Cunene and Cabinda, where the physical document (in PVC) will be printed.
As for costs, for inspection, registration and initial registration of light vehicles, the driver pays 54 thousand and 324 kwanzas, while heavy vehicles and tractors cost 57 thousand and 872 kwanzas.
Replacing the Vehicle Title due to poor condition or loss costs 26 thousand and 729 kwanzas, while the duplicate or renewal of the document costs Kz 27 thousand and 928.
In the same vein, motorists who wish to change the characteristics of the engine, color, tires, capacity and transformation of their vehicles must pay kz 26 thousand and 729.
On the other hand, obtaining inspection, registration and initial registration of motorcycles costs 43 thousand and 751 kwanzas.
However, the Vehicle Title, to be issued by the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety (DSTR), does not remove the validity of the current Vehicle Booklet and Vehicle Title Title, that is, both documents remain valid for identifying the vehicle and for checking the respective property.
Another fact that was also highlighted this week was the announcement of the Roadmap for the Implementation of the New Remuneration Architecture (RINAR) of the public administration, which foresees completing the reforms in 2025, with a gradual start from the first half of 2024, at a time when salaries of public servants in Angola are very low, compared to the current reality in countries in the SADC region.
The document, approved at the 7th ordinary meeting of the Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers, essentially aims to define clear criteria for salary increases, based on the economic context, attributing competitive remuneration to public servants, taking into account their performance, competence and experience.
According to the Minister of Public Administration, Labor and Social Security (MAPTSS), Teresa Dias, in the first half of 2024, the first phase of diagnosis will be completed to obtain more data from the three powers, the Executive, Legislative and Judicial, where there are disparate salaries.
In Angola, the public service employs more than 300 thousand people.
In the last seven days, the highlight was also the presentation of the “TECH-MINAS” space application, which aims to provide earth observation products and services for the mining sector.
The services of this platform, presented to mining companies operating in the country, during a workshop co-organized by Endiama and the National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN), will be carried out through the Angolan satellite (ANGOSAT-2).
Among other advantages, TECH-MINAS allows you to accurately locate minerals, generate alerts and monitor industrial activity and mitigate environmental impact.
Advantages also include the location of clandestine mining activity, carried out by miners on rivers, roads and other solutions, as well as the optimization of resources and reduction of operational costs.
Alongside TECH-MINAS, TECH-AGRO and TECH-ECOLOGIA were also presented on the occasion, two technological tools aimed at the agricultural and ecological domains, respectively.
On the sidelines of the workshop on the presentation of these technological tools, the president of the Board of Directors of Endiama, José Ganga Júnior, revealed that Angola expects negative financial results in the diamond sector this year, as it is not selling production as it should.
The cause of this drop, he pointed out, has to do with the fact that India – the main market that receives more than 90% of Angola’s production, has stopped purchasing diamonds, in other words, India “does not receive diamonds from anywhere in the world until December 15, 2023”.
In addition to India, diamonds from Angola are also sold in Dubai and Belgium.
This week’s headline was also the holding of the international company management simulation competition on the stock exchange, called Global Management Challenge (GMC), which Africa, in general, and Angola (Luanda), in particular, hosted, for the first time.
In this competition, Angola reached the final stage, for the first time, having occupied third place in the final of the world competition, in which the country has participated since 2007.
What is considered the world’s largest strategy and management competition was won by the People’s Republic of China, while Russia came in second place, out of 15 participating countries.
During three days of competition, the Angolan team was represented by three young graduates, last July, from the Telecommunications Engineering course at the Instituto Superior de Telecommunications at the University of Luanda.
These are young Elísio Pataca, Délcio de Almeida and Pedro Lunguieki, who reached the final stage of the competition for the first time, leaving behind the teams from Cameroon, Spain and India, who competed in the same group (blue – blue).
In addition to these countries, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Togo, Benin, Portugal, Brazil, Estonia, Macau and Ecuador also participated in the competition in person and online.
The Global Management Challenge is a digital training and skills development platform, as well as a tool that brings the academic and business classes together.
Founded by Simulators and Management Models (SDG) in 1980, in Portugal, GMC is a management simulator considered the most advanced in the world, as every year a national competition is organized, by a local company, in the countries where it is represented. this platform.
In the banking sector, it was highlighted the fact that commercial banks granted gross credit to the non-financial sector of 5.79 billion kwanzas in August this year, representing an increase of Kz 1.03 billion (21.67%) compared to homologous period.
Of the amount granted, 599.65 billion kwanzas represents the debt of the non-financial public sector, of which 47.64% belongs to the public administration and 52.36% to public companies.
With these data, it is observed that the debt of the non-financial public sector registered, in the period under analysis, an increase of 166.33 billion kwanzas.
The economic week was also marked by the announcement of the availability of 328 million kwanzas to municipal administrations for the Participatory Budget consultation process, underway in the country.
The announcement was made by the Secretary of State for Local Authorities, Márcio Daniel, during the launch of the III edition of the Forum for the Collection of Contributions for the Participatory Budget, having mentioned that each of the 164 municipal administrations received two million kwanzas.
Another notable note in the economic area was the approval of the National Development Plan 2023-2027, aimed at strengthening seven priority development axes, with emphasis on the consolidation of Peace and the Democratic Rule of Law, continuation of State reform, Justice, Public Administration, Social Communication, Freedom of Expression and Civil Society.
The document, approved at the 8th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers, also aims to promote the balanced and harmonious development of the territory, as well as to develop human capital, expanding access to health services, technical and scientific knowledge and skills, the promotion of culture and sport and encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation.
Also worth highlighting this week was the second edition of the Angola-United Arab Emirates (UAE) business forum called “Angola Global Business Forum”.
On the occasion, the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Angola, Salem Obeid, expressed his country’s interest in investing in the telecommunications, renewable energy, oil and gas sectors, among others, as part of strengthening commercial relations and direct private investment.
He made it known that the trade balance between the two countries stood at 2.8 billion dollars, in the period 2021 and 2022, 90% supported by the flow of diamonds from Angola.
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