Africa-Press – Angola. The Secretary of State for Finance and Treasury Otoniel dos Santos stated on Wednesday in Luanda that Angola’s sustainable development depends on financial innovation, strengthening the capital market, and mobilizing resources to finance projects with a direct impact on people’s lives.
Speaking at the opening of the seminar on the Sustainable Bond Market, the minister said that the future of sustainable finance in Angola depends on the collective capacity to innovate, create solid partnerships, and put the capital market at the service of development.
He reported that the country has been aligning itself with international best practices in sustainable finance.
He emphasized that Angola has sought to find solutions adaptable to national realities and priorities, in close partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Otoniel dos Santos highlighted that Angola, for the first time in May of this year, issued sustainable bonds, an operation called “Green and Social Bonds,” for an amount of 64 million US dollars.
Resources will be channeled into structural projects, such as strengthening water security, promoting sustainable agriculture, local economic and social development, and environmental preservation.
The Secretary of State for Finance and Treasury urged seminar participants to take advantage of the training to share knowledge, identify challenges, and identify objective solutions.
Denise António, resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Angola, noted that development financing is no longer about what governments can do alone, as they rely on limited public resources.
“The future depends on how we can attract private capital as a key factor in development and transform financial markets into engines of transformation,” she said.
For Denise António, instruments such as green, blue, social, and sustainable bonds are not just financial products, but serve as a bridge that channels trust and investment into the areas that matter most, such as clean energy, sustainable agriculture, waste management, biodiversity protection, and resilient infrastructure.
In the case of Angola, the UNDP representative considered this an opportune moment to continue investing in diversification beyond oil, building resilience, and protecting natural resources, which require new investment avenues.
“Sustainable finance is the way forward and, at the same time, helps the country meet its climate commitments, on which future generations depend,” she emphasized.
The training seminar on the sustainable bond market is a joint initiative between the Angolan Debt and Securities Exchange (BODIVA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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