Africa-Press – Angola. At least 100 private investment projects, estimated at more than one billion US dollars, whose implementations will begin in 2024, have been registered from January to the present date at the Agency for Private Investment and Export Promotion of Angola (AIPEX) .
These are projects aimed at the sectors of tourism, industry, energy and water, health, among others, which will contribute to the growth of the national economy and generate more than five thousand jobs, as revealed on Thursday, in Lubango , the President of AIPEX, Lello Francisco.
Speaking to the press after a meeting with the vice-governor of Huíla for the technical sector and infrastructures, Hélio de Almeida, he stated that the idea is to continue promoting private investment capable of contributing to the socio-economic development of Angola.
He highlighted that the institution also has the mission of coordinating institutional support for investors, through the Single Private Investment Window (JUI), which is a platform where it has been working with investors to mitigate obstacles that inhibit investment and entrepreneurship.
For the person responsible, this is an instrument that will mitigate the occurrence of obstacles and facilitate investors, promoting the increase and diversification of exports of goods and services in the country, within the framework of the economic diversification policy, which is included in the Development Plan National (PDN) 2023-2027.
He added that this factor also involves the reaction time in the public services that are requested by companies, as important elements aimed at promoting the business environment and generating more wealth for the country, as there is work to reduce the bureaucracy that occurs in the system of public administration, which constrain investment.
In turn, the provincial vice-governor of Huíla for the technical sector and infrastructures, Hélio de Almeida, highlighted that the visit of the AIPEX delegation is important, at a time when the province is seeking a true alternative to the economic development of Angola .
He assured that, depending on the potential that the territory presents, AIPEX ends up being a fundamental partner in attracting investors and projects that can boost the local economy and beyond.
The activity of the AIPEX PCA was followed by a training seminar on the Single Investment Window and its facilities, aimed at provincial managers, welfare directors and municipal administrators, as well as visits to granite exploration companies and the Treasury Yoba Gardens, in Chibia.
AIPEX – Angola’s Private Investment and Export Promotion Agency is an institution dedicated to promoting exports, attracting private investment, registering investment proposals, institutional support and monitoring the execution of investment projects and internationalization of Angolan companies.
It was created under Presidential Decree No. 81/18, of March 19, 2018, resulting from the merger of the Technical Unit for Private Investment – UTIP and the Agency for Investment and Export Promotion of Angola – APIEX.
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