Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José de Lima Massano, defended, on Friday, in Icolo and Bengo province, greater dialogue and interaction between the primary and productive sectors, to accelerate national productivity.
The minister made this statement to the press at the end of a meeting he held with economic operators installed in the Special Economic Zone (ZEE).
He reiterated that the country economy has been growing, especially in 2024, a year in which GDP grew 4.4%, the highest increase in the last 10 years, driven by the non-oil sector.
He added that, in the first quarter of 2025, the country again had the same performance in the non-oil sector, with growth above 5%.
According to the Minister of State for Economic Coordination, overall, the national economy grew by 3.5, revealing what operators show and what happens all over the country.
“A closer relationship must be established between the primary sector, which produces the raw material, and the processors, as well as improve communication between both, so that each one knows what the other does and thus avoid the import of unnecessary raw materials and improve the flow of products”, he reinforced.
In practice, he added, the Executive will continue to mediate and facilitate the process, giving more strength to business associations, betting more on the improvement of the entire business environment and prioritizing national production, as it is a matter of sovereignty, because the country cannot be so dependent on the production of essential goods.
For the Minister of State, the current movement of the ZEE satisfies and shows indicators that there are more factories operating, more jobs and more production.
He recalled that the Government will continue to support initiatives that promote national production and the regularization of the market.
According to José de Lima Massano, the difficulties presented by the operators, at the end of the meeting, are summed up in the lack of approximation between the operators, that is, the absence of information where one and the other are, what they produce and where their wholesale customer is.
He stressed that, for these reasons, there is a need to establish this bridge without fear, and those who produce should avoid price speculation for the good of the market.
The ZEE has, so far, about 227 projects, of which 95 are fully operational, 99 are under implementation (new projects) and 33 paralyzed. The operational ones represent an investment volume of around US$1.6 billion and it was possible to generate more than 19 thousand jobs.
In these projects, 160 stand out in the industrial sector, commerce (36), services (31), construction (34), automobiles (8), electronics and equipment (5), wood and furniture (4), textiles and clothing (4), extractive industry (2), paper and printing (3) and energy with (1).
As for the 99 new projects, until their maturity, they will represent an investment volume of US$3.6 billion, with emphasis on the areas of services, automotive, metallurgy, commerce, civil construction, textiles, plastic and electronics industry and equipment.
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