Africa-Press – Angola. Nine audiences with corporate entities and businessmen marked, this Monday, the first day of work of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, in the North American city of Dallas, Texas.
The Angolan Head of State, who is in the United States to participate in the 16th US-Africa Business Summit, running until Thursday, received representatives from multinationals, with whom he discussed future partnerships.
During the separate meetings, João Lourenço discussed issues related to the oil industry and the diamond industry with Leon Tempelsman, president of Lazare Kaplan International.
According to Tempelsman, the meeting served to touch on political relationship issues, which are progressing in a “very positive way” between the United States and Angola.
Speaking to the press, Leon Tempelsman said that the hearing opened doors for his organization to study the best ways to expand business opportunities in Angola for US companies.
“We discussed this directly and we are eager to invest in Angola, as we have a long presence in the country and would very much like to continue and expand,” he said, highlighting that Angola is a good place for business.
It expressed the desire to expand its relations with Angola, which is why it is considering the possibility of implementing new projects, in the long and short term.
“The President and his team are supportive and would very much like to see business development move forward,” he said.
He stated that he is witnessing notable changes in Angola, that is, constant growth and improvements.
Also the Angolan Head of State received Landon Loomis, president of Boeing for Latin America and the Caribbean and President of Global Affairs at Boeing, who showed the multinational’s interest in supporting Angola in improving the aviation ecosystem.
According to the executive, who spoke to the press after leaving the audience, they intend to support the country, specifically, in matters of maintenance and training of staff.
According to the source, the meeting served to discuss with President João Lourenço the Angolan Government’s vision and strategy for diversifying the economy, especially
the investments planned for the aviation sector.
He said that Boeing recognizes Angola’s great potential to grow in this economic segment, having highlighted that it intends to be a strong partner in supporting Angola’s strategy of developing the aviation system.
Another audience granted today by João Lourenço was to a senior delegation from Coca-Cola, which expressed interest in increasing its investments in Angola.
Speaking to the press, Neil David Breslin Jr, executive director of the US-Angola Chamber of Commerce, said that the hearing served for the parties to discuss partnerships
in the field of sugar production in Angola.
He said that Coca-Cola does not, for now, intend to make direct investment in the agricultural sector in Angola, but intends to boost players in this market segment.
According to the source, João Lourenço assured that he intends to work with Coca-Cola on the issue of local production, in order to achieve the aim of food security and help the multinational to acquire sugar in the country.
Also this Monday, the Angolan President received Robert Cabelly, General Director of Brilhante USA – LLC (Investment Perspective in the Mining Sector), and representatives of the company Elon Musk, who did not speak to the press.
In the afternoon (night in Angola) it was attended by Rita Lewis, President of Eximbank Export Credit Agency USA.l and Alice Albrigth, Director of the Millenium Challenge Corporation.
The PR also met with Posso Ganame, President of the Texas Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by businesspeople from companies such as Meta, Shell, Subtle Capital, Wyre, Aperio Insights and Infodat.
The last to be welcomed was Clay Neff, President of Chevron International, Exploration and Production.
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