Day: October 20, 2022

Luanda – National Football Team for amputees were honored Thursday by the Investment and Credit Bank (BIC) for the second position achieved in the World Cup, held in Istanbul (Turkey).

This was during a ceremony chaired by the CEO of this financial institution, Hugo Teles, attended by the minister of Youth and Sports, Palmira Barbosa, and management staff of the Angolan Paralympic Committee.

The National team for amputees were awarded a symbolic check in the amount of kz 10.8 million, to be shared by the squad.

Angola lost 1-4 to the host Turkey in the final.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – National Assembly (AN) unanimously approved Thursday the draft resolution on the composition of numbers and the names of the ten specialised working commissions and named their leaders.

The ruling MPLA party, winner of the August 24 General Elections with an absolute majority, heads six specialised commissions, while UNITA, with 90 seats, is in charge of the four.

The MPLA chairs the 1st commission (Constitutional and Legal Affairs), 2nd (Defence, National Security, Internal Order and Former Combatants), 5th (Economy and Finance), 6th (Health, Environment, Science and Technology, Labour and Social Security), 9th (Education, Higher Education, Science and Technology) and 10th (Mandate, Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum).

UNITA with the 3rd commission (Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Angolan Communities Abroad), the 4th (Local Government Administration), the 7th (Culture, Religious Affairs and Social Communication and Youth and Sports) and the 8th (Family, Gender and Childhood).

MPLA MPs Joaquim Reis Júnior, Ruth Mendes, Aia-Eza Nacília Gomes da Silva Troso, Victor Kajibanga, Sérgio Leonardo Vaz and Vigílio Tyova are leaders of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th commissions, respectively.

UNITA deputies Alcides Sakala Simões, Franco Menezes Marcolino Nhani, Paulo Faria and Clarice Mukunda in charge of the 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th commissions, respectively.

The approval of the commissions took place during the 1st Ordinary Plenary Meeting of the 1st Legislative Session of the V Legislature of
the National Assembly, chaired by the Parliament Speaker, Carolina Cerqueira.
The plenary also approved the Draft Resolution on the composition of the Board of Directors of the National Assembly, which is chaired by the MP Suzana de Melo.

Under the proposal of the parliamentary group, the session also elected members of the National Assembly Board:

They are Suzana de Melo, Manuel Armando Ekuikui, Nimi a Simbi, Agostinho Pedro de Neri (secretary general of the National Assembly) and João Francisco António (representative of parliamentary officials and agents).

On the other hand, the plenary approved the Resolution on the composition of the Group of Women Parliamentarians, led by MP Teresa Adelina da Silva Neto, and the 1st vice-president Maria Odeth Tavares.

The Plenary also approved the draft Resolution of the Permanent Commission of the AN and the Eventual Commission.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Angolan Investment Bank (BAI) was named Thursday the Best and Safest Bank in Angola in 2022, by US magazine Global Finance.

For the fifth consecutive time, the Angolan banking institution benefitted from the Angola’s “Best Bank 2022” award.

The criteria for evaluation include profitability, asset growth, geographic dimension, strategic relationships, new business development and product innovation.

This include subjective criteria, through the opinions of financial and credit analysts, banking consultants and other professionals in the sector.

As for the Angola’s “Safest Bank 2022” award, included in the 31st annual edition of the World’s Safest Banks ranking, is the result of BAI’s performance in the evaluation of long-term ratings in foreign currency.

According to Global Finance, BAI’s recognition was based on assessments by rating agencies Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, this being the fifth consecutive distinction.

Operating in Portugal and Cabo Verde, BAI is a key partner of the Angolan State, the first Angolan bank on the stock exchange, whose share capital stands at Kz 157 billion Kwanza and represented by 19.4 million shares common, book-entry and nominative

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Friendship and cooperation ties between Angola and Georgia topped the meeting between Ambassador José Patrício and the Director for Africa and Middle East of the Georgian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Zurab Aleksid Ze on Thursday in Tbilisi.

According to a press release from the Angolan Embassy in Turkey, the two diplomats also analysed international issues, particularly the war in Ukraine.

Relations between the States became strong after the delivery of the Credential Letters by José Patrício, as non-resident ambassador, to the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, on September 3, 2021.

Georgia is located below the Greater Caucasus, a region of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

With residence in Turkey, the diplomat José Patrício is Angola’s non-resident ambassador to Iran, Iraq and Georgia.

Source: Angola Press News Agency