Angola Invites Chinese Investment to Strengthen Infrastructure and Connectivity
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The Angolan government has formally called upon Chinese investors to ramp up their participation in the country’s infrastructure and connectivity sectors. Speaking at the conference on the influence of Chinese businesses in Angola’s economy, the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Media, Mário Oliveira, affirmed that Angola is committed to enhancing digital transformation and creating an investment-friendly environment that supports long-term development and public-private partnerships.
Chinese firms have long been integral to Angola’s infrastructure landscape. Trade volume between the two countries reached USD 24 billion in 2024, underscoring Beijing’s role as a key economic partner. Angola has also benefited from Chinese investments in power generation, telecommunications, road infrastructure, and urban development. The government now seeks to deepen this collaboration by urging Chinese companies to deploy capital, technology, and expertise into next-generation connectivity projects—fiber networks, data centres, telecom backbone infrastructure, and digital services.
For Angolan businesses and consumers, this expanded cooperation could be transformative. Enhanced connectivity will reduce the cost of doing business, improve access to broadband in rural regions, and enable services like e-commerce, digital banking, telemedicine, and education platforms. As telecommunications infrastructure improves, local startups and digital platforms can scale more easily, and cross-border business can grow with fewer bottlenecks.
Investors, especially those in ICT and connectivity, stand to benefit from this signal. Opportunities exist in deploying fiber optic networks, building data centres, providing last-mile telecommunication links, and serving as systems integrators in smart city, e-governance and telecom expansion projects. Firms with proven technology, financing, and capacity to scale will be well positioned. Angola’s willingness to engage Chinese investment as a strategic partner suggests that it values both capital and know-how—not just external funding.
