THE ANGOLA REPORT - DECEMBER 13, 2021
WORLD BANK AFRICA REGION MACROECONOMIC WEEKLY REPORT
The Office of the Chief Economist of the African Region, Albert G. Zeufack, provides a macroeconomic and financial weekly monitoring report. The monitor is comprised of four sections: 

  • "Covidonomics" Weekly Update
  • Economic and Financial News Update
  • Global Economic and Financial News of Relevance to Africa
  • High-Frequency Macro and Financial Indicators, Covid and mobility data. Information is organized in three areas: Region-wide, West & Central, and East & Southern.

Two new features:
  1. Graphs that plot the evolution of parallel and official exchange rates for selected countries.  
  2. A map of weekly changes in the number of Covid-19 cases.

The latest issue, published on December 10, 2021, can be found by clicking the button below.
Angola Doctors To Extend National Strike As Covid Rages

MANILA TIMES

More than half of Angola's doctors will indefinitely continue a national strike over pay and conditions as the coronavirus pandemic's strains the African nation's depleted public health services. Angola resorted to...
Angolans Have Lower Purchasing Power Under Covid-19

PLENGLISH

Numerous citizens in Angola have had their purchasing power reduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the closure or job cuts of industries and companies related to it, a national media outlet reported. Angola’s...
Angola Ruling Party Backs President Joao Lourenco For Second Term

ALJAZEERA

Angola’s governing party, which has held power for nearly half a century, has selected incumbent President Joao Lourenco as their candidate in next year’s election...
Historic Tucker Family Members To visit Ancestral Angola

13 NEWS NOW

More than 400 years later, descendants of the first enslaved Africans in English North America will visit the country from which they originally came. In 1619, "20 and Odd" enslaved Africans landed in...
IFC, Carrinho Group Partner To Support Agriculture Development In Angola

MARKET SCREENER

IFC and Carrinho Group, Angola's biggest food processing company, launched a training program for tens of thousands of farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in Angola's ...
OPEC Daily Basket Price Stood At $74.03 A Barrel Friday

URDUPOINT

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $74.03 a barrel on Friday, 10th December, compared with $75.37 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations...
Featured Article
Angola To Submit System Information To ESAAMLG

XINHUA NET

Angola is to submit its system evaluation information to the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) on Dec. 15, for the ESAAMLG to form a mutual evaluation report on the country, Director of the Financial Information...