Economic Development

Angola: Soyo entrepreneurs switching from oil to sustainable agriculture

Empretec training programme by UNCTAD is equipping them with the knowledge to explore new sustainable business opportunities.
Economic Development

Shifting the development paradigm in Angola

The people-centered, policy-backed and productive capacity-driven programme of the UN Conference on Trade and Development.
Economic Development

How Angola is transforming its economy through commerce

A conversation with Amadeu de Jesus Leitão Nunes, Angola’s Secretary of State for Commerce
Economic Development

Angola’s young entrepreneurs ‘Empretecos’ on a mission to transform their country

A unique training programme – EMPRETEC - offered by UNCTAD sparks interest in entrepreneurship, with the youth leading the way
Catching catfish at the Frutos da Lagoa.
Economic Development

Mario Mendes: What I learned from my fish farming in rural Angola

"I had to build trust with the community first" — Mr. Mendes, 35, owner of Frutos da Lagoa.
Farmers wear masks during a Farmer Field School session on COVID-19 prevention in Malanje Province, Lombe community. Angola has very few cases of COVID-19, and FAO together with the Angolan government, is working to keep it that way
coronavirus

Stopping COVID-19 from reaching family farmers in Angola

Information campaign helps rural communities protect themselves against coronavirus
By FAO
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