Angola has 1,km of coastline, with beautiful deserted beaches, rainforests , savannahs, a desert in the south, plus a year-round extraordinary climate. Luanda is one of the most important industrial and cultural urban centres in Africa and is home to over 8 million people. Portuguese is the official language. They stayed for four centuries, and the influence is deeply felt. After visiting the fortress head back to the old port by walking by the Marginal promenade Avenida 4 de Fevereiro , a beautifully renovated seaside boulevard running along the Luanda bay.
Throughout its three kilometres, the bay has a life of its own with plenty of green spaces, shops, lively bars and restaurants. In Angola, music and dance play a central role in cultural life. The best dancers from Luanda usually show up. Another great Angolan-styled music to discover is Kuduro, a popular nationwide genre that blossomed in the s. The city has a vibrant restaurant scene, drawing on both local and historic food influences such as the Mozambican, Portuguese or Brazilian.
Angolans excel at cooking fish, so be sure not to miss a good grilled catch - Calulu fish is always a good option. Also try the Muamba chicken, and the Mufete, a generous national dish with fish, beans, plantain and sweet potato.
A visit to one of the few remaining sobrados , homes built by slavers years ago, with their floors constructed with wood from slave ships that returned empty from Brazil. These dwellings give you a glimpse into the wealth the slave trade created for some. Or walk by the restored colonial building that houses the National Bank of Angola on the Marginale, the wide avenue that runs along Luanda Bay.
On Marginale, you can catch a glimpse of the Fort of Saint Miguel, the old Portuguese fort that protected the city for hundreds of years. Today it houses a museum to the violent recent past that Angola is shaking off.
While no official statement has been made thus far, the planned local elections scheduled for are likely to be postponed due to the crises posed by covid and low oil prices. Internationally, Angola is becoming more assertive and demonstrating a more steadfast commitment to peace and stability in Africa, particularly in the Great Lakes region. Very recently it facilitated an agreement to end mounting tensions between the neighbors Rwanda and Uganda.
Angola has made substantial economic and political progress since the end of the war in However, the country continues to face massive development challenges, which include reducing its dependency on oil and diversifying the economy; rebuilding its infrastructure; and improving institutional capacity, governance, public financial management systems, human development indicators, and the living conditions of the population.
Large pockets of the population live in poverty without adequate access to basic services, and the country could benefit from more inclusive development policies. A social protection scheme program has been launched with a pilot cash transfer project which will benefit over 1. The overarching strategy of the CPF is the promotion of more inclusive development, and it consists of two core objectives pillars , and one foundation plank possessing a cross-cutting nature.
The pillars and foundation are as follows:. Pillar I focuses on supporting integrated national economic diversification by revitalizing rural economies to create greater competitiveness and employment. The focus is on the strengthening of the non-oil economy, with an emphasis on rehabilitating traditional lines of business that suffered greatly during the war, as well as technical assistance for the energy sector.
Pillar II focuses on enhancing the quality of service delivery and instituting a strong social protection program to improve the quality of life of the population and equip individuals to take a greater role in the development of the country.
The Foundation Plank of the CPS revolves around building human and institutional capacity to approach the levels common in middle-income countries, complementing the two strategic pillars. Currently the project has:. Identified and registered more than , beneficiaries representing Purchased personal protective equipment, bio-security and diagnostic materials, and the operationalization of the logistical response which included contact-tracing and field-based training.
The project also envisages to develop a system for systematic student assessment. Luanda is also the largest city in Angola with an estimated population of over 4. The city is located in the northwestern region of the country on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The most common religions are Catholic , Baptist , and Methodist but missionaries of many faiths reside in Angola.
As major port city for Angola in the sixteenth century, Luanda became the center for commercial , political, and cultural affairs. The Portuguese also used Luanda as their major slave trading port until Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries Colonial Portuguese authorities invested in port and rail infrastructure to expand agricultural and mineral exports.
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