Angola's non-oil sector holds lots of promise

Angola is located in the southern part of Africa, and shares its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo to the north, the Republic of Zambia to the east, and Namibia to the south. It has a land area of 1,246,700 square kilometers, and coastline that is 1,650-km long. Angola gained independence from Portugal on Nov1 11, 1975, after about 500 years of colonization.

After independence, unfortunately, Angola plunged into a civil war, which stopped most of the economic activities. Only the diamond and petroleum sectors did not cease production, because they were the ones that financed the civil war between the two political groups.

The Angolan civil war finally ended after 27 years in 2002, allowing economic activities to restart across all provinces. But it was necessary to rebuild the infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, railways, airports, ports, dams and hospitals, which were destroyed during the civil war.