Promoting trade and investment in Angola

About this project

Since 2018, the Government of Angola has implemented reforms, including legislative and regulatory updates to promote public institutions dynamism, increase private sector competition, and to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in non-oil sectors. Firstly, the Private Investment and Export Promotion Agency of Angola (AIPEX) was established under Presidential Decree 81/18 of 19 March 2018, resulting from the merger of the former Technical Unit for Private Investment - U.T.I.P and the Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Exports of Angola (AIPEX) aiming to increase investment attraction and exports promotion. Secondly, the Private Investment Law (Lei nº. 10/18) was sanctioned to establish and update benefits and stimulate private investment in non-oil sectors. However, the promotion of investment, trade and exports still presents glaring weaknesses for the achievement of the objectives that are advocated in the National Development Plan 2023-2027 of the Republic of Angola (2023-2027) and in the Production Support, Export Diversification, and Import Substitution Program (PRODESI 2.0). Investment, trade, and exports are constrained by restrictions in public institutional procedures, deriving from weak technical capacities, lack of inter-service coordination and inexistent interoperability of digital platforms, crucial to improve the efficiency and transparency needed to increase in FDI and trade.Visualising a window of opportunity based on the fruitful relationshi…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Angola

Sectors

Business policy and administrationTrade policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-ACT-62523.

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