Belas Touristic Complex ready to accommodate journalists 2009/12/31 14:59

Indomitable Lions in final preparations for the Orange CAN 2010 2009/12/31 13:28

The national football team of the Cameroon will have a training camp of five days in Kenya ahead of their preparations for the Orange Africa Cup of Nations- Angola 2010, scheduled from January 10-31 of 2010 in our country.

The Indomitable Lions had earlier chose Rwanda for training but later changed their plans to have one week of training Nairobi, where the Cameroonians are expected on January 4th.

During the Cup of Nations, the Cameroon will evolve in the same group as Gabon, Tunisia and Zambia.

The Indomitable Lions will play their first match of the tournament on January 13th against Gabon in Luanda, South Angola.

Source: Jornal de Angola

Egypt and Malawi draw in friendly match ahead of the Cup of Nations 2009/12/31 09:11

This Tuesday (29/12), in Cairo, the national teams of Egypt and Malawi drew 1-1 in a friendly match ahead of the 27th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations - Angola 2010.

The Pharaohs (how the national team players of Egypt are usually called) were the firsts to score through Hosni Abd-Rabou penalty.

Malawi got scared in the second half of the match with their goalkeeper Sanudi injured, but Msowoya’s goal directly into the opponent’s net assured them the draw.

Egypt, the African champion in titles (6) is in the Group C of the Orange Cup of Nations based in Benguela, together with Nigeria, Mozambique and Benin.

In turn, Malawi is in Group A in Luanda together with the host Angola, Mali and Algeria. Malawi plays in the opening with Algeria next January 11th.

Get to know where each national team will be accommodated in Angola 2009/12/31 09:07

The Organizing Committee of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations – Angola 2010, COCAN, announced this Wednesday(30/12) the distribution of accommodations for the 16 teams racing in the biggest football competition of Africa.

The COCAN also provided information on accommodation for journalists and officials of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the four venues where the tournament takes place from January 10-31, 2010.

Here is the list where the 16 teams will be accommodated: 

Luanda

Hotel Alvalade – Mali
Hotel Trópico – Meeting of teams
Hotel Presidente – Malawi
Hotel Continental – Algeria
Hotel Mundial – Journalists
Hotel Tivoli – Guests
Futungo Touristic Complex – Journalists
Calor Tropical Complex – Angola
Talatona Conventions Hotel – CAF

Benguela

Hotel Terminus – CAF
Hotel Navegantes – Benin
Hotel Luso – Egypt
Hotel Praia Morena – Nigeria
Hotel Tropicana – Mozambique

Huila

Hotel Casper Lodge – CAF
Grande Hotel da Huila – Tunisia
Hotel Amigo – Journalists
Hotel Palanca Negra – Gabon
Hotel Serra da Chela – Zambia and Cameroon
Hotel Ivone Lar – Guests and Journalists

Cabinda

Buco N´Goyo Complex – Journalists and others
Vila CAN 2010 Complex – Côte d`Ivoire, Togo, Ghana and Burkina Faso

Tickets: Only 33% on sale for the opening  2009/12/30 15:19

Sinfic informed this Wednesday (30/12) that only 33% of the tickets for the opening ceremony and the opening match of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations – Angola 2010 were put on sale.

According to Luis Nobre, administrator of Sinfic, the company in charge of ticketing, the other 67% were directed to the Organizing Committee of the Cup of Nations (COCAN 2010), the Confederation of African Football (CAF), guests and organized claques.

The administrator informed that the tickets available in the 50 branches of BAI and BCP, a total of 16,010 tickets (30% of the total), are almost exclusive for the superior general seats.

The opening ceremony of the Orange CAN 2010 takes place next January 10th at National Stadium 11 de Novembro in Luanda from 17:30 and counts with a special programme and the presence of important entities of Angolan Government and of international sports.

Angola and Mali will play the opening match of the Cup at 20:00.

naugural show of the Orange CAN 2010 will count with 2,300 characters 2009/12/30 15:14

The cultural show of the opening ceremony of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations – Angola 2010, next January 10th on National Stadium 11 de Novembro in Luanda will enhance the history and potentialities of our country.

The motto is “Angola, a country of future: yesterday, today and tomorrow”, informed this Wednesday (30/12) Manuel Sebastião, director for Culture in Luanda and technical coordinator of the Ministry of Culture for the Orange CAN 2010.

The show lasts 25 minutes and will integrate 2,300 characters, among them the military, the police, the firemen and groups of dance and theatre of Luanda.

The human boards, which are under coordination of Angolan choreographers Ana Clara Guerra Marques and Nelson Augusto, will artistically express slavery, fight for freedom and the proclamation of independence as well as Angola’s potentialities and efforts on national reconstruction.

Regarding sound, image and lighting, the organization of the ceremony is in charge of the company Cunha Vaz. According to Vicente Carvalho, general coordinator of the company, there are 100 foreign technicians and 100 Angolans working for the party to be successful.

The opening ceremony of the Cup of Nations starts officially at 17:30h with the sports festival and the performance of the hymn of the Africa Cup, “Angola, a country of future”. The cultural show begins at 18:50.

The president of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, the minister of Youth and Sports, Gonçalves Muandumba and the president of the Angolan Football Federation (FAF) Justino Fernandes will be present in the ceremony.

The Economy of Angola

The signature of Luena peace agreement and the succeeding Peace affirmation and consolidation process has approximately coincided with the final stage of the economic recession which the World Economy was in. At that time, the emergence of growing economies as of China and other developing countries as India and Brazil has had a strong impact on its commercial partners.

Angola, by betting on the strengthening of economic relations with countries which havhigh growth rates has positively beneficiated from the effects of those relations, occupying a prominent place among Sub-Saharan Africa.

Growth rates of China and Developing Countries in 2004 were of 9.5% and 7.3% respectively. These values clearly differ from the performance of Euro area countries and Japan with growth rates of 2% and 2.7%, respectively.

In 2004, Angola’s economic growth rate was higher to the average of the African Continent, positioning itself above 7%. Only five other African countries reached this value. In 2005, the economic growth rate increased, reaching 1.7% to the petroleum sector and 10.4% to the remaining economy sectors, which represented, 15.5% of joint growth. In nominal terms, the Gross Domestic Product records an increase of 9,500 million USD in 2001 to 30,300 million USD in 2005, which represents an annual growth rate higher to 36%. The petroleum industry owns a prominent part in Angola’s economy by contributing with 57% to GDP in 2005.

Important to understand the mismatch between nominal and real values is the evolution of the inflation rate. Since 2003, this indicator has been decreasing, reaching 17.7 in 2005, value which is substantially inferior to 76.5% from the two previous years. In the field of public accounts, in 2004, the tax revenue represented 36.8% of GDP. This value has been stable due the two forces in opposite directions: the decrease of the average rate of income tax on the petroleum sector and the increase on the price of crude oil in the international markets.

Excluding capital amortization, the budgetary outlay has been decreasing, reaching 35.7% of GDP value. Regarding capital expenditure, it has increased from 4.4% of GDP in 2004 to 8.3% in the following year, which clearly shows the efforts on Country’s infrastructure rebuilding and rehabilitation. Public Budgets of 2006 determined this indicator in 21.8%, which represents a percentage increase to almost a triple towards the previous year. As consequence, we assist to an advancing integration of Angola in regional groups, indicating a strengthening of economical and diplomatic relations with neighbour countries as well as the consolidation of market economy.