Angola

POLITICAL RISK - SADC Summit Comes To Luanda President José Eduardo dos Santos pledged to make a 'decisive contribution' to plans to reform the Southern Africa Development Community... 2011-08-26

BMI View: We forecast Angola's budget deficit to narrow to 2.7% of GDP in 2011, from 4.3% in 2010. This is largely on the back of higher than anticipated oil revenues.

BMI View: We forecast real GDP growth to be 7.6% in 2011 up from 3.4% in 2010. A key driver of this rapid economic expansion will be elevated export revenues - especially oil and diamonds.

Indian spirits producer United Spirits plans to build a strong business in frontier economies including Angola through acquisitions, bottling arrangements and the setting up of greenfield... 2011-07-25

BMI View: Angola's strong growth rate has kept inflation quite high compared to other southern African nations. We expect that this will continue in 2011, with average annual price... 2011-06-28

The EU ambassador to Angola, Javier Puyol, expressed his contentment with the projects supporting farming and environmental protection, implemented in the southern Huíla province and... 2011-06-28

BMI View: Angola should see strong growth in the coming years, thanks to rising oil production and elevated prices in international markets. The government has made some attempts... 2011-06-16

BMI View: While some have hailed improvements in the public sector since the end of Angola's civil conflict, critics still condemn the government's corruption, a lack of responsiveness... 2011-06-16

BMI View: Bolstered by high oil prices, we expect the trade account surplus to widen. This will shore up the current account surplus, which is expected to reach 7.7% of GDP in 2011,... 2011-05-31

BMI View: We forecast real GDP growth to be 7.6% in 2011 up from 3.4% in 2010. This will be driven be higher commodity prices, namely oil and diamonds.