Luanda - The automatic registration of 3.7 million taxpayers at national level for the period from June 2023 to February this year, by the collection department of the General Tax Administration (AGT), was among the economic issues that stood out most in the week ending today.
According to the AGT, the general register currently holds 11 million 148 thousand 910 taxpayers, including individuals and groups, and the institution has the prerogative to unofficially register all taxpayers who are missing.
This procedure is based on data from citizens' identity cards, which are shared with the Ministry of Justice as part of the partnership between the two organisations, according to the head of the AGT's taxpayer registration department, Carla Almeida, when she was taking stock of the 'Campaign to update unofficial and mass registrations', which took place during the period under review.
In the financial field, the highlight was the availability of 6.01 trillion kwanzas for gross credit in the non-financial sector in January 2024, an increase of around KZ 1.3 trillion (27.97%) compared to the same period last year.
According to the National Bank of Angola (BNA), non-financial public sector indebtedness totalled 681.78 billion kwanzas, of which 49.30 percent related to public administration and 50.70 percent to public companies.
Still on the financial front, throughout the week he also highlighted the intention of the Saudi Arabian business group 'Eximfinance', which plans to invest between 200 and 300 million US dollars in various projects in Angola over three years, with emphasis on the agri-livestock and energy sectors.
Two memorandums were signed between the Angola/Saudi Arabia Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Luanda/Bengo Special Economic Zone to begin realising this intention.
On the occasion, the president of Eximfinance, Salah Ibrahim Al Nasser, said that on the Saudi business group's first visit to Angola it had been possible to sign an agreement with an Angolan farm for the production of chicken, a project to be developed on the outskirts of Luanda and is budgeted at 35 million euros, and is expected to start within two months.
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