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Carrying Forward Cabinda's Legacy of Progress South China Morning Post SPECIAL REPORT INSIDE EIGHT-PAGE SPONSORED SECTION IN CO-OPERATION WITH ASIA BUSINESS UNIT LTD. AT A As economic development begins to take off in earnest in this GLANCE northern Angolan province, and as its oil production is stepped up, it is clear that this is the right moment for China to explore and enhance its relations with and participation in Cabinda CabindaFor further information contact: 1-7 Harley Street, London W1G 9QD - Tel: +44 207 291 4402 - Fax: +44 207 636 8789 - [email protected] - www.asiabusinessunit.com Carrying forward Oil-rich Angola grows Cabinda’s legacy LOCATION: of progress An enclave of Angola, separated from the stronger and more stable CABINDA’S PROVINCIAL Gover- province, in which its consid- mainland by the nor, Mawete João Baptista, erable mineral wealth is now Democratic Republic of has been on the job since No- being used to improve the Congo and the Congo vember, 2009, and has spent lives of the region’s people. In River the time since he moved into the time since the agreement the position getting to know was signed, Cabinda has CAPITAL: each and every day the region, its local leaders, made great strides in that di- Cabinda City and the problems that need to rection, but more must be POPULATION: ANGOLA has the potential to be one be dealt with to continue the done and Cabindans need to Approximately of Africa’s richest, most successful work of improving the lives of do their part with a feeling of 300,000, of which half countries. Its 18 provinces boast the province’s residents. solidarity. is rural and the other enormous mineral wealth and the In recent months Baptista The welfare of the people half urban country is already the second-biggest has held meetings with local has been the government’s oil producer on the continent, after chieftains, the leaders of a priority since the start, and it INDUSTRY: Nigeria. provincial banking group and has demonstrated that focus Oil extraction and Following the peace agreement other regional organisations, for years. Cabinda’s children refining, construction in 2002 that ended the 27-year civ- and in February he started a have especially benefited materials, food il war, President José Eduardo dos policy of meeting with citizens from these efforts, as new produce, wines, palm Santos and his government have and civil servants every Tues- schools have been built all oil and palm oil worked diligently through trying day in order to learn about and around the province. products, tobacco, times to find internal solutions that help solve the problems facing Students every year are giv- crude rubber, hardwoods, timber and have brought peace to the country Cabindans and the regional en uniforms and school sup- furniture and promoted its presence at the in- government. plies, and every day they’re ternational level. Baptista’s government has given a nutritious snack. En- AGRICULTURE: Those efforts have already made identified several priorities, suring their health is a major Mainly bananas, a huge difference in the lives of or- and has placed improving the goal as well, and the province coffee, cacao and dinary Angolans. Gross domestic province’s healthcare system has established mobile health cassava product has grown rapidly, at an av- right at the top of the list. clinics that go from school to erage pace of more than 15% from “We’re going to open hospi- school, giving kids check-ups. AREA: 7,823 km2 2004 to 2007, and more than 10% in tals and medical clinics to There have been polio vac- (3,020 sq mi) 2008, before contracting slightly in treat malaria, tuberculosis, di- cine campaigns, and children 2009 and 2010. The economy will ex- arrhoea and other illnesses, receive medicines to protect MUNICIPALITIES: pand 4.8% this year and a further and provide women with ac- them against parasites and Belize, Buco Zau, 7.4% in 2011, according to the Econ- ceptable conditions at mater- other ailments. Making sure Cabinda and Cacongo omist Intelligence Unit. nity wards around the region,” they have healthy teeth has Dos Santos’s economic Baptista said during a speech been the focus of another pro- FOUNDED: 1885, by Portuguese team has also had great suc- in February. gramme that provides every explorers cess in fighting inflation, The Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of the World, or Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo in Portuguese, provides a pleasant His goal is always to offer child with a dental hygiene kit. which dispropor- backdrop for this sunny square in the provincial capital the region’s residents the Cabinda’s adults have been INDEPENDENCE: tionately hurts the best, most efficient public ser- in need of help too, and the 1975. Cabinda was the poor by reducing the lion. Angolans have the country’s iron mining infra- der, and Cuando Cubango, with its great tourist potential. Huila’s pic- vices possible. He recently government has not forgotten scene of heavy value of their already taken note of all these structure, but the industry has been abundant wildlife. They’re also where turesque tablelands, small moun- told Cabindans that he plans them. Adult schooling has fighting during the war meagre income and sav- efforts and shown their making a comeback in the past few much of the country’s under-exploited tains, valleys and rushing streams to oversee the operation of been funded to educate peo- for independence from ings. Price increases support for the govern- years. mineral wealth lies, with the impor- and rivers provide many sites that public companies more close- ple who were unable to go to Portugal (1961-75) plunged from an annual rate ment in recent elec- Diamond production, though great- tant exception of oil. visitors might like to see. ly, to make sure they’re man- school as children because of of 325% in 2000 to less than tions. ly reduced by the war, has been an- Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul are No discussion of Angola’s aged correctly and for the the civil conflict. A special ef- GEOGRAPHY: Largely tropical forest 15% in 2010. The governing party other success story since the end of both diamond-mining centres, while provinces would be complete with- benefit of the people of the fort is being made to help rein- One of the government’s sig- is the Popular Move- the conflict. Angola is already the Uíge has deposits of copper and out mentioning Cabinda. Cabinda is province. tegrate the fighters from the RELIGION: 74.9% nature efforts has been a na- ment for the Liberation world’s sixth-largest diamond pro- cobalt. Moxico has the country’s sec- the small, oil-rich part of Angola that Catholic tional reconstruction pro- of Angola, or the MPLA. ducer, according to Endiama, the ond-biggest timber industry, after is separated from the rest of Ango- gramme whose objective is The group has ruled the state-owned monopoly. Cabinda, and also contains exploitable la by a 25-mile-wide strip of the De- ETHNIC GROUPS: Bawoyo, Bacongo, to modernise the country’s country since the end Angola’s 18 provinces offer mar- deposits of copper, gold, diamonds, mocratic Republic of Congo. The Babaling, Bassundi, infrastructure after the war. of the armed conflict in vellous diversity. The seven provinces uranium and other substances. province, which is also rich in other Bavili and Bacotche The goal of the projects funded by the 2002, and its efforts have won the along the country’s 1,000-mile-long Other inland provinces include natural resources, has undergone a programme is to rebuild Angola’s strong support of Angolans. The par- coast on the Atlantic Ocean range Kwanza Norte, one of Angola’s rich- huge change for the better since CLIMATE: biggest and most important infra- ty won the national elections in Sep- 2006, when a peace agreement with Equatorial climate, the structure assets, with the ultimate tember of 2008 with about 80% of a separatist group was signed. average temperature objective of improving the quality of the vote, a huge margin signalling Cabinda has hosted Portuguese, Cabinda is Angola’s biggest oil- being 25ºC (77ºF), life of the country’s residents. to the rest of the world that Angola producing province, with most of with an altitude of 209 The programme has been very is a stable democracy, dedicated to Dutch and English logging camps, that production coming from off- metres (686 feet) successful in spurring the rapid ac- improving the lives of its citizens. trading posts and palm oil processing shore wells. Cabinda keeps 10% of celeration of economic growth. When Most of the economic growth the oil income generated by the off- Projects to feed, clothe and equip schoolchildren are now underway GOVERNOR: Mawete João Baptista the country gained its independence recorded in recent years has come factories over the years. Now, oil is shore oilrigs that produce about half from Portugal in 1975, it possessed from the country’s oil production, of Angola’s total oil output. That rev- As part of his intention to separatist groups that laid one of Africa’s best and most exten- which represents about 85% of GDP. the magnet for international investors enue, combined with wise gover- make the provincial govern- down their arms with the sign- OUR TEAM sive road networks. Rebuilding the The government is aware of the coun- nance on the part of the leaders in ment more responsive to local ing of the peace agreement. IN CABINDA: country’s transport arteries is now try’s dependence on oil, and the need from the lush jungles of Cabinda and est agricultural areas, producing corn, Luanda, Angola’s capital, and in Cabin- needs and events, Baptista Reintegration was a main Brian Christinakis, a priority because of their impor- for a more varied economy to spur Zaire provinces in the north to the peanuts, pineapples, peas, sweet da City, are reshaping the province.
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