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FACTS AND Oil-rich Angola grows stronger and FIGURES

Location: more stable each and every day An enclave of Angola, separated from the mainland by the Democratic Republic The province of Cabinda no doubt plays a key role in adding wealth to the nation’s coffers of Congo and the Congo River

Angola has the potential to be one Capital: of Africa’s richest, most successful Cabinda City countries. Its 18 provinces boast enormous mineral wealth and the Population: country is already the second- Approximately 300,000, of biggest oil producer on the conti- which half is rural and the nent, after Nigeria. other half urban Following the peace agreement in 2002 that ended the 27-year civ- Industry: il war, President José Eduardo dos Oil extraction and refining, Santos and his government have construction materials, food worked diligently through trying produce, wines, palm oil and times to find internal solutions that palm oil products, tobacco, have brought peace to the country crude rubber, hardwoods, and promoted its presence at the timber and furniture international level. Those efforts have already made Agriculture: a huge difference in the lives of or- Mainly bananas, coffee, dinary Angolans. Gross domestic cacao and cassava product has grown rapidly, at an av- erage pace of more than 15% from Area: 2004 to 2007, and more than 10% 7,823 km2 (3,020 sq mi) in 2008, before contracting slight- ly in 2009. The economy will ex- Municipalities: pand between 6.5% and 7.5% this Belize, Buco Zau, Cabinda year, according to the World Bank’s and Cacongo estimate. Dos Santos’s economic team has Founded: also had great success in fighting 1885, by Portuguese inflation, which disproportionate- explorers ly hurts the poor by reducing the value of their already meager in- Independence: come and savings. Price increases 1975. Cabinda was the scene plunged from an annual rate of of heavy fighting during the 325% in 2000 to less than 13% war for independence from in 2008. Portugal (1961-75) One of the government’s sig- nature efforts has been a nation- Geography: al reconstruction program whose Largely tropical forest objective is to modernize the coun- try’s infrastructure after the war. Religion: The goal of the projects funded Excluding its oil industry, Cabinda is the second largest contributor to Angola’s GDP after Luanda 74.9% Catholic by the program is to rebuild An- gola’s biggest and most important has ruled the country since the end Diamond production, though and cobalt. Moxico has the coun- rest of Angola by a 25-mile-wide Ethnic groups: infrastructure assets, with the ul- of the armed conflict in 2002, and greatly reduced by the war, has been try’s second-biggest timber in- strip of the Democratic Republic Bawoyo, Bacongo, Babaling, timate objective of improving the its efforts have won the strong sup- another success story since the end dustry, after Cabinda, and also of Congo. The province, which is Bassundi, Bavili and quality of life of the country’s port of Angolans. The party won the of the conflict. Angola is already the contains exploitable deposits of also rich in other natural resources, Bacotche residents. national elections in September of world’s sixth-largest diamond pro- copper, gold, diamonds, uranium has undergone a huge change for The program has been very suc- 2008 with about 80% of the vote, ducer, according to Endiama, the and other substances. the better since 2006, when a Climate: cessful in spurring the rapid ac- a huge margin signaling to the rest state-owned monopoly. Other inland provinces include peace agreement with a separatist Equatorial climate, the celeration of economic growth. of the world that Angola is a sta- Angola’s 18 provinces offer mar- Kwanza Norte, one of Angola’s group was signed. average temperature being When the country gained its inde- ble democracy, dedicated to im- velous diversity. The seven provinces richest agricultural areas, produc- Cabinda is Angola’s biggest oil- 25ºC (77ºF), with an altitude pendence from Portugal in 1975, proving the lives of its citizens. along the country’s 1,000-mile- ing corn, peanuts, pineapples, peas, producing province, with most of of 209 meters (686 feet) it possessed one of Africa’s best and Most of the economic growth long coast on the Atlantic Ocean sweet potatoes and a variety of that production coming from off- most extensive road networks. Re- recorded in recent years has come range from the lush jungles of Cabin- beans. It is also the home to the shore wells. Cabinda keeps 10% Governor: building the country’s transport from the country’s oil production, da and Zaire provinces in the north country’s largest hydroelectric sta- of the oil income generated by the Mawete João Baptista arteries is now a priority because which represents about 85% of to the plains and deserts that pre- tion at the dam at Cambambe, offshore oil rigs that produce about of their importance to moving con- GDP. The government is aware of dominate in the southern province which supplies power to local res- half of Angola’s total oil output. struction materials for other pro- the country’s dependence on oil, of Namibe. Bengo, Benguela and idents and businesses. That revenue, combined with wise jects around the countryside. and the need for a more varied Kwanza Sul are known for their Huambo and Bie provinces have governance on the part of the lead- There are other projects that will economy to spur new job creation, beautiful beaches, with Bengo clos- excellent hydroelectric potential ers in Luanda, Angola’s capital, help Angolans even more directly. and has been working to promote est to the Luanda capital district. because of the numerous rivers that and in Cabinda City, are reshap- One of the government’s most am- other industries, including tourism, The inland provinces also boast cross them, while Huila province has ing the province. bitious programs aims to build 1 mining and agriculture. beauty, for example in the dense rain great tourist potential. Huila’s pic- Angola has made great progress million new houses around the coun- Before the civil war that began forests of Uíge, along the Congo bor- turesque tablelands, small moun- under the governance of Presi- try by 2012, for about $50 bil- in 1975, following the country’s in- der, and Cuando Cubango, with its tains, valleys and rushing streams dent dos Santos, and has already lion. Angolans have taken note of dependence from Portugal, Ango- abundant wildlife. They’re also and rivers provide many sites that begun to play a bigger part in in- all these efforts and shown their sup- la was an iron ore exporter and a where much of the country’s under- visitors might like to see. ternational affairs. As soccer fans port for the government in recent diamond producer. The war de- exploited mineral wealth lies, with No discussion of Angola’s already know, Angola hosted the elections. stroyed most of the country’s iron the important exception of oil. provinces would be complete with- CAN2010 African soccer cham- The governing party is the Pop- mining infrastructure, but the in- Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul are out mentioning Cabinda. Cabinda pionship tournament this year, ular Movement for the Liberation dustry has been making a come- both diamond-mining centers, is the small, oil-rich part of An- which was won by Egypt on Jan- of Angola, or the MPLA. The group back in the past few years. while Uíge has deposits of copper gola that is separated from the uary 31 in Luanda.

NEW ADMINISTRATION REFORM Carrying forward Living a new era of stability Cabinda’s legacy of and prosperity progress Health care and education are at the forefront as a stable economy and government emerge er illnesses, and provide women with After the long, post-independence Cabindans positions in the pres- The new governor acceptable conditions at maternity period of civil strife in Cabinda ident’s cabinet. has taken up the wards around the region,” Baptista and the rest of Angola, the gov- To date the central government said during a speech in February. ernment is serious about its re- has been diligent about fulfilling banner of his His goal is always to offer the sponsibility to provide its citizens its responsibilities under the region’s residents the best, most with the necessities of life, in- MOU. The government has bud- predecessor’s efficient public services possible. cluding political, social and eco- geted funds to carry out two of reforms He recently told Cabindans that nomic stability, health care, ed- the most important tasks re- he plans to oversee the operation ucation, and the opportunity to maining, which are helping fight- Cabinda’s Provincial Governor, of public companies more close- earn a living. ers from the Front for the Lib- Mawete João Baptista, has been ly, to make sure they’re managed Cabinda has now enjoyed more eration of the Enclave of Cabin- on the job since November, 2009, correctly and for the benefit of than three years of relative peace da return to civilian life, and help- and has spent the time since he the people of the province. following the signing of the Mem- ing refugees still living in near- moved into the position getting to As part of his intention to make orandum of Understanding (MOU) by countries return to the know the region, its local leaders, the provincial government more re- on August 1, 2006 by the gov- province. and the problems that need to be sponsive to local needs and events, ernment and the group repre- A program to help fighters dealt with to continue the work of Baptista was quick to promise sup- senting the separatists, the Cabin- handicapped by the war find jobs improving the lives of the port to the victims of March’s tor- da Forum for Dialogue. Projects to feed, clothe and equip schoolchildren are now underway has been successful, buying taxis province’s residents. rential rains that destroyed 65 homes That agreement marked the be- that are shared by various former In recent months Baptista has in the Cabindan town of Caio Litoral. ginning of a new era for the Students every year are giv- Cabinda’s adults have been in fighters, and supplying others with held meetings with local chieftains, Baptista brings a great deal of province, in which its consider- en uniforms and school supplies, need of help too, and the gov- industrial equipment they can use the leaders of a provincial banking experience to his posting. He was able mineral wealth is now being and every day they’re given a nu- ernment has not forgotten them. to start up their own businesses. group and other regional organi- governor of Uíge province imme- used to improve the lives of the re- tritious snack. Ensuring their Adult schooling has been fund- Of course, the government’s pro- zations, and in February he start- diately before taking the same job gion’s people. In the time since the health is a major goal as well, ed to educate people who were grams to improve the well-being ed a policy of meeting with citizens in Cabinda, and before that he agreement was signed, Cabinda and the province has established unable to go to school as chil- of Cabinda’s population extends far and civil servants every Tuesday in was Angola’s ambassador to the has made great strides in that di- mobile health clinics that go dren because of the civil con- beyond building schools and clin- order to learn about and help solve Democratic Republic of Congo rection, but more must be done and from school to school, giving flict. A special effort is being ics. Building up the province’s the problems facing Cabindans and (DRC) for 10 years. Cabinda is sur- Cabindans need to do their part kids check-ups. made to help reintegrate the transportation and sanitation in- the regional government. rounded on three sides by DRC, with a feeling of solidarity. There have been polio vac- fighters from the separatist frastructure also helps to foment Baptista’s government has iden- so his knowledge of the neigh- The welfare of the people has cine campaigns, and children groups that laid down their arms stability in the region. tified several priorities, and has boring country can be particu- been the government’s priority receive medicines to protect with the signing of the peace It also establishes the necessary placed improving the province’s larly useful to the province. since the start, and it has demon- them against parasites and oth- agreement. ingredients for the provincial gov- health care system right at the Baptista’s ethnic background, strated that focus for years. Cabin- er ailments. Making sure they Reintegration was a main ernment’s biggest goal: to trans- top of the list. from the Bacongo group that is pre- da’s children have especially ben- have healthy teeth has been the promise made by the central gov- form Cabinda over the next four “We’re going to open hospitals sent in Cabinda, should help the efited from these efforts, as new focus of another program that ernment to the separatists, along to ten years into a province of great and medical clinics to treat malar- governor gain the sympathy of many schools have been built all around provides every child with a den- with promising Cabinda certain economic importance, integrally ia, tuberculosis, diarrhea and oth- of the province’s residents. the province. tal hygiene kit. special rights and guaranteeing strategic for Angola beyond oil.

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PROGRESS End of war means beginning of growth Peace has been achieved in the Angolan province, bringing with it new economic growth and FDI Angola’s history since gaining in- funding of the group to $600,000, agreed to contribute $3 million, USAID and several partners al- CADA has brought in experts to dependence from Portugal in from $490,000 in the previous and USAID $1 million, to a pro- so participate in the Municipal De- train beekeepers and teach them 1975 has largely been about civ- two years, after judging that the ject to promote commercial agri- velopment Program, which is in- how to build and maintain hives. il wars and separatist movements. NGO had managed the original culture. tended to promote participation in All of these efforts to help An- After the two main groups that funds satisfactorily. The money is being used to train government and to make local gov- gola are part of the U.S.’s desire had been fighting signed a peace Search for Common Ground farmers to improve productivity ernments more efficient as they to improve relations with this key agreement in 2002, the country holds seminars and other meet- and quality, and to help set up work to meet citizens’ needs. African country. During the ad- has had the opportunity to move ings intended to help people find warehousing and dis- The program oper- ministration of George W. Bush, forward and rebuild the damage peaceful ways to resolve conflicts, tribution infrastruc- ates in several An- the U.S. worked consistently to- done by the conflict. and has also participated in fund- ture. The program is The U.S. has golan provinces, and ward that goal, and that work President José Eduardo dos ing the construction of a 25,000- expected to create was first launched in will continue under President Josefina Pitra Diakite, Santos and his government have liter water tank in the Cabindan 5,000 new jobs proven its the country in the Barack Obama, according to U.S. Angolan Ambassador to the U.S. worked non-stop to improve the village of Mandarin, and in im- spread across 1,000 commitment province of Cabinda, Ambassador Dan Mozena. lives of Angolans since the peace proving local roads. farms. The goal is for with funding of more Angola, and in particular, agreement was signed on April 4, “This agreement we’re signing at least some of the to Cabinda than $8 million to im- Cabinda, are the sites of some of Secretary 2002. Even with the signing of today to support Search for Com- extra food produced prove local adminis- the biggest investments in oil that agreement, however, the cen- mon Ground’s program is also an to be sold to through trators’ ability to plan, made by U.S. companies abroad, of State tral government still had one opportunity to commemorate our Chevron’s Malongo various USAID budget, implement and the new administration will armed conflict to settle, in the mutual commitment for the de- oil terminal, located and oversee local de- want to work to expand invest- Clinton has oil-rich Cabinda province. velopment of Cabinda,” said Su- onshore in Cabinda. programs and velopment programs. ments into other economic sectors, given Angola When the peace agreement be- san Brems, the then-director of “Chevron is deter- funding An interesting pro- the ambassador explains. tween the Angolan central gov- USAID, during the signing. mined to increase its ject started in 2006, Angola can also play a larger role ‘ ’ ernment and the Cabindan sepa- USAID is also working with purchase of supplies and funded by in the rest of Africa, Mozena says. an A for ratists was finally signed in 2006, other groups, including Chevron from Angolan companies as much Chevron through the Cabinda It has one of the continent’s biggest it opened the door for foreign and its partners in the Block Ze- as possible,” says Alan Kleier, Agribusiness Development Al- and most professional armies, and everything companies to come to the province ro oil field, to help improve the general director of Chevron’s unit liance (CADA), is helping to start so has the ability to play an im- it is doing and seek out potentially lucrative lives of Cabindans. The oil com- in Angola. “Companies here have up a local honey-producing in- portant part in peacekeeping tasks investments. panies working on the block benefited in that way.” dustry. As part of the program, in various conflicts. Angolan Ambassador Josefina President dos Santos sent a Pitra Diakite speaks about her handpicked team to negotiate the country’s progress and bilater- peace pact, and it took them two al relations with the U.S. years to reach an agreement with the leaders of the separatist group. What are your views on Ango- The province is already reaping la’s growth prospects for this the benefits of the newfound sta- year and next? bility. I think the crisis that the oil The U.S. has long had com- sector faced, between the re- mercial relations with Angola, duction of its prices in the in- based initially on interest in the ternational arena and the glob- African country’s abundant oil al economic crisis, in a way helped and gas resources, but more re- the Angolan government in terms cently on the desire to help spread of thinking to engage in the di- peace and development across the versification of its economy as continent. well as the recovery and mod- American oil companies began ernization of infrastructure. In- their operations in Angola while frastructure has recovered, in it was still a Portuguese colony, terms of construction, rehabili- and that involvement continued af- tation of roads, education, agri- ter independence in 1975 and culture, health care and housing. during the civil conflict that The government pledged to wracked the country in the fol- build one million new homes be- lowing decades. tween 2009 and 2012. Also, the The 2006 Memorandum of Un- diversification that is happening derstanding signed by the Cabin- is not limited only to Luanda, or dan separatist forces and Ango- even the main towns like la’s central government finally Benguela, Cabinda and Huam- brought an end to the conflict in bo or Huíla; infrastructure is be- the province, an advance the U.S. ing improved everywhere. strongly supported, calling it a “significant step” towards peace. What is your outlook on U.S.- “For the people of Cabinda, Angola relations under the Oba- this Memorandum of Under- ma-Biden administration? standing is more than just a doc- Bilateral relations are very ument on peace and reconcilia- good at this point and have de- tion,” the White House said in a veloped even faster than we’d statement released at the time of expected. the signing. “It is the promise of Our Minister of Foreign Af- economic development and in- fairs, H.E. dos Anjos made an of- creased political influence.” ficial visit to the U.S. and Sec- The U.S. has since then been retary Clinton expressed that the actively contributing to develop- U.S. wants to be a part of An- ment in Cabinda. USAID has gola’s rehabilitation, recon- agreed to continue funding a non- struction and the building of the governmental organization called ‘New Angola’. Last August, Sec- Search for Common Ground that retary Clinton visited Angola is helping to reduce conflict in first on her African trip; not be- the province while also improv- cause it starts with an ‘A’, she said, ing infrastructure. but because Angola is getting an USAID agreed to increase its Cabindans now enjoy pleasant public areas thanks to public works projects ‘A’ in everything it is doing.

FDI No stranger to foreign investment Cabinda has long As part of its investment in shore. That has prompted some an- Cabinda, Chevron is spending $2 alysts to dub the region the ‘Kuwait had an million to help fund the construc- of Africa.’ tion of a maritime water testing fa- One field, called Massambala-1, international cility. The local government and the was estimated last year to contain presence on and Fishing Ministry are also con- 170 million barrels of oil, more tributing to the project, which will than five times the amount originally off her shores carry out biological, chemical and thought. Roc Oil of Australia, with heavy metal testing of the seawa- a 60% stake in the Cabinda South Cabinda is open for business and ter in the region. block where Massambala-1 is lo- looking for investors. The region For decades, most of the oil pro- cated, has already begun explo- boasts abundant natural resources duced in Cabinda came from off- ration in other areas of the province. that can contribute to Cabinda’s shore wells because of security con- Cabinda’s, and Angola’s, oil economic growth and companies’ cerns that prevented investors from wealth has attracted investors from bottom lines. exploring onshore areas. Now that all around the world. Chinese com- Despite Cabinda’s many other re- peace has come to Angola, more is panies are also very interested in the With peace has come increased economic stability in Cabinda sources, petroleum has long been the being spent to identify promising ar- area, and have long been present all focus of foreign investment in the eas and to develop any interesting around the country. FINANCE province, and that will remain the discoveries. Earlier this year, China Petrole- case for years to come. Angola is Estimates of the onshore reserves um and Chemical (Sinopec) signed after all Africa’s second-biggest oil in Cabinda vary, but experts are an agreement with Sonangol to buy producer, after Nigeria and ahead very optimistic that the region con- a stake in Angola Block 18, a deep- The province benefits from of Libya, and Cabinda has long been tains large reserves, possibly even water well that has been in opera- the most important region for the larger than the proven deposits off- tion since 2007. country’s petroleum industry. the banking boom Currently, the bulk of the region’s oil production comes from offshore Foreign and domestic banks are increasing their presence in Cabinda platforms, in the areas known as Block Zero and Block 14. Block Ze- Angola’s banks are getting more One example is brick-making of banks in expanding within the ro is one of the country’s most pro- and more involved in financing the business EMPEBAT – Empresa Ex- country. The number of banks with ductive areas, pumping about country’s expansion, according to ploradora de Burgau, Areia e Ter- branches in the province is grow- 370,000 barrels per day in 2007. a study published recently by con- ra. EMPEBAT borrowed $2 mil- ing, with Banco de Poupança e Tombua Landana, an ambitious sulting group KPMG Angola. lion to buy equipment to increase Crédito (BPC), Banco de Comér- project which includes the con- The Angolan government realized output and help supply materials for cio e Indústria (BCI), Banco struction of one of the tallest struc- long ago the country’s private bank- the construction of new housing in Africano de Investimentos (BAI), tures on the planet, produced its first ing system would need some help the province. Banco de Fomento de Angola oil in September of last year and is to finance growth. The Banco de Another way that Angola’s gov- (BFA), Banco Totta de Angola expected to reach peak production Desenvolvimento de Angola, or ernment has played a key part in (BTA), Banco Internacional de of 100,000 barrels of oil next year. BDA, was set up in 2006 by the the growth of both the banking sec- Crédito (BIC), Banco Sol, Banco At 474 meters (1,554 feet), most government to “accelerate the bal- tor and the economy itself has been Espírito Santo Angola and Banco of the oil rig is submerged. The anced and sustainable development by pursuing macroeconomic sta- Millennium already there. deepwater drilling rig is taller than of Angola, by providing for the cre- bility and reforming the country’s Angola’s banks have risen close the Sears Tower in Chicago and ation of employment and income, banking regulations. That way the to the top of the rankings for African dwarfs the Eiffel Tower. the modernization of social and government has created the condi- financial institutions, according to The total investment in the pro- economic structures and the in- tions necessary for the expansion to a recent report by the BNET Busi- ject will be more than $3.8 billion, crease of competitiveness in the begin and to continue, all of which ness Network. Angolan banks were which will include more than $272 country.” is benefiting regular Angolans. three of the top 10 banks on the million of local content spending. The BDA has been very active in The gains from the growth are al- BNET website’s Top 25 African The project maximizes the use of Cabinda, particularly in financing ready being returned to the econo- Banks ranking, accompanied on the Angolan engineering, procurement, the expansion of businesses that my by private banks in growing pro- list by seven South African lenders. construction and installation capa- make construction supplies. De- portions. In 2007, banks channeled BFA was the highest ranked, at bilities. Non-Angolan companies mand for such supplies is strong be- 75% of deposits back into the econ- number seven, followed by BAI in that won contracts as part of the cause the many infrastructure pro- omy in the form of credits, way up the eighth position, while BPC came project include Daewoo Shipbuild- jects have caused a boom in con- from 2006, when just 43% of de- in at number ten. All these banks ing & Marine Engineering Co. and struction, and shortages of many posits were turned into credit. are growing rapidly as they benefit Vetco Gray of the U.K., a supplier supplies have been slowing some Cabinda is also benefiting from from Angola’s strong economy, of equipment and services for on- FDI is expanding Cabinda’s rich oil supply with new technologies projects down. the increased interest on the part BNET said in its report. shore and offshore drilling. and more production areas CABINDA WSJ 8 pages (2).qxd 11/6/10 13:55 Página 3

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OIL PRODUCTION JOBS & BUSINESS Outside investment rolls into Cabinda Adapting the as scale of production rises country’s From oil processing oil & gas to construction, global companies are industry setting up shop in Companies look to Cabinda thanks to maintain the spirit its tax incentives of Angola in their oil and labor force and gas operations The rapid economic growth in the As a country with vast pe- past decade in countries such as troleum resources, Angola has China, India and Brazil has led to a tremendous opportunity to an ever-increasing demand for use the funds generated from more energy, which in turn has oil to develop the country, spurred more and more investment providing its citizens with the in the exploration for new oil de- political and economic sta- posits, and in finding more efficient bility they deserve. The pre- ways to exploit currently devel- vious administration took oped deposits. many steps to make sure that Angola, and Cabinda, have wel- Angola gets as much of the comed this flow of investment in- benefit as possible from its to the oil industry, and are doing oil wealth. all they can to encourage more. One of the most important Many different companies, in- ways the government has en- cluding Chevron, Total, ENI, Plus- sured Angola, and Cabinda, petrol International, ROC, and An- hold on to a big part of the gola’s state-owned Sonangol are ea- revenue generated by their oil ger to take up the challenge and is to have Sonangol, the state- find more oil. owned company founded in Cabinda’s local government 1976 to manage the coun- keeps 10% of the income from lo- try’s hydrocarbon resource cal production to help fund its own explorations, take important projects, with the remainder going stakes in all the oil blocks that to the central government. That are open for exploration and means that the more oil that com- development. panies can extract and export, the Since its founding, Sonan- better for Angolans and Cabin- gol has taken a great inter- dans, who benefit from programs est in training Angolans to to build up the infrastructure and work in the oil industry so improve the health and education that as much of the employ- of the province’s population. ment created by the sector as Chevron Corp. of the U.S. is the possible will go to the coun- biggest foreign oil producer oper- As investment flows into the country, namely from oil companies, more and more projects can be seen in Cabinda try’s citizens. To that end, the ating in Cabinda. Its local unit, company has sent workers Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, or CAB- nal can accommodate Very Large shore area to have great potential ploration, as well as from the pro- the amount of money invested in abroad for training and help GOC, has a 31% share in Block 14 Crude Carriers (VLCCs). The VL- for development. duction offshore, as programs to Cabinda each year. set up the curricula of tech- production and a 39% stake in Block CCs can hold as much as 950,000 ROC Oil of Australia began ex- hire more workers from the region That inflow means more direct nical schools that have opened Zero. The two blocks currently pro- barrels of crude oil. ploration in the Cabinda South block benefit the province’s economy, jobs for Angolans and Cabindans in Angola. duce the bulk of Cabinda’s oil. Chevron is in fact one of the in 2005, and its efforts have already and as the decline of civil strife who are hired to build the struc- Chevron Corp. of the U.S. Production from Block 14, one biggest oil producers in all of An- been greatly rewarded. One field, permits expatriate workers to mix tures needed to explore and produce and Sonangol are the two of Cabinda’s most important de- gola, with a total daily production known as Massambala-1, was esti- with the locals and further add to oil, and for the people who benefit biggest oil companies oper- posits, is scheduled to increase in of more than 171,000 barrels of oil. mated in 2008 to contain 170 mil- growth. from the spending that will result ating in Angola, and both have the next few years. While daily pro- It’s the country’s biggest foreign lion barrels of oil, more than five Chevron has long been active from more locals having more mon- been diligent in promoting the duction levels at the Kuito field is oil-industry employer, with about times the amount originally thought. in helping the community in ey in their pockets. development of the local oil in- declining, output from the Benguela, 2,700 Angolans on the staff, or ROC, through its wholly owned Cabinda and the rest of Angola So even as big multinational cor- dustry and training local staff Belize, Lobito, Tomboco project about 87% of the local company’s subsidiary Lacula Oil Company Ltd., in many ways, not just by pro- porations such as Chevron, Total and as much as possible. (BBLT) probably peaked in 2008. total workforce. Angolans make up announced in November of last year viding thousands of well-paid Pluspetrol gain from Cabinda’s Chevron has been very suc- The Tombua Landana project, a 75% of Chevron’s professional and that it had started drilling explo- jobs, but also by helping reduce abundant petroleum resources, cessful in this endeavor. An- $3.8 billion oil production platform supervisory staff in the ration wells in the Cas- poverty and spur economic growth Cabinda’s residents will also di- golans represent about 87% within Block 14 that included the country. tanha-1 and Coco-1 in other ways as well. rectly gain from the new jobs cre- of the local company’s work- construction of one of the tallest While Chevron has Cabinda’s fields. Castanha-1 was The Angola Partnership initiative, ated by the projects, and indirect- force, and 75% of professional man-made structures on the plan- been present in Ango- offshore wells the first exploration a cooperative effort launched in ly from the money that will flow in- and supervisory staff in the et, started production in September la for decades, the ar- well in ROC’s 2009 2002 to promote peace and stability to government coffers. country are Angolans as well. of last year and is expected to reach rival of stability in the are responsible drilling program in the and improve the country’s educa- peak production of 100,000 barrels country with the sign- for a large part Cabinda South block. tion and health care infrastructure, of oil per day in 2011. ing of the 2002 and The Cabinda South set up a micro lending bank in 2004, In July 2009, Chevron announced 2006 peace pacts has of the 1.85 block includes the Mas- called NovoBanco. OFFSHORE that the company and its partners attracted more foreign sambala field and oth- Since opening, NovoBanco has had started crude production ahead companies to the area million bpd ers, including Coco, granted more than $27 million of of schedule at the Mafumeira Norte to seek out promising that Angola Milho, Cevada and So- loans to more than 5,500 micro- Innovative project, within Block Zero. The pro- new deposits. ja, which mean coconut, and small enterprises. Another part ject is expected to reach its maxi- Almost all of the oil produces corn, barley and soy in of the initiative has provided seeds, mum production of 30,000 barrels produced in Cabinda Portuguese. tools and food to approximately extraction projects of crude and 30 million cubic feet comes from its offshore wells. That ROC, who originally owned a two million people spread across six of natural gas per day some time production represents approxi- 60% interest in the Cabinda South provinces. New technologies are revolutionizing next year. mately half of Angola’s total oil out- block, last year agreed to farm out Chevron expects to invest an ad- Chevron also continues to prospect put of about 1.85 million barrels a 45% stake to Pluspetrol Angola ditional $2.5 million each year the drilling process for new fields to develop in Cabin- per day, and has helped make the Corp., a Houston, Texas-based com- through 2012 in programs that are da’s offshore blocks. In August of country one of Africa’s top three pany, which then took over as op- intended to help make local gov- Oil companies are constantly last year the U.S. oil company an- oil producers. After the 2006 agree- erator. ROC then farmed out another ernments more efficient by im- seeking newer and more cost- nounced that it had made another ment with Cabindan separatist 5% stake to Cuba Petroleo, leav- proving their organizational and effective ways to extract oil and successful discovery in Block Zero, movements, oil prospectors have ing the Aussie company with a 10% administrative skills, and to fur- other petroleum products from which Chevron co-owns with So- started scouring the province for interest in the block. ther reduce poverty by encourag- the earth. The constantly grow- nangol (41%), France’s Total (10%) onshore deposits that can be ex- The entire block is located with- ing the growth of small- and medi- ing demand for energy prod- and Italian oil company ENI (9.8%). ploited. in 31 miles of Chevron’s Malon- um-sized businesses. ucts means that drillers have to Much of the oil already produced The Lower Congo Basin, where go terminal, which will make it All of the exploration and be ready to go to some of the in Cabinda is exported through Cabinda is located, has long been easier to export its oil once pro- drilling activity, as well as the most inhospitable parts of the Chevron’s Malongo terminal, a known to be rich in petroleum re- duction starts. programs funded by Chevron, its world, including deep under the largely self-sufficient encampment sources, and the prospecting car- Cabinda’s people stand to gain partners, and the local and na- sea, to satisfy the world’s need on the coast whose loading termi- ried out so far has shown the on- from the increase in onshore ex- tional governments, are adding to for crude oil. Recent discoveries off the Brazilian coast, for example, are going to require drilling plat- NATURAL GAS forms that will stand in seas as deep as 1.2 miles, and that can drill as deep as 3.1 miles more Capturing rather than releasing under the seabed, through dense layers of salt and rock. LNG is just one of the petroleum products that is leaving its mark in Cabinda Fortunately for the companies operating in Cabinda, the Companies in the province are The natural gas that flows from oil province, while the processing plant province’s oil is more accessi- constantly researching and de- deposits used to be burned off as an was built in South Korea by Sam- ble than the crude in Brazil’s veloping new extraction methods unwanted by-product. Now that nat- sung Heavy Industries and then trans- Tupi field. Nevertheless, ural gas has also become a valuable ported to the site. Chevron has been exploring the Angola, just over the border from commodity and source of energy, oil The giant, four-story facility will deep waters of Cabinda for the Democratic Republic of Con- companies around the world are ea- allow Chevron to meet Angolan en- years, and just last year began go, making it the closest part of ger to capture the gas for sale. vironmental regulations that require production at Tombua Landana, Angola to Cabinda. Cabinda, and all of Angola, are the reduction of gas-flaring, and will the $3.8-billion project that in- Chevron and other companies rich in natural gas, with 9.6 trillion also help contribute to the econom- volved the construction of one operating in Cabinda and Angola cubic feet of reserves for the whole ic development of the country by of the tallest man-made struc- all try to get as much labor and country as of January 1, 2010, ac- providing another energy source, as tures on the planet. supplies as possible from with- cording to the Oil and Gas Journal. well as export revenue. The rig, located 50 miles off in the country. All that activity That figure is up from an estimate Chevron and its partners in An- the Cabindan coast and at a is helping the country develop its of 2 trillion cubic feet in 2007. gola are already a major funder of depth of 1,200 feet own oil-services in- Oil producers in Angola are work- such programs in Cabinda and the of water, consists of dustry. Chevron be- ing to cut the amount of wasted gas. rest of the country, placing a par- a large, multiple- Production in gan production on In 2008, Angola produced about ticular emphasis on combating il- deck structure Cabinda another one of its off- 355 billion cubic feet of gas, of which literacy and improving health care. which contains pro- shore wells last year, 69% was vented or flared, 23% rein- The commitment to reducing emis- duction facilities reached new known as Mafumeira jected into the wells and only 8% was sions produced by flaring, and to us- and a 120-person Norte, in Area A of used domestically, according to the ing the natural gas from the wells accommodation levels in 2009, Block Zero, using a U.S. EIA. more productively, won’t come cheap- building. The entire thanks to platform construct- Chevron and its partners in Cabin- ly. In January Chevron said it would structure measures ed in Angola. da’s Block Zero oil production field, The government is conscious of employing techniques that will capture spend $2.3 billion over the next five 1,554 feet high. the new Sonamet, an An- Sonangol, Eni SpA and Total SA, natural gas and minimize the environmental impact years on the program. Production on the extraction golan oilfield con- last year inaugurated the Takula Gas Most of the oil and gas extract- platform, which is struction and ser- Processing Plant (TGPP) to elimi- The AAGM, as the Area A Gas that will allow for the export of gas ed from Cabinda’s offshore waters in Block 14, is ex- tools vices company, won nate the need to burn off the gas and Management Program is known, once the plant is finished. comes from deposits under more pected to reach its the multi-million to permit it to be processed, stored consists of three parts, including the The liquefied natural gas plant than 1,000 feet of water. In August peak of 100,000 barrels of crude dollar contract for engineer- and transported so that it can either TGPP, the Cabinda Gas Plant and was announced in 2008, and con- of last year Chevron announced it per day next year. One of the ing, procurement, construction be sold or used to generate elec- the Flare and Relief Modification pro- struction has already begun. It is had found oil and gas in a deposit project’s many innovations is and installation of the platform tricity in Angola. ject, which together eliminate the rou- planned to process about 1 billion closer to the coast, in water about that it was designed for zero dis- and built it at its construction The Takula field, located in Area tine burning of natural gas in the area cubic feet of natural gas a day and 400 feet deep. charge of produced water, and yard in Lobito, in the south of A of Block Zero, has been one of An- by permitting the fuel to be collect- to produce about 5.2 million met- The deposit will be much easier another is that none of the gas Angola. gola’s most productive areas. Dis- ed and processed. ric tons a year of LNG and related and cheaper to exploit than fields in produced by the well will be rou- For Sonamet, an Angola- covered in 1971, production start- The TGPP can process approxi- products such as propane, butane and deeper water, which require expen- tinely burned off. based joint venture between ed in 1982, and is expected to pro- mately 100 million standard cubic condensate. sive platforms and support struc- Instead, the gas will be sold state-owned oil company So- duce until after the year 2025. feet of gas per day, which will be de- The TGPP, located offshore in the tures. The shallow-water oil and gas through the Angola Liquefied nangol and Acergy, a construc- TGPP represents a major success livered to the new facility onshore Takula field, stands in water that’s can be extracted with equipment Natural Gas plant, which is cur- tion company based in Norway, for the Area A project as it will pro- in Cabinda. Chevron and partners about 186 feet deep. The support that doesn’t require such infra- rently under construction in it was a first – as it was for any vide additional compression and gas are also building a natural gas liq- structure was built locally, in Lobito structure and can then be piped di- Soyo, in Angola’s Zaire province. Angolan company – to be award- sweetening in Block Zero. uefaction plant in Soyo Province in Angola’s nearby Benguela rectly back to the shore. Zaire province is in the north of ed a contract of this nature. CABINDA WSJ 8 pages (2).qxd 11/6/10 13:55 Página 4

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INFRASTRUCTURE Boosting the economy through improved infrastructure Bridges and roads get special attention as the province invests nearly $100 million Cabinda’s infrastructure had been ties by installing a new system of Cabinda City to other parts of the maneuvering basin and a 262- neglected for so long during the pe- satellite communications that links enclave and to the frontier with foot access channel that will al- riod of civil strife and separatism together the widespread regions the Democratic Republic of Con- low ships carrying over 1,000 tons that when peace returned to the of the country and permits faster go (DRC). of cargo to use the port. The new province in 2006, the government transmission of voice, internet, da- The provincial government has facilities will permit increased use had to spread its efforts to im- ta, television and radio. The provin- imported 152 new buses to take ad- of the port and provide new em- prove the lives of its residents cial government has already tak- vantage of the new roads and im- ployment opportunities. The Port of Cabinda is an important gateway to the rest of Africa around many different projects. en great strides to im- prove connections be- Another hugely important pro- Over the next few years the peo- prove its own com- tween Cabinda City and ject has been the improvement PORTS ple of Cabinda will enjoy a huge munications with the The province is other parts of the area. and expansion of Cabinda’s wa- improvement in the various dif- rest of the world. improving 170 The new vehicles are ter supply network. Residents of ferent parts of the province’s in- Work has recently making travel within countries with modern, normal- frastructure as the government in- finished on a subma- miles of roads the province quicker, ly functioning water systems can’t Modernizing the vests more and more on roads, rine cable that will connecting the cheaper and easier for fathom the amount of time and new buses, a new ferry, water and vastly improve Cabin- residents and visitors energy that is used in seeking out sanitation. da’s connection to the capital of alike. and carrying fresh water from Port of Cabinda The work on the port and the air- rest of the world. The Cabinda already has its source to the home, for cook- ished within the next year. The port and plans to build a bridge to end result is a mod- Cabinda to a new airport, which ing, cleaning and other forms of Shipping imports pier, when finished, will have ca- the rest of Angola are detailed in ern telecommunica- other regions has been operating for sanitation. The water project and exports are pacity to handle five 12,000-ton articles below, but the government tions infrastructure more than two years. alone will vastly improve resi- ships at the same time. Five new is improving much more than those that is the envy of The facility has a 1.5- dents’ lives. moving more cranes have been purchased that vital networks. For example, com- many countries in the region. mile runway that can accommo- The province has already made can stack containers higher than munications between Cabinda and Helping Cabindans get around date planes of all sizes, and now han- large and effective investments to efficiently through previously possible at the port, the rest of Angola have long been the province more easily is an- dles more than 100 takeoff/landing improve the water system, which which will instantly increase stor- a problem for the province, which other priority. The province is al- operations a day. have increased Cabinda’s supply the province age capacity, while also allowing is located about 124 miles from the ready much more than halfway The port of Cabinda has also capacity from 120 cubic meters Cabinda’s government has an am- faster and nimbler movement of country’s capital. through a $190 million project to benefited from several improve- of the vital liquid per hour in 2002 bitious plan to make Cabinda City containers. The national government is improve 170 miles of roads con- ments. A $100-million expansion to more than 990 cubic meters per a transport and trade hub for the The port already has a group of working to resolve those difficul- necting the provincial capital of plan includes a 29.5-foot-deep hour today. region. Part of that plan includes workers who know how to operate the rebuilding and expansion of the new loading cranes, which have the seaport. The port received a been named after former workers $100 million grant from the na- at the port who have contributed tional government in 2007 to fund outstanding work, and a training the project. program will increase the number As part of the plan, the port has of operators. been given a deeper maneuvering The port’s cargo holding area basin to permit ships with a load- is being enlarged, which will fur- ing capacity of more than 1,000 ther increase its storage capaci- tons to use the facility, and a wider ty. Cement silos and flour silos access channel so that two ships are being built in the holding area may pass at the same time. to add to the type of products that Since new management took can be efficiently moved through over the port in 2004, there has the facility. also been a concerted effort to The holding area and piers will renovate and modernize its equip- also benefit from the construc- ment to make it cheaper and more tion of a new electric network that competitive with other ports and will provide power to the whole forms of transportation. area, and the addition of an in- The new management, which tranet communications network, was led by the former port di- all of which will further increase rector general Osvaldo Lobo do productivity and efficiency. Nascimento, didn’t just renovate A properly functioning port the facility’s physical side, though. requires more than just modern The port’s operators have also equipment, of course. Efficient worked to improve its adminis- administration is also necessary, tration, legal set-up, and its mar- and do Nascimento and his team keting to gain more business. didn’t ignore that area. They The port’s equipment and phys- hired new people, increased ical state, including its contain- worker training, and changed er-moving cranes and its pier, were the port’s legal structure as part deteriorated and needed much of their strategic plan. They al- renovation to bring them up to so developed a marketing plan modern standards. That work is intended to attract more business Huge investments have been made in upgrading road infrastructure, in addition to water supply, the airport and telecommunications well advanced, and should be fin- from areas near Cabinda.

NEW CONNECTIONS Linking Cabinda to Angola The enclave is strengthening its ties to the mainland thanks to a variety of new infrastructure linkages A country’s infrastructure is ab- so being transformed by investment. projects that will increase the vantage of the natural gas that is ex- (DRC). The proposed power line and will connect Cabinda to the town solutely vital to its economic success, The objective is to give residents of province’s electrical supply, and ex- tracted along with Cabinda’s oil. would give the province another of Soyo, in Zaire province. and the governments of Cabinda and the region a higher quality of life by tend it further from Cabinda City in- Taken together, the different pro- source of electricity, making the Transport to Soyo and the na- Angola, are well aware of this. Both giving them easier access to clean to the rest of the region. The project jects will have a great impact on the power supply more dependable. tional capital of Luanda have al- have dedicated huge efforts and am- water, improving their health through will use Cabinda’s energy resources province’s residents and businesses Another project intended to help ready improved. A new, faster fer- ple resources to building up the coun- the construction and renovation of to provide residents with more elec- by increasing the amount of energy residents and businesses will link ry has begun operation, cutting try’s roads, airports, ports and oth- sewage systems and helping people tricity. Power production has already available to them. Cabinda, which is cut off from main- travel times from Cabinda to Soyo er important networks. and businesses go about their daily increased, from 4MW at the start A recently announced energy pro- land Angola by the DRC, with the to one hour from three, and to Lu- Those areas are among the gov- lives by reducing transport and of the project, to 42MW today. ject, which could be completed in as rest of the country via a 12.4-mile anda from 15 hours to six. The new ernments’ priorities, but health, ed- telecommunications times and costs. Two recently purchased gas tur- little as two years, would link Cabin- road that will include a bridge over ship can carry almost four times as ucation, energy, water and telecom- The provincial and national gov- bines are in the final stages of be- da’s energy grid to the Inga Dam in the Zaire River. The road and bridge many people as previously fit on the munications infrastructures are al- ernments are working on numerous ing installed, which will take ad- the Democratic Republic of Congo will cost an estimated $2.55 billion old ferry.

BY SEA BY LAND BY AIR The new ferry will bring Bridge to Province of Zaire Cabinda renovates Cabinda closer to Angola provides link to mainland its airport

Cabinda has long faced difficulties ry on the route before. The Ebo is Cabinda is separated from the counterparts from the Democ- Cabinda’s government has been gage-handling equipment has been because of its distance from the 154 feet long and 42 feet wide. It rest of Angola by the Zaire Riv- ratic Republic of Congo, which working to improve the province’s modernized as well, helping make rest of Angola, with ferries acting can carry 370 people and cargo. er and a narrow strip of the De- separates the two parts of An- economy by focusing on improv- passengers’ transit through the fa- as the principle mode of trans- The Lueji had capacity to carry just mocratic Republic of Congo. gola, to decide on the best route ing its transportation infrastruc- cility faster and more comfortable. portation for most people traveling 96 people. That separation has left the and the best combination of ture. The international airport, New equipment has been in- between the enclave and the near- “The Ebo is a modern, high- province isolated from the rest bridge/causeway/roadway to where renovations are now com- stalled in the control tower and in est part of the rest of the country, speed ship,” says João Pedro Paxe, of the country, but within a few benefit the residents of the area plete, is an excellent example of security areas, making traveling which is the city of Soyo. captain of the new ship. “Our pop- years the problem will be solved in both countries. how those efforts are already hav- from the airport safer. Officials Angola’s central government has ulation is used to carrying mer- by a new bridge. Once a final decision on the ing a positive effect on people and from the International Civil Avi- contributed to the efforts to improve chandise with them when they trav- An audacious project to bring project’s parameters is made, businesses. ation Organization agree. They transportation between Cabinda el, and it’s always easier to take Cabinda closer to Angola will a Chinese construction compa- Travelers to Cabinda can now have inspected the airport, and and other parts of the country by more weight on a ship than on a build a $2.55 billion bridge and ny, the China Road and Bridge choose from several scheduled dai- given a positive opinion of the im- buying a new ferry called the Ebo, plane. So when the Ebo starts op- roadway to link the two areas Corporation, will start the ly flights to Luanda, Angola’s cap- provements. which is already speeding up the erating, it will more than meet those by land. The bridge over the process of building the road- ital, on the country’s national car- One of the most recent im- trip. needs.” Zaire River will be about 12 way. rier, TAAG, which flies to other in- provements is the renovation of The new ship’s turbine engines The Ebo has two classes for trav- miles long, and a stretch of The government isn’t ne- ternational destinations as well. the airport’s meteorological, com- give it a maximum speed of 42 elers, economy and executive. The highway will complete the con- glecting local roads in Cabin- Another option would be to arrange pleted in early May of this year. knots, which permit it to make the trip between Cabinda City and Soyo nection. Construction on the da, of course. Hundreds of for a charter flight to and from the Pilots now receive more accurate trip between Cabinda City and Soyo, costs 2,000 kwanzas ($22) in econ- bridge began in 2008 and is miles of roadways have been airport with a private company. data on weather conditions through in Angola’s Zaire province, in one omy class, and 3,000 kwanzas expected to be completed in Oc- built, rebuilt and improved in The renovations to the facility Cabinda Airport’s air traffic con- hour, instead of the three hours that ($33) in executive class. The trip tober, 2012. recent years, with more activ- were finished in 2007, leaving trol tower. the previous ship on that route took. to Luanda costs 4,500 kwanzas The bridge is part of a big- ity planned. The final goal is Cabinda with Angola’s second The airport is a big employer in The travel time between Cabinda ($50) in economic and 6,000 kwan- ger government program that, to give the province a local biggest airport and a 1.5-mile- Cabinda, providing about 60 di- and the national capital of Luan- zas ($66) in executive. The ship when finished, will leave all of road network that will link its long runway, capable of handling rect jobs and about 270 indirect da has been reduced to six hours, was bought in Italy by Angola’s Angola with a much improved towns and smaller villages to planes as large as a Boeing 737. positions. There are already plans from 15 hours previously. Ministry of Transport, and the pur- transportation network. Cabinda City, and to the bridge The airport’s waiting room has afoot for more enlargements and The Ebo is a much larger ship chase price included a maintenance Angolan and Cabindan offi- that will join them to the rest been enlarged to handle up to 300 improvements, which would mean than the Lueji, which was the fer- contract. cials held meetings with their of Angola. passengers at peak hours, and bag- even more work for Cabindans. CABINDA WSJ 8 pages (2).qxd 11/6/10 11:10 Página 5

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DIVERSIFICATION The development of a non-oil based economy Sectors such as timber and agriculture are getting a boost from government subsidies Cabinda’s oil resources are a source equipment, seeds, fertilizer and oth- of great wealth for the province and er items. The region is working to for the entire country, providing produce other crops, some for local funds that are being used to build consumption and some for export. schools, hospitals, roads and other Cabinda already grows pineap- infrastructure that have already vast- ples for export, though increasing ly improved the lives of Angolans. such exports is difficult at the mo- The economy is highly dependent ment because of a lack of transport on the petroleum industry, though, infrastructure. A better strategy now and that needs to change in order to is to produce vegetables for the near- reduce the country’s reliance on one by Chevron oil camp at Malongo. sector and to promote the creation In 2008, the camp bought pro- of new jobs. The provincial and cen- duce worth $400,000, and that fig- tral governments both recognize the ure can be increased as more regu- need for more diversity in the econ- lar production and delivery arrange- omy, and are working to spur de- ments are made. The regional gov- velopment and investment in other ernment is buying greenhouses, and sectors. has sent a technician to Brazil to One area that has already received learn their greenhouse production a lot of attention is agriculture. techniques to help with this effort. Cabinda’s farmers and the provin- A liquefied natural gas plant that is cial government are working to- under construction in the nearby gether to help boost agricultural province of Zaire will also boost de- production with two goals in mind. mand for local produce once it has One is to increase farm employment, been finished and staffed. and help create new jobs in related The local and national govern- sectors, and the other is to provide ments have several different pro- the region with enough of the basic grams to help farmers increase pro- foods that are the staples of the lo- duction. The national government has cal diet. for years provided farmers through- Within Cabinda’s natural re- out the country with micro credits sources, there lies much potential – to help them acquire equipment and and interest – in developing cereal seeds, and the local government re- Cabinda’s crops include surplusses of mandioca, banana, inguba, pineapples, peanuts, corn, macunde beans and sweet potatoes cultivation, soy, fishing and fruit. cently started a similar program for The goals for agricultural pro- Cabinda’s coffee farmers. Since local population, other agricul- INDUSTRY duction have been rising each year, 2007, more than 22,000 farmers tural projects are starting. Con- with the objective for the 2007/2008 from around the country have formed struction of a palm oil refining farming campaign increased to cooperatives to benefit from micro- and bottling plant has already 48,592 tons of foods – including ba- credit programs. begun, and oil palm trees have Futila nanas, corn, peanuts, mandioca, ma- The programs lend between been planted to provide supplies. cunde beans and sweet $100 and $1,500 to Angola’s central government is Industrial potatoes – from the the cooperatives, working on several fronts to boost 37,498 tons produced Millions of which consist of at the country’s fishing catch as well, in the previous year’s least seven farmers to help people become more self- Park gets harvest. dollars in micro- each. Over $6 million sufficient in their food supply. Earlier efforts to credit has been lent so far In Cabinda that has meant the first-phase boost output have al- to buy farming equip- donation of 20 boats in recent ready helped, and programs have ment, of which more years to fishing cooperatives in Cabinda now produces than $700,000 has the province, many sent from Chi- funding surpluses of mandioca, helped farmers already been repaid. na, along with other equipment banana and ginguba, buy much The program has including 25 stern engines, 12 Creating a base which are exported. The been extended to all central engines, 17 canoes and region is also self-suf- needed farming the provinces in An- large numbers of nets. for new ficient in peanut pro- equipment gola, with about The local fishermen are limit- duction, and all the pos- 1,078 Cabindan ed in where they can fish because industries, the itive results are the fruit farmers involved. of the prevalence of oil platforms provincial of the success of government pro- Another project sponsored by off Cabinda’s coast. The govern- grams to encourage their cultivation. the government is importing cat- ment gave the cooperatives the government is The production of mandioca is a tle into the province. In Octo- boats and engines so they could special success because the plant ber of 2008, 1,000 head of cat- travel farther and carry more fish. looking to begin was nearly wiped out in recent years tle arrived in the region from the Now the supply of fish is by disease. The government helped Democratic Republic of Congo, greater than a few years ago be- with building introduce new varieties of the plant, and more were imported in cause the new boats can carry materials and food enabling the gratifying comeback 2009, boosting the total num- four or five tons of fish. Cabin- of the crop. ber of cattle in Cabinda to more dan fisherman have also bene- processing The government reaches out to than 2,400. fited from the opening of two help farmers in the rural parts of the A previous attempt to intro- ice factories, one in Cabinda City A critical mass of services and country through Agrarian Develop- duce more cattle to the region and the other in Cacongo, as infrastructures are often need- ment Stations, which offer techni- was unsuccessful because the well as from a series of engine ed to spark economic growth. cal advice on how to increase pro- animals came from southern An- repair shops that are being built One tool that many cities, duction and improve the quality of gola, where the climactic con- along the coast to help boats provinces and countries have crops. Cabinda has four of the new ditions are different from in suffering from mechanical dif- used to provide the necessary stations, spread around the province Cabinda. The Congolese cattle ficulties. The delivery of canoes catalysts for expansion is the to make sure they’re as close to the are expected to fare better be- and fishing nets has also helped establishment of industrial farmers as possible. cause they’re more accustomed increase the province’s fishing parks that group these neces- The new stations cost 11m kwan- to the local weather. catch by permitting fishermen in sary services all together in one zas ($122,500) to build and equip, Now that Cabinda is close to Cabinda’s interior to exploit the place. and each has a warehouse to hold producing enough food for the province’s rivers and lakes. Greater investment in agriculture also means greater variety of crops Cabinda’s small but growing industrial sector is set to gain an important facility within a few years when the construc- TIMBER tion of the first phase of the Fu- tila Industrial Park, located about 21 miles north of Cabin- Expanding Cabinda’s number two industry da City, is fully completed. The park is expected to at- construction program following the requirements of a recent law tract factories that will help After years of the end in 2002 of the civil war. that stipulates that exported wood reduce Cabinda’s dependence neglect , the timber Angola and its former colonial products must undergo at least some on imported goods, while at ruler, Portugal, have an agreement processing within the country. the same time create good sector is back in the to help promote the African coun- In the case of Cabinda, a further jobs and spur job training try’s timber industry, with a spe- stipulation must be met. Any in- programs for local residents. spotlight as banks cial emphasis on Cabinda. Ac- vesting in the province’s timber sec- The first phase is expected increase lending cording to the terms of the agree- tor must also be done under condi- to create 2,000 new positions ment, the province will become an tions that ensure that the produc- and attract more than 60 important source of timber for the tion of wood from the region is sus- companies. Timber is Cabinda’s second- rest of Angola. tainable. This forms part of a pub- The plan to build the park biggest industry after oil. The Along these lines, the Banco de lic program to encourage the growth was first hatched more than ten sector suffered years of neglect Desenvolvimento de Angola, or BDA, of the lumber industry, in which the years ago, though the funding as a result of the civil turmoil a state-owned lender set up in 2006 provincial government is boosting for the $40 million first phase that took place in the province to help finance private businesses, efforts to improve the health of only materialized last year. until just a few years ago. Today, has been active in lending money to Cabinda’s forests. The national government and however, the government and companies involved in Cabinda’s Areas that had previously been de- the provincial government are private banks are lending to com- timber industry, to help them buy forested are being replanted, often both contributing to the am- panies in the sector to increase equipment including saws and oth- with eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus is bitious project. production. er wood-working machinery. a fast-growing plant, so it will help The work of clearing about Angola’s rapidly growing econ- The new equipment means local to quickly replenish the province’s 272 acres of land for the first omy, which expanded at a real companies can increase output at the stock of trees. New plantations near phase has been completed; pace of about 1.3% in 2009, a same time that they add more val- Cabinda City are growing a variety much of the cleared land has year of economic crisis and re- ue to Cabinda’s wood production, of eucalyptus that is better suited to been leveled and prepared for cessions in most countries around keeping more of the profit within the the local climate, after previous ef- the final stage, which is con- the world, has spurred demand province. More investment in equip- forts with trees from the southern struction of infrastructure and for wood amid a years-long re- ment is needed still in order to meet part of Angola were unsuccessful. The government is promoting the sustainable development of timber buildings. Some work has al- ready begun in those areas. The project is off to a good INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT start and construction should be finished in less than three years. The plan is for companies in Taking advantage of Cabinda’s eagerness for growth construction supply and food processing to be among the A variety of new Industrial Park, where construction Among the most important steps first businesses to occupy the work has already begun to provide toward industrial development have new park. The government projects are up and offices, warehouse space, and all the been the improvements made to hopes to see sawmills, brick modern infrastructure needed by Cabinda’s transport, energy and and tile makers, plastics com- running, thanks to businesses. The goal is for the first communications infrastructure, with- panies and cement makers in companies that open there to be in out which no modern business can the first wave of companies. government loans the construction materials sector, thrive. Cabinda now has modern The goal is for those busi- Cabinda’s provincial government is to provide the necessary supplies for telecommunications links to the rest nesses to make an immediate not content to simply live off its oil the building boom. of the world and an improved wa- impact on Cabinda’s economy wealth. The local administration and The construction-supply industry ter supply system. by supplying basic necessities the national government are eager is one that has been growing in re- Roads, the port and the airport to residents and much-need- to encourage investment in other cent years here, helped by financing have all been refurbished, and the ed supplies for the booming promising industries, so that more from public and private banks. In- supply of electricity has risen. With construction industry in the re- new jobs will be created and the stitutions such as the state-owned An- plans to further boost electrical out- gion, and around the entire economy can continue to grow. gola Development Bank, or BDA, are put, the province has great poten- country. The National Agency for Private lending money to sawmills, brick tial to become a regional renewable In later phases, chemical Investment has established various makers and other companies. energy exporter even without count- companies and other busi- incentives for investment that are Other projects that have either al- ing on its oil and gas resources. nesses tied to Cabinda’s pe- complemented by local programs. In- ready begun, or are in the process of For example, Cabinda is crossed troleum industry are expect- vestors can win land grants, subsi- gaining the necessary backers in- by several rivers, giving it tremen- ed to make use of Futila’s fa- dies and pay low prices on some ser- clude setting up a palm plantation, dous potential for hydroelectric gen- cilities. The site, which is vices that make it easier to start along with a processing and bottling eration. The province also boasts planned to eventually expand projects up, and help make them plant to sell the oil produced by the fertile land that can be used to grow to occupy 5,795 acres, was profitably more quickly. trees, and other types of vegetable sugar cane that can be transformed chosen partly because of its Cabinda has taken other steps as oils, too. A soap factory is another into biofuel, a possibility that is al- proximity to Chevron Corpo- well, such as promoting the Futila project that has won financing. ready being studied. Skilled technical workers are in high demand in many growing industries ration’s Malongo oil camp. CABINDA WSJ 8 pages (2).qxd 11/6/10 11:10 Página 6

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Cabindans of all ages are receiving vital training that will help integrate them into the province’s labor market

JOB TRAINING EDUCATION Entering the professional world Corridors of mand for trained workers is so The government has of course An eager new generation of Cabindans is strong that many students start invested heavily in improving the learning getting equipped for the enclave’s receiving job offers before they’ve educational system for the youngest even finished their courses. Most Angolans. New schools have been industries of them go on to receive their built all around the country, teach- open wide first jobs, often as mid-level tech- ers’ pay has risen, and the budget Teachers and administrators get up-to- A well educated and trained popu- da to train oil workers has had the nical workers, through the train- for teacher training has also been lation is one of the most important direct cooperation of Sonangol, the ing centers. increased. All these measures have date training to better serve new ingredients in any country’s eco- state-owned petroleum company, Some of the vocational train- led to higher enrollment of the coun- nomic success. Educated workers on developing its curriculum. The ing programs are part of an agree- try’s children in schools, and ris- students are more productive, command school has courses in engineering ment the government signed last ing levels of literacy. higher salaries and contribute more and chemistry, and other areas that year with RKK, a Norwegian or- In 2002, there were 1.7 million The education system in Cabin- new schools are built and ex- by paying more taxes. Business al- will be useful to Sonangol and oth- ganization that organizes such children enrolled in the country’s da has undergone extensive isting facilities are expanded. so gains from having a skilled work- er oil companies. programs in many parts of the schools. By 2008 the figure had changes and improvements since Thanks to the years’ long pe- force. The more workers a compa- Another school opened in 2009 world. The $11 million contract risen to 5.7 million, and is esti- the end of the strife in the re- riod of peace, the expansion of ny can hire locally for a project, the in Chiazi, a town 7.5 miles north extends through 2012, and in- mated to have climbed to 6 million gion. More children are in facilities and the increased better. Local hires will usually spend for the 2009 academic year. Over school, more classrooms are be- number of teachers at work, more of their money within the com- the same period, the number of ing built and teachers are being the government has been able munity, spreading the wealth around classrooms has risen by about 18% better trained and better paid. to slowly raise the number of to their neighbors. each year, though more are still The government recognizes years primary students attend Local hires are also cheaper for needed. the importance to the country’s classes. Primary education has businesses, because importing work- Despite all the progress made in future and its economy of im- been expanded two more years, ers means a company has to pay recent years, the government is still proving the education system from fourth grade to sixth for transport, help out with hous- dedicated to making further im- further on all levels, and is com- grade, and the plan is to fur- ing, and spend more on many oth- provements. Last year, the Educa- mitted to increasing education ther extend the program as it er things related to moving from one tion Ministry signed an agreement spending. The goal is to guar- becomes workable. country to another. with UNICEF to start a program antee an adequate education Teachers have benefited from Angola’s central government that will train 8,750 primary school that will give all citizens the the reforms to the education sys- and provincial governments are teachers over about three years. chance to participate in the de- tem, too. Their salary has tripled working to make sure that po- The European Commission com- velopment of the country and to since 2002, and the total num- tential investors will have as big mitted to contributing $5.4 mil- improve the system in terms of ber of instructors has also in- and skilled a local labor market lion to the program, and UNICEF quality, teacher competence and creased to 4,200, from 3,600 as possible from which to hire em- committed to providing another social help for students. six years ago. Ongoing are pro- ployees. They understand that $1.3 million. The program of social help is grams aiming to give more up- without a qualified pool of labor, The government’s efforts aren’t particularly important for the to-date training to teachers and companies have to invest more in limited to educating children and youngest students, and it’s here administrators so they can bet- finding, training or importing finding work for young people. where the government has made ter meet the new realities of workers, raising the start-up cost After Angola’s long civil conflict, a special effort. The children in their students. of any new projects. the country has many former sol- the programs receive milk and The regional government is al- The governments are funding the diers with disabilities that the biscuits every day. They also re- so working on expanding edu- opening of a series of professional government is working to re-in- ceive two school uniforms and cational possibilities for the and technical training schools. As tegrate into civil society. The Na- a pair of sandals per year, as well province’s residents. Work has these open, the country begins to tional Association of Angolese as a backpack containing note- already begun on an ambitious gain a larger, skilled corps of work- Handicapped, or ANDA, has es- books, pens, pencils and a pen- plan to build a 90-hectare uni- ers that enables foreign companies tablished various programs that cil sharpener. versity campus south of the to hire Angolans, rather than im- are providing work for this group A new program provides every provincial capital. The complex port workers from abroad. of people. child in school with an oral hy- will encompass ten colleges, One example of this kind of ef- Computers are becoming more common in Angolan educational centers ANDA, which in Portuguese giene kit that includes a tooth- recreational areas and student fort was a national training pro- means both ‘work’ and ‘walk’, has brush, toothpaste and a pam- residences, and will even boast gram for tour guides, bartenders of Cabinda City. That facility is part cludes plans to develop sustainable opened workshops around the phlet explaining to children what a maritime wildlife reserve. The and receptionists to prepare of a nationwide program that will vocational training centers around country that are providing jobs to they need to do to take care of campus’ main building will skilled service workers ahead of eventually open 21 technical schools the country, instructor training hundreds of people. One workshop their teeth. house administrative offices, the African Football Cup of Na- around the country. and specialized training for oil in- in Cabinda is equipped with nine Even without all those efforts, the central library and the main tions, or CAN2010, which An- The facility in Chiazi will have dustry workers. sewing machines, including an in- the situation for primary educa- lecture hall. gola hosted this past January. 17 classrooms, each one with the The government is also pushing dustrial sewing machine that is tion has improved tremendously The university project is for the The Angolan government and the capacity for 36 students. The school other companies to get in on the being used to make shirts and since the end of the war. The num- long-term, but the government World Tourism Organization joint- will have workshops, laboratories, act. In March of this year, Nar- African-style clothing for women. ber of students in Cabinda, in- has more immediate plans that ly organized the program, and boarding facilities for 200 students, ciso Benedito, the Deputy Minis- ANDA also does other good cluding at the secondary and adult are already helping students training sessions were run in Lu- and residences for 10 teachers and ter of Education, said industrial work around the country. The level, has risen to more than starting from primary school anda, Benguela, Lubango and for the school’s director. companies will in some cases have group has orthopedic centers in 150,000, from 70,000 in 2002. through to the level of technical Cabinda City, the four cities where The training centers in Cabin- to provide their employees with on- several cities in Angola that have In that same year, the region preparation for employment pur- matches were held during the da have had great success in turn- the-job training. The goal is to helped more than 500 victims of needed 400 more classrooms poses. One technical school that tournament. ing out students with the skills help give even more Angolans the land mines to gain medical at- than it had, a figure that has opened recently is training work- A technical school that opened needed by the oil companies and opportunity to learn important, tention and help them reintegrate been reduced to about 50 now ers for the country’s hugely im- last year in the province of Cabin- by other businesses, as well. De- job-related skills. into the labor market. and will continue to decline as portant oil industry.

HEALTH Mobile health care reaching everyone and diabetes treatments, as well Children especially as other procedures. benefit from these As in other areas, the region’s children are a special focus of mobile health clinics, the increased spending. A vac- cination program begun in 2007 receiving vaccinations has inoculated more than and vital check-ups 130,000 children against po- lio. The kids also receive a vit- The Cabindan government has amin A supplement and an an- been dedicating more and more ti-parasite medicine while get- funding to improving the ting their shots. province’s health care system. A program administered joint- New hospital and health cen- ly by the education and health ters are being opened around departments has treated more the country, some of them with than 100,000 school children New medical clinics are kept busy, improving the living standards of rural Cabindans advanced medical equipment. between the ages of five and 14 The new facilities can spare peo- for parasites over the past two ups, diagnose illnesses, and aid tion to the new hospital, an old- New clinics have also been cent years is the fact that no ple from the region a trip to the years. Last year alone, the pro- in the prevention of malaria and er hospital has been renovated opened in the Massabi and San- new cases of leprosy have been national capital of Luanda, or gram treated 87,000 kids. The parasites. and new clinics are being opened ga Planicie areas. The Massabi reported since 2005. Coordina- further, for many treatments. children receive a drug called Another program to vaccinate up around the province that will facility has 25 beds, and can tor for public health in the re- In addition to renovating Albendazol, which will help rid people of all ages against polio bring doctors and treatment clos- carry out clinical analyses that gional government, Fuete Hen- Cabinda’s Central Hospital and them of the pests that can grave- and malaria, and sponsored by er to all Cabindans. were not previously available in ry da Costa, says the success of opening a municipal hospital, ly affect their health and their Chevron, is aimed at residents of The 40-bed hospital at Cacon- the area. The people of Sanga the region’s leprosy program can the government is now finishing ability to learn. the region’s rural areas. Drugs go has been completely renovat- Planicie have gained a facility be attributed to the residents of work on the Alzira Fonseca re- The government has begun to are administered by mobile clin- ed and provided with new equip- with a maternity ward and a the region taking advantage of gional hospital, which boasts acquire mobile health care clin- ics to make it easier to reach the ment. With a staff of five doctors vaccination clinic that will im- all the new health care facilities state-of-the-art technology from ics that also help improve the most isolated residents. and 32 nurses, the hospital spe- prove the health and the lives of being offered. The region’s lep- General Electric. The new equip- health of the region’s youngest The rest of the population is cializes in pediatrics and mater- the local population. rosy program currently manages ment permits the facility to car- residents. The units travel from also benefiting from the increase nity care, as well as general med- One indication of the im- 35 outpatients who suffer from ry out cardiovascular, kidney, school to school to do check- in spending, of course. In addi- icine and AIDS treatment. provement in health care in re- the disease. CABINDA WSJ 8 pages (2).qxd 11/6/10 11:11 Página 7

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ngola recently finished hosting the final eration of the Enclave of Cabinda (Flec), er- Amatch of the CAN2010 African Cup of A nation prepared for an roneously attacked a bus that was trans- Nations soccer tournament. The final game porting Togo’s national team to Angola. was played at the national stadium in the Three were killed by gunfire and eight oth- capital, Luanda. international audience ers were injured. Two arrests were prompt- Fifteen teams disputed the championship, ly made in Angola in relation to the incident. including the Angolan national side and oth- nizers decided to hold the event every sec- by the start of the championship. Three new Apart from this unfortunate act of violence, er top teams from the continent. The four ond year. Since then it has been hosted by hotels were built to lodge fans and reporters. the tournament will be seen as creating long- cities that hosted matches were Luanda, countries such as Ethiopia, Egypt and Mali. The athletes, trainers and other team staff lasting benefits for the Angolan people, such Cabinda City, Benguela and Lubango. In 2000, Nigeria and Ghana joined togeth- were housed in separate facilities, similar to as its effort to promote football among the The opening ceremony and the first game er to co-host the tournament. an Olympic Village. That arrangement was province’s youth, thereby discouraging a ten- were also held in Luanda, with the Black The Egyptian team has dominated the already successfully used for the athletes dency towards falling into extremist groups Antelopes of Angola drawing against Mali last three tournaments: in 2006 beating who came to Cabinda for the Afrobasket 2007 such as Flec. 4-4. The other teams in Group A were Malawi Côte d’Ivoire in Egypt, in 2008 defeating competition, and the African handball tour- Residents of Cabinda will also be able to and Algeria. Group B, consisting of nation- Cameroon in Ghana, and this year, outscor- nament in January 2008. make use of the facilities built for CAN2010, al teams from Ghana, Burkina Faso and ing Ghana by one point. The construction program and the influx and young people, low-income Cabindans, Côte d’Ivoire, played at Cabinda’s new, A major construction plan prepared Cabin- of tourism helped spur the local economy, and injured war veterans had special access 20,000-seat Chiazi National Stadium. da for the event. The stadium, for example, which is heavily dependent on oil at the mo- to reduced-price tickets to see matches. Group C matches were played in Benguela has special seating sections for 204 VIPs, ment. The championship coincided with, and When Angola won its bid to host the tour- between Egypt, Benin, Mozambique and 100 journalists, 65 places for the handi- helped boost, a government effort to attract nament, the organizers’ goal was to promote Nigeria, and Group D matches were held in capped and 100 parking places. Cabinda’s more tourism to the region and diversify sport and show the world that the country Lubango by Gabon, Zambia, Cameroon and hotel offerings were also improved. sources of growth. has progressed rapidly since the end of the Tunisia. Before Angola won the right to host the A singular dark cloud over the tournament civil war in 2002. The success of the event The championship has been played in its event, the province offered about 280 hotel came on January 8, when members of the has shown that Angola is now a country that present format since 1968, when the orga- rooms, a figure that rose to about 450 rooms Cabindan separatist group Front for the Lib- is ready to take its place in African affairs.

TOURISM A unique cultural heritage A lush landscape, idyllic beaches, culinary delights and artisan handicrafts attract visitors

Tourism can be a boon to coun- Infrastructure is meaningless, well, with two main displays: the of the oil industry, it is growing tries that are seeking econom- however, unless a country can of- relationship between nation and and employing an increasing ic growth and the new job cre- fer attractions that tourists want water, and the sustainability of number of people. In 2006, the ation that comes along with it. to visit. Fortunately, Cabinda urban development. tourism sector’s sales rose to Some places have been luckier boasts excellent destinations that Bakama ritual dancers wear 39 million kwanzas ($434,000), than others, though, when it can potentially attract many dif- masks and are present at many with 12 million ($133,000) of comes to possessing the sorts ferent types of tourists. Cabindan festivals. They repre- that amount coming from hotels. of natural beauty that many peo- The Mayombe forest, with its sent spirits that are a link be- One event that has brought ple are willing to pay good mon- vast, unspoiled areas and large tween the worlds of the living and Cabinda to the sporting world’s ey to visit. primate population, the dead, and were attention is the CAN2010 Cabinda, with its sandy beach- coupled with the included in the African Nations Championship es, lush forests and abundant, province’s beaches can Culturally-rich Zaragoza Expo be- soccer tournament, which end- exotic wildlife, has huge tourism attract ecotourism, cause of their eco- ed on January 31 in Luanda, potential. The local government while its culture, food Cabinda logical background, Angola’s capital city. Three oth- is already promoting the province and history can attract enchants in the sense that the er cities in Angola also hosted as a destination and has made big a different type of spirits are said to in- matches, and one of them was investments and rapid progress traveler. visitors teract with plants Cabinda City. on the infrastructure that is need- Cabinda has never with its and animals without The provincial capital has al- ed to attract visitors and keep lacked in natural causing them any ready benefited from the large them coming back. beauty, and it is now mystical harm, and because investment in hotels, restaurants The regional and national gov- being given the ho- the dancers’ cos- and a new stadium for the com- ernments are committed to im- tels, restaurants, traditions tumes are partly petition, which combined, bring proving Cabinda’s infrastruc- roads and other made of biodegrad- added value to infrastructure ture to benefit tourists and res- transportation choices needed to able banana leaves. and facilitate further develop- idents alike. The budget for draw potential visitors’ atten- As part of a growing focus on ment in the future. building and improving airports, tion. One of the final ingredients Cabindan culture, the local gov- The region of Cabinda already highways, ports and other pro- needed is getting the word out ernment is investing in the ren- benefits from a part of the rev- jects has more than tripled in re- about all Cabinda has to offer. ovation of the Cabinda Region- enue from its oil wealth. A pro- cent years, rising to $250 mil- The central government is do- al Museum. Among the muse- portion of the money the oil in- lion last year, from $72 million ing its part by actively promot- um’s many exhibits are displays dustry generates stays in the re- not long ago. ing the region in other countries. of typical clothing, jewelry, gion to fund the local budget. Those improvements, especially Angola had a pavilion at the household items, medicine, tools The government is wisely dedi- to transportation, will help oth- Zaragoza International Exhibi- and weapons. The museum is al- cating some of that money to im- er industries in the province as tion held in Zaragoza, Spain, in so one of the most important proving Cabinda’s tourism in- well, by reducing the time and 2008. The focus of that expo was centers for the study of Cabin- dustry, in an effort that will at- cost needed to move around water, and it included represen- da’s rich oral history tradition. tract more and more visitors, Cabinda. The new hotels and tations of Bakama dancers from Although the tourism industry whose spending will boost em- restaurants will spur local growth Cabinda. Angola has been present can’t hope to equal the impor- ployment and spur the region’s by providing jobs. this year at Expo Shanghai, as tance to the regional economy economic growth.

BEACHES ECOTOURISM A preserved A ‘vegetable sea’, a dolphin play nature-lover’s paradise area and whale breeding grounds Clean, beautiful The province has beaches attract many natural areas locals and visitors boasting species alike, and are dotted of rare and valuable with restaurants flora and fauna

Sun and sand are always very pop- Ecotourism can be defined as re- ular attractions when people sponsible travel, leaving as small choose a vacation destination. a carbon footprint as possible, to Many travelers, though, aren’t unspoiled areas of the world, and content with just lying on the same leaving little or no impact on such old beach they and their friends areas as a result of the trip. Pop- have been visiting for years. They ular destinations include jungles want to go somewhere new, some- and rain forests, nature preserves where different, where they can get and beaches, which often boast a feeling of novelty and adventure unusual and interesting flora and along with that nice tan. fauna for travelers to see. Cabinda can offer them all that, Cabinda, and indeed much of and more. The name alone is ex- Angola, has all the ingredients otic enough to grab people’s at- to become a prime destination tention, and the long, wide, un- Cabinda’s beaches are popular for swimming and dolphin-spotting for ecotourists because of its Mayombe Forest is one of the largest animal & plant reserves on Earth spoiled beaches and warm, clean abundance of lush, tropical water that is swimming with to visit for people who want a bit ilization. It can be reached via forests, beautiful beaches and crustaceans and squid that make search of food. Beaked whales are friendly dolphins and turtles com- less civilization. The beach is fur- a path that will lead visitors to rich offshore mammal and tur- up the bulk of their diet. more mysterious and difficult to plete the enticing picture. ther from Cabinda City, and though its delightful swimming possi- tle populations. Different species of dolphins will identify, though they have been Travelers can choose to zero in it offers some bars and restau- bilities as well as its abundant The region’s biggest tourist at- often mingle in large groups and are sighted at the extraordinary depths on one beach and stay there for rants, its popularity is based more fishing. A nearby abandoned cof- traction is the Mayombe forest difficult to distinguish from one an- of the Congo Canyon where they their entire vacation. Or they can on its lovely sand and relative re- fee plantation provides an in- and the gorilla population that other by sight, so researchers have make their home. travel from one beautiful beach to moteness. teresting interlude for people lives there. The government has had to carry out genetic studies to Meanwhile, on Cabinda’s shores, the next, taking advantage of the For vacationers who love the wishing to see remnants of the plans to develop parts of the for- more accurately estimate dolphin an even rarer find has been made: compact size of the province, beach, but also want to rough it, area’s colonial past. est and make it more hospitable populations. Along the Angolan a population of Olive Ridley sea though in either case, they should Mandarim is the perfect spot. The The Manenga and Tchuquisse for visitors and more productive coast, they have found not only com- turtles has been discovered nest- also take a look at all the other beach, which is located close to the lagoons offer more opportuni- for residents, all in an environ- mon short-beaked and long-beaked ing on Malongo beach. The op- things Cabinda has to offer. town of the same name, is a mag- ties for accessible bathing and mentally-sound way. dolphins, but lesser-known species portunity to study the breeding A good, and popular, place for net for campers, canoers and sport fishing. Both are located in the Mayombe is one of the largest of bottlenose, spinner, striped and habits of an internationally-listed beach goers to start is Futila fisherman. town of Massabi, and are teem- animal and plant reserves on the spotted dolphins, as well. endangered species is being tak- Beach, located about 12.5 miles Travelers wishing to visit Man- ing with edible fish and shell- planet, second in size only to the The shallow Angolan coastal en up by Environment Ministry north of Cabinda City, and easily darim will need to bring their own fish. Tchuquisse is linked to the Amazon. It has many species of shelf is also a breeding ground for scientists and researchers from accessible via the Cabinda-Lan- equipment and supplies, and be Atlantic Ocean, which means rare and valuable trees, as well humpback and Bryde’s whales, Chevron. dana road. The beach is a good ready to carry them to the beach its slightly salty water has pro- as an animal population that in- where they raise their calves un- To reduce the threat to the tur- destination for sun worshipers who from the town. Those that make duced some interesting hybrid cludes gorillas, chimpanzees, ele- til they are strong enough to ven- tles, the research project has part- prefer the comforts one would ex- the effort will definitely not be dis- sea creatures. phants and parrots. ture out into the deeper waters. nered with local fishermen who pect from a beach town. appointed by this charming area. The mouth of the Chiloango Cabinda, and Angola, also en- Short-finned pilot whales are fre- are a deep well of untapped knowl- Futila Beach has a restaurant- Cabinda’s aquatic attractions River is another spot that tourists joy a wealth of sea life for visitors quently spotted in the warm seas edge about ocean fauna and who bar-hotel complex offering suites aren’t limited to beaches, though. can enjoy. The river is the biggest to see and enjoy. Dolphins, for ex- off Angola, along with their long- can take a leadership role in in- for swimmers, which is located The province boasts several la- in the province, and used to be ample, are commonly seen in An- finned cousins that were previ- creasing awareness among the less than a quarter of a mile from goons and rivers that are also the main route linking the sea to golan waters. These famously ously thought to stay closer to cool- community. The effort to tag, track the sea. Vacationers at Futila are worth a visit for travelers who logging camps in the interior. friendly and inquisitive marine er waters. and protect the vulnerable turtles frequently joined by the workers want to enjoy the natural beauty. Now its beaches are popular with mammals can be found in the open Killer whales, more accurately has already identified hundreds of from the expatriate crowd work- The Sassa-Zau lagoon, about bathers, and the beauty of the ocean, but prefer the shallows close known as orcas, are occasionally nests and recorded more than ing in Cabinda’s oil industry. 18 miles north of Cabinda City, area is easily visible from the to the coast, where reefs and beds seen in Angolan shallows and may 5,000 hatchlings since the pro- Landana beach is a good spot is practically untouched by civ- bridge over the river. of sea grass harbor the small fish, travel for hundreds of miles in ject began. CABINDA WSJ 8 pages (2).qxd 11/6/10 16:08 Página 8