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The Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos,
in Luanda received in audience the chairman of the Odebrecht
building company, Emílio Odebrecht, with whom he
reviewed issues related to the activities carried out by
the Brazilian firm in Angola.
Speaking to the press, at the end of the one-hour meeting,
Emílio Odebrecht said that he informed the Angolan
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his firm in the reconstruction process of Angola, with the investments
in the African country estimated at about USD 600 million.
According to the businessman, the investment volume of Odebrecht
in Angola will increase in future, with the conclusion of ongoing
projects in northern Malanje Province, in the domain of agriculture,
aimed at guaranteeing food security for the population.
Emilio Odebrecht said that other undertakings of the company will
be extended across the country, with highlight to the production
of bio-fuels project, in Kapanda area (Malanje), where some three
hectares of maize and 80 hectares of sugarcane have already been
planted.
He also elaborated on the setting up of a sugarcane processing industry
to generate alcohol, in 2011.
Odebrecht has been operating in Angola for the past 30 years. |
