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Real Estate and Construction
INFRASTRUCTURE
Filomeno Bridge over Kwanza river. By Henrique Malungo
Sonip - Sonangol Real Estate: under the National
Program of Urban Planning and Construction, Sonip
in partnership with construction company PAN-
China Costruction Group, started in April 2011 the
construction of two thousand homes on land reserve
Saurimo-one in the city of Saurimo in the province
of Lunda Sul. The houses are of type T3 and the
construction work is estimated to have a maximum
duration of two years.
In Luanda, Sonip manages the urbanization of the
city of Kilamba Kiaxi and the projects of Zango and
Cacuaco. Furthermore, Sonip is also in charge of
construction of the new neighborhoods projected
for Dundo (Kwanza-Norte), Cabinda and Kuando
Kubango.
With infrastructure development being the top pri-
ority at the moment, the demand for construction
material in Angola is at its ultimate high and local
manufacturers and suppliers are overbooked with
orders. In 2008, construction-related machinery and
material feature accounted for 45,4% of total imports
from China at a value of US$ 1,3 Bn.
Thus, the construction materials segment is also
very promising as the production of the existing ce-
ment manufactures located in Lobito and Luanda
covers only 37% of local needs estimated at 4 mil-
lion tons. Construction materials (hydraulic cement,
machinery, industrial equipment, stones, concrete,
spare parts, tubes) represented about 30% of total
imports. Thus, Angolan authorities is offering incen-
tives to develop this segment, improve the offer and
reduce the importations.
A cement factory in Cacuaco with a 2 M tons capac-
ity per year will be operative in 2013. The project is
valued on US$ 365 million and will create between
250 and 300 jobs. The Palanca Cements S.A. pro-
ject valued at US$ 430 million is a joint venture of
Camargo Correa Cimentos of Brazil and ESCOM
S.A. of Portugal (60%) and Gema (40%), plans
to build a new cement plant in Lobito, province of
Benguela. The plant, which production capacity will
reach 1,6 million tons per year, is also expected to be
completed by 2013 and to generate about 500 jobs.
An additional factory in Bom Jesus (Kwanza- Sul) is
under study.
National reconstruction remains one of the main
challenges of the country. Ten years of stability have
largely contributed to incentive the sector that is
likely to continue to grow in the next decade to meet
the demand. Priorities are rehabilitation of the water
and electricity networks, reinforcement of basic infra-
structure and telecommunications.
Over the last four years, the government has reha-
bilitated numerous small distribution roads and over
1,500 km of railway lines connecting the hinterland
to the coast.
ROADS AND TRANSPORT
The road network in Angola totals 74,000 km ,
24,000 km of which being the primary network. A
total of 5,600 km of roads were rehabilitated be-
tween 2008 and 2009 and additional 6,000 km are
under upgrading. Progress has been delayed by the
heavy demining effort but a good number of the main
transport routes are now operative. Particular efforts
were made to link Luanda to other provincial capital
cities such as Lobito, Benguela, Huambo, Lubango
or Malange. Within the most remarkable projects
we could name the conexion between Soyo and
Cabinda, with the biggest bridge in Austral Africa,
fast railways for Cuando Cubango and Bié, and the
coastal road from Benguela to Namibe.
A large part of the road construction has been con-
ducted by Chinese companies, for example, CRBC
will rehabilitate and extend the 45 km of road be-
tween Ondjiva and Santa Clara in Cunene province
for an amount of US$ 95 million. The INEA (Ango-
lan Roads Institute) plans to improve an additional
13,000 km of road and 843 bridges in the short term.