Day: May 20, 2023

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Cuanza Norte: President pleased with execution of General Hospital work

Angolan President of the Republic João Lourenço Saturday in Ndalatando voiced satisfaction with the level of execution of the work on General Hospital of Cuanza Norte.

The president, who visited the work, with 48 percent execution, said he received assurance from the contractor and the work supervisor that the infrastructure, estimated at USD 63 million, will be inaugurated this year.

In his speech, the Head of Executive Power underlined the role of the undertaking for the province of Cuanza Norte and for any casualties on National Road 230.

National Road 230 connects the province of Luanda to the east of the country, passing through Cuanza Norte and Malanje.

The Cuanza Norte General Hospital, whose works began in August 2021, will have 200 beds and 15 clinical services.

The new health unit will also have a hemodialysis centre, pathological anatomy, neonatology, intensive care, dentistry, psychiatry, operating room and ophthalmology services.

The hospital will also train staff in various specialties in the areas of medicine, nursing and biomedical.

The unit is being built in an area of 15,000 square meters, in Kirima locality, more than 11 kilometers from Ndalatando, the capital of Cuanza Norte province.

João Lourenço traveled through Ndalatando, the provincial capital of Cuanza Norte, on his way to the municipality of Cambambe, where he learned about the construction work for the Caculo-Cabaça Dam.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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President reiterates commitment to completion of Caculo-Cabaça Dam

President João Lourenço reiterated Saturday the commitment of the Angolan Government to do everything possible to complete, within the expected time, the construction works for the Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Facility, in the province of Cuanza Norte.

The president said so to the press after the ceremony aimed at starting the process of diverting the waters of the Kwanza River, for the construction of the dam.

The Head of State said he left with the feeling that a lot of work had already been done, but that the diversion of the river, just witnessed, is an important milestone for the continuation of the works on this important project.

With that, he said, he hoped that within approximately three years, more specifically in October 2026, the inauguration of what will be the largest hydroelectric dam in Angola and the third largest on the African continent, after Aswan, in Egypt, and Cahora Bassa, in Mozambique.

“We are going to work not to stop, doing everything so that by the estimated date (October 2026) we can place this great infrastructure at the service of the country, the economy and the populations”, he said.

President João Lourenço added that the Executive will continue to invest in other areas, such as the transport of energy produced in the main sources, which at the moment are found, fundamentally, in the lower Kwanza region, so that it can serve the entire population.

The Statesman added that, along with the transport lines, substations will be built and, finally, home connections will be made in different locations and industries.

The President reaffirmed that the project has confirmed financing from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, for the civil part of the work, and from a German bank, to finance the five turbines that will be installed.

According to the President of the Republic, if all goes well and there are no delays in disbursements, the deadlines set will be met.

However, he stressed that the ceremony that took place this Saturday constitutes an important step for the continuity of the work, because it is from now on that the civil contractor will start to erect the dam.

The Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Power Plant is located along the middle Kwanza corridor, where the Cambambe, Capanda and Laúca hydroelectric power plants are also in place.

The hydroelectric basin area in the dam section is 112, 663 square meters and the total expected average annual flow is 591 cubic meters per second.

The reservoir, with full storage at quota (630), has a storage capacity of 436 cubic meters per hour.

The Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Facility will produce, on average, 8, 566 gigawatts of energy per year, allowing an annual saving of 2.850 million tons of coal and, consequently, a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in the order of nine million tons.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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Angola has 264 family doctors only

Angola has 264 family doctors only for around 30 million inhabitants, according to data from the College of General and Family Medicine.

Nasser Calumbuana, a family medicine doctor, on Friday told ANGOP that this number includes nationals and expatriates and it is still far from satisfying the needs of the country.

Nasser Calimbuana said that a family doctor is a professional who serves people of all ages and genders, providing comprehensive and continuous assistance to communities.

In this regard, “there is a need for the country to train more specialists in this medical field which is extremely important for disease prevention”, he said while talking about the Family Doctor Day celebrated on May 19 worldwide.

Nasser Calimbuana explained that the family doctor builds a lasting relationship with his patients, marked by trust and proximity, and by focusing more on the prevention than in treatment.

“We are still dealing with a curative method instead of betting on preventing the diseases”, he stressed, having advised the reinforcement for health education in order to prevent diseases that can be avoided with routine medical visits.

Family and Community Medicine (FCM) is a clinical specialty that develops health promotion, protection and recovery practices aimed at people, families and communities.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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Angolans stand out in Caculo-Cabaça dam works

Construction work on Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Facility, in northern Cuanza Norte province, is being undertaken by 81 percent of Angolan workforce, a total of 2,047 workers.

The contract, with a physical execution of around 10.52 percent, involves a total of 2,527 workers, including nationals and foreigners.

The Angolans, mostly young, are proud to be part of the project.

Many of them with experience acquired in the construction of the hydroelectric power plants in Capanda, Laúca (Malanje), and Cambambe (Cuanza Norte).

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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President press button to divert Kwanza River for construction of Caculo-Cabaça wall

Angolan head of State João Lourenço Saturday in northern Cuanza Norte province pressed the button that “symbolises” the authorisation to divert the Kwanza river to continue the construction work on the Caculo-Cabaça hydroelectric facility, with capacity of 2,272 megawatts of electricity.

The ceremony paves the way for the beginning of the excavation work in the open air for the construction of Caculo-Cabaça dam wall.

The work for the temporary diversion of the river has two (2) tunnels, and can drain a maximum of 3,400 cubic metres of water.

The project

Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Power Station is located along the middle Kwanza corridor, where the hydroelectric power stations of Cambambe, Capanda and Laúca are also located.

The area of the hydroelectric basin in the dam section is 112, 663 square metres and the total expected average annual flow is of 591 cubic metres per second.

The reservoir, at full storage level at elevation (630), has a storage capacity of 436 cubic metres per hour.

Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Plant will produce, on average 8, 566 gigawatts of energy per year.

~This will allow an annual saving of 2.8 million tons of coal and, therefore, a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in nine million tons.

These reductions will bring considerable ecological benefits as they will contribute to the mitigation of environmental pollution and the control of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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President Lourenço arrives in Cuanza Norte

Angolan President João Lourenço arrived Saturday in northern Cuanza Norte province to learn of the progress of the construction work of the Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Dam.

The project, estimated at US$4.5 billion, will allow the start of construction work of the “wall” of the dam and the power house, where four 530-megawatt (MW) turbines will be installed, for a total of 2,172 MW.

Funded by Chine, Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Dam is expected to start generating commercial power in October 2026, the period in which the first of the plant’s four turbines comes into operation.

The construction works of Caculo-Cabaça Dam also benefitted from the funding of German government, in a value estimated at US$1.1 billion.

During the project’s second phase launch ceremony, in November 2022, the chairman of China Gezhouba Group International Engineering, Liu Hualiang, put the average annual production from Caculo-Cabaça at 8.566 gigawatts of hydroelectric power.

The capacity of the project, the biggest hydroelectric dam built by a Chinese company in Africa, will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Angola by 7.2 million tons per year.

The “Three Gorges” project includes companies such as Voith, the O & G consortium and other participants.

Three Dams are operating in the Middle Kwanza Corridor. They are Capanda, Lauca and Cambambe.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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Chamber of Commerce defends economic partnership between Angola and US

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Angola, Pedro Godinho Domingos, defended Friday in Luanda the establishment of a strategic economic and commercial partnership with the United States that will help to leverage the diversification of national production.

According to Pedro Godinho, a strategic partnership with the US, essentially economic and commercial, could contribute to attracting direct investment and ensuring the transfer of technology to Angola.

On the sidelines of the commemorative ceremony of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of official relations with Angola, the official stated that it was thanks to a partnership of this kind that countries like Japan, South Korea and Israel developed.

He expressed concern about the fact that trade between Angola and the US has fallen from about 20.9 billion in 2008 to the current 2.3 billion, due to the fact that the Americans have increased their domestic production of crude oil.

Pedro Godinho considered it “urgent to start working on attracting direct investment.

He said that his organisation established a partnership with American companies that operate in Angola on attracting investment to Angola in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, health, digital economy, finance and culture and education.

The former US President, Bill Clinton, formally recognised on May 19, 1993, the government of Angola, a country independent from the Portuguese colonial yoke since November 11, 1975.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

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New Mbengwi D.O seals business premises for respecting lockdown

The newly installed Divisional Officer of Mbengwi subdivision in Momo division, North West region has sealed business premises around the town for respecting separatist lockdown.

Installed just about a week ago, Ngidah Lawrence Che carried out the action on May 19, 2023 with the assistance of the Mbengwi council and security forces.

The shops and business premises sealed are located at the Mbon Park. Meanwhile the administrative authority warned that he will continue the process on other business premises.

Shop owners whose business premises have been sealed are told to report to the Mbengwi council.

This is coming at a time when the 2023 National Day is being celebrated in Cameroon. This period is always characterised with numerous lockdowns initiated by separatist fighters to frustrate the celebration in Anglophone regions since 2016.

Before the DO proceeded to seal the shops in Mbengwi, business premises even in the town of Bamenda were not opened and the situation was same in many towns across the North West region.

Report says DO Ngidah Lawrence first launched activities of the National Day, where he called on the population of Mbengwi to shun fear and come out in their numbers to celebrate this year’s 51st edition of the National Day.

Ngidah Laurence, former DO of Nkambe is noted for being hard on the population even during his old days in Nkambe subdivision, Donga-Mantung division.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury express readiness to fight

A match between Francis Ngannou and British boxer Tyson Fury is likely to happen soon, following confirmation by both parties of their readiness to face each other.

It had been Ngannou’s wish to get into the boxing ring, right from the time he was still at the UFC.

An unsuccessful negotiation for a less restrictive deal with the company resulted in his departure. He recently signed a more flexible contract with the PFL, which allows him to box.

“Tyson Fury, since none of these boxers want to fight, let’s make it official” the mixed martial artist wrote on Twitter.

“Let’s go Francis, ready to rumble” Fury responded.

It is worth noting that Tyson Fury has been out of the ring since defeating fellow British boxer Derek Chisora, in a heavyweight title defense last December.

For months now, the boxer has been in talks with several other heavyweights, including Oleksandr Usyk, Anthony Joshua, and Andy Ruiz, but none of the multiple planned fights has happened.

Tyson Fury has not lost a fight in his professional boxing career so far.

Source: Cameroon News Agency