Investment
268 M USDOzango Minerais, SA
- Location: Municipality of Longonjo | Huambo
- Type: Private (with public capital)
- Investor: Pensana Capitals and FSDEA
- Potential employment: 600 (start-up) and 500 (operation)
- Production start: 2028
The company is developing, with international capital (https://pensana.co.uk/) and the support of the Angola Sovereign Fund (https://fundosoberano.ao/), a rare earth mining project in Longonjo, in a mine with an expected useful life of over 20 years and a rare earth concentrate refining line for export, with the goal of producing approx. 20,000 tonnes/year of "mixed rare earth carbonate" (MREC). The initial estimated investment is US$ 268M, for Angola to enter the global market for critical metals for electric vehicles and wind turbines.
Investment
125 M EURCentre for Bioveterinary and Vaccine Production
- Location: Huambo
- Public (with private support)
- Investor: Government of Angola (EU support)
- Potential employment: n.a.
- Production start: 1st half of 2026
The Centre is being built by the Luso-Angolan and German consortium Noráfrica-Gauff. The project is 71% physically complete and starts in 2026, with the capacity to produce (per year) 30 million vaccines for mammals, 150 million for birds and 9 million laboratory reagents, with GMP certification for export. It is the 1st vaccine factory in Angola and the 2nd in Africa to produce veterinary vaccines, creating skilled jobs, with EU support through the Global Gateway programme.
Investment
5.7 M USDOvihemba - Laboratório Farmacêutico S.A.
- Location: S. Pedro Industrial Zone | Huambo
- Type: Private
- Investor: Greenfield Fund (Delta Gest) + FSDEA
- Potential employment: 160
- Production start: 1st quarter of 2026
Ovihemba will invest US$ 5.7M in the construction of a pharmaceutical factory, with production planned for Q1 2026. Located in the Huambo Industrial Park, with an initial capacity to produce up to 100 million tablets/year, contributing to the substitution of pharmaceutical imports, the project includes the creation of 160 skilled jobs, with a strong focus on local capacity building and GMP compliance.
Investment
57 M EURGrupo Carrinho
- Location: Lobito | Benguela
- Type: Private (with Deutsche Bank financing)
- Investor: Grupo Carrinho
- Potential employment: 300
- Production start: end of 2026
Grupo Carrinho is building a soy and sunflower oil factory, with an investment of 57M euros and expected completion by end of 2026. The unit will have the capacity to produce 800 litres/day of cooking oil and 3,200 tonnes of soybean meal, processing up to 4,000 tonnes of soybeans and 2,400 of sunflower seeds per day. The project, already 50% complete, is expected to create around 300 direct jobs and thousands of indirect ones, reinforcing food sovereignty and the national agro-industry.
Investment
6 billion USDLobito Refinery
- Location: Lobito | Benguela
- Type: Public (with Chinese private partner)
- Investor: Government of Angola
- Potential employment: 8,000 (constr.) and 4,000 (operation)
- Production start: 1st half of 2027
The Lobito Refinery is a strategic project for Angola, with a capacity of 200,000 barrels/day and estimated completion by 2027. Under construction in the province of Benguela by Sonangol and CNCEC, the project advances with the goal of ensuring national self-sufficiency in fuels. Although still in the phase of mobilising international financiers, the work maintains a positive pace and promises to become an industrial and energy landmark for the country and for the entire Lobito region.
Investment
n.a.Avocado Cluster in the Huambo Highlands
- Location: Huambo
- Type: Public-Private (operator)
- Investor: n.a.
- Potential employment: n.a.
- Production start: 2026 (trial)
The Angola Highlands Avocado Cluster is a project led by the Dutch company Flying Swans B.V., in partnership with ARCCLA, which aims to develop large-scale avocado production in the highlands of Angola, above 1,200 m altitude. The investment includes anchor farms, associated producers, packing stations, cold storage and phytosanitary laboratories, preparing for international certification and export, particularly to European markets.