IP Guide to market access to Angola: The manufacturing sector

During the opening ceremony of the 5th Edition of the Industrial Fair, which took place in March 2023, João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, stated that the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of the Angolan manufacturing industry registered a cumulative 7.7% in the period from 2018 to 2022.

Angola’s main industries are oil, gas and diamonds. The country also produces gold, granite, gypsum, marble and salt, and has numerous undeveloped minerals with potential for extraction, including beryllium, clay, copper, iron ore, lead, lignite, manganese, mica, nickel, peat, phosphate rock, quartz, silver, tungsten, uranium, vanadium and zinc.