In 2022, the total assets of Angola’s Public Sector Enterprises (SEP), which comprises 71 companies, stood at 26.9 trillion kwanzas (equivalent to 32.67 billion dollars), marking a 5.2% reduction from the previous year. This update was shared by Ednilson Sousa, head of the Public Company Monitoring Department at the State Asset and Equity Management Institute […]
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