ICT IN ANGOLA

Comissao Nacional das Tecnologias de Informacao

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Angola
An Emerging Digital Player

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ANGOLA : Some Historical Data

Colonisation 500 years

Independance - 1975

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Population, in Millions:
15
Literacy Rate (%):
67
Provinces:
18
Municipalities:
176
Area Covered - 1.247.000 Km2

Main Resources

6. Schools:
7. Primary Students:
8. Secondary Students:
9. Teachers:

10, 000
350, 000
150, 000
112, 785

Oil 1.000.000 BARIL DAY (and now aproximating 2 000 000 B/d)
Diamonds

Peace achieved april 2002

For 27 years, more than 70% of the Budget was allocated to war
8% only for education
Less than 1% of the budget for S&T

1997 creation of Ministry of S&T

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ICT in Angola from 2000

2000 : Approval of the National Strategical
Plan for the Development of Information
Technology
2002 : Creation of the National Commission for
Information Technology CNTI (D.R I Srie, n 27, 4
Abr 2002)

National Communication Institute INACOM

2006 : Information Society Action Plan (D.R. I
srie, n 101, 21 Ago 2006)

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Telecommunication Infrastructure - Mobile

Mobile Phone Lines in 2001

: 86 500
Mobile Phone Lines per 100 inhabitants in 2001: 0.64
Mobile Phones as % of Total Telephones (2001): 52.0

Sept 2003 : 238 000

Feb 2004 : 400 000

Jun 2005
Jun 2006

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: 1 350 000
: 2 500 000

Telephony Access

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ICT Access in general

Fix Lines and Internet Operator:

Angola Telecom, Mundo Startel, Mercury (Nexus),

Teleservice
Mobile Internet Operator : Movicel, Unitel
VSAT
: Several private Operators
Internet Backbone
: Angonet, ITELNET
ISP (14)
: SNet, MultiTel,
Mercury(Nexus(EboNet, Netangola)), AngolaTelecom, ..
Cities with Internet POP
: 16

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Level of Investment in Telecommunication Sector

427 000 000 USD for the Basic

Network with using VSAT for country
coverage
Backbone Fix lines : 150 000
8 000 Km Fiber Optic lines
VSAT and Terresterial stations

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Optic Fiber till 2015

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Angola as member of SAT3/WASC/SAFE

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ICT Liberalization
The sector has been liberalized.
Local Services and Last Mile: Liberalized
Long Distance
: Partially Liberalized
International Access
: Partially Liberalized
Cellular Services
: Liberalized
Internet
: Liberalized
IT and VA services
: Liberalized
The liberalization is conducting us into efficient
communication services.
A lot of improvement in the services and significant
increase on the consumer satisfaction indices as noted by
the assessment made by INACOM time to time.

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Information Society & E-GOV Action Plans

Consolidation of Angolas Development

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Vision

Bridge the national digital divide

Highly developed ICT in developed countries

Electronic Government in all Africa Countries by 2008 (Africa Union)

Open a Window to others to know Angola

Efficiency and high quality of public services to all citizens

Electronic Government to reinforce citizenship and democracy, to

build cooperative and efficient public administration

Electronic Campus, distance learning, training program

Telemedicine

Rural development
Competitive Economy;

Efficiency of business operation by electronic commerce

dynamization

Electronic Payment and collection (E-BANKING for example)

Electronic Finance, Taxation, State Assets Management, Customs

management and control, procurement

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Overview of ISAP Structure

10 Pillars
Electronic Public Services
Taxation

Finance

Civil Affair

Custom

Heath

Campus

Multi-channel Accessibility Voice and Video

Video Conferencing

IP Call Center

OAM

Multi-channel Accessibility - Data

Portal

E-Mail
System

Web
Proxy

DNS

Security

IP Telephony

Database

Digital Connection
WAN

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MAN

LAN

wired

wireless

NMS
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ISAP represents the beginning of a long walk, extremely important for

Angolan State reconstruction, requiring determination and a combination
of decisive action and continuous learning.

The Information Society

Action Plan (ISAP) is a
document that
summarizes the major
guidelines for the
development of the
Information Society in
Angola, as well as
ongoing and planned
projects and actions.

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As a whole, the
action pillars
contribute to the
harmonious and
sustainable
development of the
Information
Society in Angola.

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The Electronic Government strategy is in line with the general Goals of

Governance defined in the Government General Program.
Government General Goals
Consolidation of peace and national
reconciliation
Consolidation of the basis for the
construction of an integrated and selfsustainable national economy
Re-establishment of the State Central
Administration across the entire national
territory

Key aspects of the Electronic Government Vision

Widespread participation of
society
Quality public services
throughout the entire national
territory
Qualified and motivated
human resources

Modern
Technological
Infrastructure

Development of human resources

Harmonious development of the national

territory

A decentralized, efficient,
cooperative and accountable
Public Administration in the
management of internal
processes

Consolidation of the democratic process

STABILITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF

ANGOLA

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Current Target
Step by Step
Portal

Taxation

Finance

E-Mail
System

IP Telephony

IP Backbone

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IP Metro

Phase 3: more applications

and access coverage

Civil Affair

Heath

Portal

E-Banking

Phase 2:
Specified
Software

Custom

Web
Proxy

DNS

Video Conferencing
Connection of
Government Office
Building

Connection of
Campus Network

Phase 1:
Fundamental
Access
Infrastructure

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Existing Project
Portal (inaugurated on 28 Nov 2006)
Portal of Government
Citizen Portal
Companies Portal
Others
VPN for government (inaugurated on 28 Nov 2006)
Frequency = 3.5GHz
WiMax Connection
Connection of all Ministers offices
Other projects
National Data Center
Wireless Network between public universities (i.e. Agostinho Neto
University which has 8 faculties in Luanda) and institutes(16) with
mesh WI-FI Connection
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Total Solution for the E-gov Infrastructure

NGN

IP Telephony

Audio & Video

Conferencing

Ministries

Hospitals

Universities

IP Bearer
MCU

Internet

IP/MPLS
Core

NMS

Portal,Email,DNS
Servers(Data Center)

Fiber Optical Bearer

Luanda
Optical Fiber Transmission

Other Province
Optical Fiber Ring

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Other Province
Optical Fiber Ring

Other Province
Optical Fiber Ring

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Government Portal

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Market Place of Sonangol for the Oil Industry

Supplier

Target Market
Supplier

Supplier

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B
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All players of the Angolan

Opil and Gas Market, mostly
for the companies present in
Angola

Supplier

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Example of a private initiative for digital inclusion

Cyber Escola Mvel VALLEYSOFT S.A.

Bus (Turbo and Automatic Volvo).

Teaching Room for up to 28 students and 2 teachers.
Integrated Local Area Network with 15 computers.
TV, DVD, VCR and Datashow for projections.
Ar Conditionning (3).
Anti-intrusion Alarm.
Internet connectivity.
Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point, Windows explorer...
Free Course for disadvantaged people.

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Cyber Escola Mvel

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The first Edition of Angola IT Forum

MAIN OBJECTIVES

Talatona Convention Center

Technical Workshops
Meetings between Private
and Public Sectors and
Civil Society
Invitation to
multinationals e
International Institutions
Identification of some
investment opportunities
in ICT for Angola

Luanda, 29 Nov 1 Dec, 2006

http://www.itforum.ao/en/index.html
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Thank You

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