Indian companies in the telecommunications and information technology sector want to invest in the Angolan market, mainly in the sector of technologies aimed at health and education, according to the Ambassador of India to Angola, Pratibha Parkar.
The diplomat was speaking at the event called “Promoting Business in the New Normal of the Telecommunications, Electronics and IT Sector”, a video conference that was held with the plan to understand and understand the present scenario of telecommunications and IT in Angola in the post Covid-19 era, as well as to promote a commercial interaction between Angolan and Indian entrepreneurs and explore various business opportunities to both sides, in a prevailing economic environment.
According to Pratibha Parkar, the real objective of this event was also to bring companies from both countries together and, on each side, to obtain mutual benefits, taking into account the great potential that India has in the field of telecommunications and which, he believes, can be very useful for Angola. .
On the other hand, the Director of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Matias Borges, also present at the event, said that the moment is of capital importance, because the initiative will unite Indian companies with experience and great capacity and emerging Angolan companies and beyond, which are taking significant steps in this market.
For Angola, the advantages are multiple, as it is in a phase of guaranteeing national coverage, with a great opportunity for operators to establish partnerships, for the acquisition of cutting-edge equipment and to provide services to the most remote areas of the country.
"India will, with this conference, get to know better the national market, needs and potential. For Angolans, it is an opportunity to establish partnerships and undertake, having Indian companies as suppliers of equipment and knowledge.", said.
Still on this path, companies will leverage more in terms of infrastructure and technical and technological means, to respond to the 15 million mobile phone users and the more than seven million internet users in the country.
