Kwanza appreciated 4% in Q1, its best quarter since 2010; Lourenço gives further indications of compromise to internal MPLA opponents

Welcome to the Angola Economic and Political Risk Briefing for 13 April 2021

Welcome to the Angola Economic and Political Risk Briefing, Issue 86

brought to you by Zitamar News and Moxico Risk Consulting LLP, with Carlos Rosado de Carvalho and Nick Branson

Good afternoon. Q1 was good for the kwanza: rising oil prices and stabilising international reserves meant the Angolan currency appreciated 4% against the dollar in Q1 2021, its…