It is with great pleasure that I read about his Excellency President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco election as AU Chair—Southern Region during the 2025 Bureau of Assembly, African Union Commission in Ethiopia.
The Centre for Export Development, a marketing partner of the African Trade Fair Agreement 2025, wishes to congratulate His Excellency, Angolan President, on this well-deserved milestone achievement. President Lourenco, we have seen your work that demonstrates a genuine interest and commitment to continuously improving both Angola and the African Diaspora, witnessing the emergence of a new chapter.
Angola has long suffered from being fairly impenetrable as a place of business, and the Centre for Export Development believes that it is the responsibility of the state to create the best conditions for business.
We have no doubt in your astute leadership, as validated by your attitude in support of the Free Trade Area, to increase intra-regional trade so as to achieve economic development of the region. President, through your reign we have eyewitnessed a development action that inculcates a culture of economic diversification, international export standards, trade negotiations, logistic support, and most importantly, entrepreneur support—an accomplishment with a profound impact of continuously raising a new generation of entrepreneurs, destined to drive Angola towards the future.
Impressed by the establishment of Agencia de Investimento Privado e Promocao Das Exportacoes Success of Angola and SADC (South African Development Community) failsafe under your stewardship.
Long Live Comrade President Long Live
Regards,
Maseli Rapuleng
CEO
Centre for Export Development
Tel: +27 68 229 0571/ +27 63 027 9690
Email: maseli.rapuleng@ced.org.za
