Angola’s Mineral, Oil, and Gas Sector Focuses on Results-Driven Project Execution
The Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, emphasized the central role of the sector in Angola’s economic development, economic diversification, investment attraction, and value creation.
He highlighted that this responsibility requires a high level of professionalism, rigor, and a strong commitment to achieving results.
Minister Azevedo made these remarks at the opening of the XII Meeting of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas (MIREMPET). The meeting aimed to assess the progress of the sector’s key structuring projects and strengthen a culture focused on results.
The minister stressed that the purpose of the meeting is to ensure that structuring projects are effectively executed, monitored, and oriented toward tangible results, adding that the current challenge in public governance is not policy formulation but rigorous implementation.
“We are in a phase where defining good policies, approving programs, or announcing ambitious projects is no longer sufficient. The real challenge lies in implementation, systematic monitoring, and the ability to quickly correct what is not working,” Azevedo said.
The minister also underscored the importance of using monitoring dashboards with key indicators to evaluate goals, deadlines, responsibilities, physical and financial progress, risks, and pending decisions, thereby facilitating high-level decision-making.
Azevedo noted that many projects fail not because of a lack of vision but due to insufficient follow-up, coordination, and accountability. He called for a culture of focus, teamwork, and institutional cooperation among public and private actors.
Held under the theme, “Structuring Projects of the Sector: Current Status and Challenges,” the meeting brought together the Secretaries of State for Mineral Resources and Oil and Gas, national directors, presidents, general directors and administrators of supervised services, as well as senior officials from MIREMPET.
