Angolan minor industries forecast to grow 5.1 pct a year

Angolan Minister of Economic and Social Development Manuel Nunes Junior forecasts that, taken together, Angolan industries other than the dominant oil industry will grow at an average annual rate of 5.1 percent between 2018 and 2022, Xinhua reports.

The Chinese government-run news agency quotes the minister as saying that the average annual rate of growth will be 8.9 percent for agriculture, 5.9 percent for manufacturing, 5.9 percent for services, 4.8 percent or fisheries and 3.8 percent for construction.

Mr Nunes Junior forecasts that the oil industry will grow at an average annual rate of 1.8 percent between 2018 and 2022, Xinhua says.