Luanda, June 25, 2026 (Lusa) - Angola's minister of agriculture and forestry called on Thursday for investment in game farms, describing them as “a unique business opportunity in Angola” with significant potential for future development.
Isaac dos Anjos, speaking at the opening of the launch event for the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project in Eastern Angola, said that game farms (or ‘game lodges’) are being developed in that part of the country.
He emphasised that this type of farm will represent an economic opportunity for the region’s development, and the formal legal sector is working to address related legal matters.
“All we need is, together with the country’s formal legal sector, to resolve, once and for all, the issue of community integration, drawing on the experience of Botswana and Namibia, which is based on the fiduciary principle,” he said.
He emphasised that the aim of the trust principle is to give communities the right to demarcate and delimit their territory for incorporation into the economy, with the land registered as trust property.
“As it is trust property, the investor can invest in leisure facilities and hotel facilities with the same guarantee as they would in any other location. The catch is that, when they wish to sell these facilities, they must return to the community and consult the community whether they agree to the transaction,” he explained.
Isaac dos Anjos said this is the principle behind the business, which is growing across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and represents more than $1 billion (€867.5 million).
“In our country, more and more people are dedicating themselves to establishing places of worship and churches. I want to become a pastor who mobilises people towards economic endeavour. Therefore, investing in wildlife breeding farms is a unique business opportunity in Angola that remains largely unexplored,” he noted.
According to Isaac dos Anjos, there are also initiatives in eastern Angola to produce wild fruits, spearheaded by a group of former military personnel.
“We are tracking and identifying species of mucongo, a plant that produces essential oils used in the region to improve the skin and which certainly has added value,” he noted, adding that this work, which former military personnel are carrying out, could be integrated as yet another opportunity for communities to generate income.
Regarding the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project for Eastern Angola, with a total value of $210 million (€182.1 million), of which $190 million (€164.8 million) is a contribution from the African Development Bank, Isaac dos Anjos noted that it aims to strengthen smallholder farming in the east of the country.
For the minister, this is an opportunity for the business sector to get involved and help boost the local economy.
This five-year project covers the provinces of Cuando, Cubango, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Moxico and Moxico Leste, and is expected to benefit 240,000 people.
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