The Angolan government announces the privatization of at least 113 companies this year, including the Bank of Commerce and Industry (BCI).

The Secretary of State for Finance and Treasury, Ottoniel Santos said this Tuesday at the end of the meeting of the National Interministerial Commission for the Privatization Program 2019-2022 (PROPRIV) that in the first quarter, 40 companies will be privatized; in the second, 60 and in the third 13 companies.
The proposal to privatize the companies of the Zahara group was also analysed. As well as the approval of the incorporation of five assets in the privatization program, which have been recovered by the State and which will be transferred to the private sphere in order to maintain their market value and stimulate the national economy.