Angola, located in western Africa, is emerging as a promising market for Indonesian palm oil on the African continent. Several areas in Angola are ready to be developed for palm oil cultivation. This potential was highlighted during a recent visit by the Indonesian Ambassador-designate to Angola, Wisnu Eddy Platinho, on Thursday, July 25, 2024.
Ambassador Wisnu met with Ambassador Carlos Sardinha, Director of International Cooperation at the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to explore the possibility of exports and cooperation in the palm oil sector.
It was noted that Angola has previously imported palm oil seeds and cultivated and grown them domestically, but this initiative has not yet produced optimal results.
“We are now considering importing palm oil seeds and inviting palm oil experts from Indonesia,” Ambassador Carlos said.
Currently, palm oil cultivation and processing in Angola is still traditional, and it is hoped that Indonesian palm oil experts will contribute to modernizing palm oil plantations and improving productivity.
Ambassador Wisnu welcomed Angola’s interest in developing palm oil plantations.
“Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of palm oil,” Ambassador Wisnu explained.
One Angolan importer stated that more than 50% of processed palm oil products come from Indonesia.The Angolan palm oil market is also open to raw palm oil products that can be further processed in Angola.
Cooperation in palm oil products could bridge the gap in agricultural and industrial cooperation between Indonesia and Angola. To this end, Ambassador Wisnu invited Angolan palm oil stakeholders to take advantage of the Second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF-2) to be held in September 2024 to meet with relevant partners in the Indonesian palm oil industry.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia.
