Angolan government approves digital transition agenda to improve public services

The Angolan Council of Ministers approved this Wednesday the Public Administration Digital Transition Agenda 2027, with the aim of improving the efficiency, transparency and accessibility of public services, an official source stated.

In statements to journalists, after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of State and Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic, Adão de Almeida, stated that this will be a process in stages, with the selection of 214 priority projects from different sectors, among which is the public administration interoperability platform, to improve information exchange and avoid permanently requesting information from citizens that is already available.

The Agenda “aims, in line with the State reform roadmap, to introduce, in a structured way, digital transition processes in public administration, moving towards Dematerialization and digitalization of public services.“Adão de Almeida highlighted.

This Wednesday, the Council of Ministers also approved a program for the Improvement of Urban Mobility in Luanda, a document that establishes the actions to be carried out in the current year and in 2025, with a view to guaranteeing security, reducing losses due to vandalism and contributing to mitigate serious mobility problems in the territory.

The proposal to reform the law on designation and execution of international legal acts was also considered, for presentation to the National Assembly, to improve the implementation of financial sanctions and other restrictive measures against individuals, groups and entities suspected of acts of terrorism and financing of terrorism, subversion of the maintenance of peace and security or non-compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions.

Other documents proposed by various sectors of the Central Administration were also considered at the meeting.