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How well has Angola used it's oil wealth to develop it's transportation and power infrastructure? Without decently developed transportation infrastructure and electricity they will have a harder time diversifying their economy. Too many African countries still have issues with a lack of good roads,highways,bridges and rail ways.You need these things to get goods and people around a country. Many countries also lack electricity in rural areas. Many businesses will need electricity.
Transportation is no good. They outsourced everything to the Chinese who did a shoddy job, with their own employees. Now they don't even have the skills to maintain the roads.
Like many businessmen, Carlos Cunha, whose company deals in agriculture, distribution and tourism, said the new infrastructure’s poor quality was the greatest impediment to growth. His trucks regularly ply a main highway from the interior to Luanda, transporting tropical fruits for shipment to Europe.
“Our trucks take eight hours on a 300-kilometer trip and can have two or three flat tires,” Mr. Cunha said, referring to a distance of about 190 miles. “Angola would have gained more with 2,000 kilometers of well-built roads rather than 5,000 kilometers of poorly built roads.”
As foreign contractors have held a grip on reconstruction, little expertise and few skills were passed on to Angolans or domestic companies, experts said.
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