Angola has come a long way since 2002. Then, having just come out of a 27-year civil war that ground industrial output to a halt, ruined its infrastructure and rendered its health and education systems all but non-existent, it was an economic basket case.
Today, Angola’s economy of $95bn is the third largest in sub-Saharan Africa, behind only South Africa and Nigeria. Its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, having risen seven-fold since 2000, is about $5000, which is far higher than in most of its neighbours.
