According to José Carlos, owner of the manufacturing unit, which is called 'Fumadinho' and has pig farming, slaughterhouse and sausage services, the initiative involves the creation of pigs to be slaughtered and their respective transformation, whose factory is capable of slaughtering 150 animals per day.
José Carlos also said, quoted by Angop, that the initial forecast was that the enterprise would be able to slaughter a hundred animals per day, however, the factory has the daily capacity to transform between 50 and 70 pigs into hams, sausages, among others derived from this animal.
Still talking about the factory's capabilities, the person in charge said that it has three traditional smokehouses, each capable of housing three tons, as well as an electric smokehouse, reserved for other types of products. However, he added, they are only using the traditional smokehouse.
Regarding the investment, the owner said that the initiative, whose construction began in 2021, was financed by Banco Caixa Geral de Angola, worth more than 2.4 billion kwanzas, guaranteed by the Credit Guarantee Fund, adding capital own, having reached around three billion kwanzas.
Speaking to Angop, José Carlos said that they will first focus on the local market and, after becoming more consolidated, they will think about moving towards other markets in the country.
He also made it known that the pig farming area is not yet in operation, however, there will never be enough numbers to sustain the unit, so they will always have to help other people to acquire the animals, also aiming to encourage pig farmers to sell their animals.
He also said they deeply value "the partnership and continuous support of State institutions, in supporting local entrepreneurship and community development".
The provincial governor pointed out the contribution that this project will bring to the province. "Making this investment is to continue the diversity of the history of this province, which will generate more national consumption, but jobs and more satisfaction in our private sector," he said, quoted by Angop.
In turn, the administrator for the Business Area of the Credit Guarantee Fund, Eduardo Mohamed, quoted in a statement from the Credit Guarantee Fund, to which VerAngola had access, considered this project "as a positive sign for the industry producing pork derivatives, have production with quality control and the fact that the factory buys the raw material from small producers".
