Thus, with this transfer, IGAPE will be responsible for creating partnerships with public and private entities, with the aim of enabling the completion of works, "the eventual reconversion of purpose and the commercialization or transfer of assets".
The President's authorization came through a dispatch, according to IGAPE, in a statement to which VerAngola had access.
"In another order, the President of the Republic authorizes the transfer of 15 hotel units from the IKA and BINA chain, which are less than 50 percent under construction, to IGAPE, which will be responsible for creating partnerships with public and private entities, enabling the completion of the works, the eventual reconversion of purpose and the commercialization or transfer of the assets", says the note.
In this sense, IGAPE informs that the range of more than a dozen hotels is made up of eight units from the IKA chain and seven from the IU chain.
These are the IKA hotels in Caxito, Luena, Malanje, M'banza Congo, N'dalatando, Ondjiva, Soyo and Uíge, and the IU hotels in Lobito – Torre A; Lobito – Torre B; Lobito – Torre C; Malanje – Torre A; Santa Clara – Torre B;Santa Clara – Torre B; and Santa Clara – Torre C
This decision, says IGAPE, aims to "ensure better management of properties, ensuring the appreciation of investments already made".
According to a government statement, to which VerAngola had access, the "President of the Republic ordered the transfer of 12 units of the IU and IKA hotel chain to the Institute for Tourism Development (Infotur), namely the IKA hotels in Lubango and Talatona, as well as the IU hotels in Cacuaco - Torre A, Cuito - Torre A, Huambo - Torre A, Luena - Torre A, M'Banza Congo - Torre A, N'Dalatando - Torre A, Sumbe - Torre A e os hotéis UI de Viana - Torres A, B e C".
"The transfers of these hotel units must safeguard the maintenance of existing jobs and also result from the need to redefine the strategy for operating the respective assets, to align with the policy of the activity sector", reads the note.
In the IGAPE statement, the institute reports that the privatization of eight hotels in the IU and Bina chain was also authorized.
IGAPE, "as the body responsible for executing the Privatization Program – Propriv, informs that Presidential Order No. 98/25, of March 31, which authorizes the privatization of 8 hotel units of the IU and Bina Hotel Chain, included in the 2023-2026 Privatization Program".
They are the Bina – Soyo hotel and the IU hotels Caxito – Torre A; Saurimo – Torre A; Soyo – Torre A; Soyo – Torre B; Soyo – Torre C; Tômbwa – Torre A; and Uíge – Torre A.
"The aforementioned order establishes the privatization strategy for these assets, adopting the modality of assignment of the right to explore, manage and sell assets, through a limited bidding process with prior qualification", the note points out.
The Minister of Finance is given the "power to conduct the process, including defining the most appropriate modality for each asset, establishing the negotiation committee, approving the procedural documents and awarding the proposals".
