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The article reports on developments in the real property business in Angola. Prime office space in the center of the city overlooking the bay sells for about $6,500 per square meter. An average flat can cost $12,000-$15,000 a month which is prohibitive even for some businesses hoping to take advantage of the country's booming economy, which is expected to grow in 2007 at 20-30%. The country exported nearly $30 billion of oil in 2006. The heavily congested capital has only a strip of property that most expatriates would consider suitable.

The article offers information on the economic conditions of Angola. The human and natural resources play an important role in the economic growth of the country. Credit Guarantee Insurance Corp., the largest insurer of company debtors in South Africa, said that opportunity exist in the construction, agriculture, infrastructure, tourism and oil/mining sectors in the country. Furthermore, Angola will become the China of the African continent with its continuous economic development.