Luanda - Angola Press Agency (ANGOP) will launch on 9 November 9, a Multimedia Portal, totally independent from the current one which reports News.
The announcement was made by the ANGOP CEO, Josué Salusuva Isaías, during a speech on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the media institution, celebrated this Sunday, 30 October.
According to the representative, the Multimedia Portal will contain exclusive video, audio, photography and advertising content, geared towards sales.
“These investments and this bet for multimedia will require us to have a great capacity to overcome, resilience, creativity and productivity”, he said.
Josué saías recognized the existence of professionals with competence and capability to overcome several and different challenges of the company.
He pointed to the occupational qualifier which was implemented this year and it has demanded that journalists, technicians and other administrative sectors achieve the desired results.
For Josué Isaías, the occupational qualifier has given employees better psychological conditions for the noble mission of serving society with truth and impartiality.
Despite mentioning that the implementation of this instrument, which results from the adjustment of salaries, does not solve all the needs of the professional, ANGOP CEO underlined his commitment to improving social conditions of employees.
He announced the launching and the consolidation of the streaming services, as it is the new focus of the Multimedia Newsroom.
ANGOP, the country’s only news agency, is a public company that is focussed on collecting, processing and distributing news material on an exclusive basis in Angola and abroad, on the basis of objective information related to the national and international current affairs.
ANGOP was created in July 1975 with the name Angola National Press Agency (ANAP). In the beginning its works were distributed in the form of a printed bulletin until 30 October 1975, when the agency launched its first telegraphic dispatch.
The Agency celebrates its anniversary on 30 October.
On 2 December 1975, the agency adopted its present and definitive denomination “Agência Angola Press”, by launching its first dispatch under the acronym ANGOP.
Through a presidential decree, on 2 February 1978, the news Agency became a state organ.
In 1991 ANGOP opted to broadcast its work 24 hours a day, and also introduced innovations in the editorial and technical plans regarding the informative point of view.
