Bank lending to companies and households in Angola rose 11% year-on-year in August to €8.7 billion, according to data released by the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA).
According to the BNA's statistical credit information note, the private sector accounted for 85.2% of total credit, with an outstanding stock of €6.8 billion — an increase of €729 million, or 11.7%, compared with August 2025.
Indebtedness in the non-financial public sector totalled €1.4 billion, of which 63.3% was attributable to the central government and 36.7% to state-owned enterprises, representing an increase of €312 million.
Private sector indebtedness, which encompasses private companies and individual borrowers, rose by €588 million, climbing from €6.7 billion in August 2025 to €7.3 billion.
Credit to the real economy totalled €2 billion over the period under review, a year-on-year increase of 29.1%, driven primarily by the manufacturing sector, followed by the extractive industries and agriculture, livestock, hunting, forestry and fisheries, the BNA note added.
Source: Diário Económico
Original article: https://www.diarioeconomico.co.mz/2026/09/22/mundo/angola/angola-credito-bancario-a-empresas-e-particulares-aumentou-11-em-agosto/
