Angola Press Agency (ANGOP) is the official news agency of Angola. The outlet was founded back in 1975.
Media assets
News agency: ANGOP
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
ANGOP is a state owned company that is accountable to the Ministry of Telecommunications, IT and Social Communication. The agency’s board of directors, consisting of seven members, is appointed by state authorities led by the Presidential Office President.
Source of funding and budget
ANGOP is almost entirely funded by state subsidies. In 2020, it operated with a budget of AOA 3.4bn (US$ 5.7m), most of it (99%) coming from the state budget, according to the latest available annual report.
Editorial independence
There are no explicit rules requiring ANGOP to cover the government in a favorable light. However, indirectly, authorities control the editorial coverage of ANGOP, according to local journalists and experts and ad hoc content analysis conducted for this project.
No statue and no oversight or assessment mechanism to validate ANGOP’s editorial independence have been identified.
September 2023