{"id":15714,"date":"2025-11-20T13:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/angola-hosts-imf-md-georgieva-for-key-two-day-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:51","slug":"angola-hosts-imf-md-georgieva-for-key-two-day-visit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/angola-hosts-imf-md-georgieva-for-key-two-day-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola hosts IMF MD Georgieva for Key two-day visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angola welcomes the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on Wednesday for an official two-day visit, at a pivotal moment for the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her itinerary includes meetings with government officials, business leaders, and students, as the IMF continues to flag ongoing challenges such as Angola\u2019s dependence on oil, high debt repayments, inflation, and the pressing need to diversify the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Lutumba Sim\u00e3o, an Angolan Economist, said; \u201cThis visit comes at a time when Angola must make difficult but necessary economic choices. Engaging with the IMF could help strengthen policies to reduce debt pressures and stimulate broader growth beyond the oil sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15715,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-15714","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Angola welcomes the MD of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva","published_date":"2025-11-20 15:11:18","news_description":"Angola welcomes the MD of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19835,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15714\/revisions\/19835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}