Luanda, July 7, 2025 (Lusa) - Angola’s Transport Minister on Monday justified the increase in urban public transport fares due to the “heavy weight” of fuel in transport costs, noting that the measure has been agreed with operators.
According to Ricardo de Abreu, the recent fuel price adjustment resulted from a series of meetings between different ministerial departments, and the government has coordinated the action to ensure that operators also adjust their prices in response to rising costs.
“[The fuel increase] is a measure that the government is coordinating, and we also ensure that road and urban transport operators can somehow adjust their prices in line with the increase in costs,” the minister told journalists in Luanda on Monday.
According to the Angolan minister, fuel “has a very large weight in the transport cost structure”.
For this reason, he explained, there was “an agreement with operators to keep this adjustment manageable” for users to use public transport, he argued, speaking on the sidelines of the National Conference on Angola’s Preparation for the World Maritime Organisation (IMO) audit.
As of today, the fare for shared taxis, known as “candongueiros”, is now 300 kwanzas per trip (€0.28) and the fare for urban buses rises to 200 kwanzas per trip (€0.19), according to a statement from the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT).
The new fares take effect after the price of diesel rose from 300 to 400 kwanzas per litre (€0.28 to €0.37) on July 4, as part of a policy to gradually withdraw fuel subsidies.
Local authorities will set fare adjustments for inter-municipal passenger services, taking into account the technical and operational criteria of each route.
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