Chinese loans fuel Angola’s future cities but analysts cautious over the costs

Chinese loans fuel Angola’s future cities but analysts cautious over the costs
- October 20, 2025
- Sylvia Croese, global and international studies, South China Morning Post, Oct. 20, 2025
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Sylvia Croese, an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, pointed out that since affordable mortgages were not available from Angola’s private banking sector, the state had to offer the flats through heavily subsidised rent-to-buy schemes.
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