Angola carried out its first debt issuance in the Japanese market, raising 40 billion yen (€221 million) through Samurai Bonds with a five-year maturity and a 2.6% interest rate.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance (Minfin), cited by Lusa, Angola’s first Samurai Bond issuance was completed on 5 December 2025 and is structured in two tranches with five-year maturity and a 2.6% rate.
“The funds raised, within the medium-term public debt management strategy, will be applied to the financing of the Executive’s priority programmes,” the press note states.
The operation was conducted as a private placement in the Japanese market and was guaranteed by the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), with the Mizuho Group acting as transaction facilitator.
The Minfin emphasises that the issuance “places the country among the select group of African nations that have accessed the Samurai Bond market”, reflecting “international investors’ confidence in the ongoing macroeconomic reforms, as well as in the fiscal consolidation efforts and the country’s commitment to sustainable public debt management”.
The statement also recalls that, in August 2025, Angola signed several agreements with Japan to be implemented through bond issuances in the Japanese capital market, including an agreement signed with Mizuho Bank “focused on financial cooperation programmes”.
Samurai Bonds are yen-denominated bonds issued by foreign companies or States in the Japanese market — that is, outside their home country — and are subject to Japanese regulation.
