Grupo SGO
| Grupo SGO, Lda. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | private, with public participation |
| founding | 2003 |
| Seat | Viana , Angola |
| Number of employees | 2,000 |
| Branch | Passenger transport, garbage collection |
| Website | www.gruposgo.com |
Grupo SGO is a transport company in Angola . It is based in Viana , a city in the metropolitan area of the capital Luanda .
history
The company was founded in 2003 by the two Angolan companies Sunninvest and Gênesis together with the originally Brazilian Grupo Odilon Santos . The name is derived from the three first letters.
The company operates local bus routes in Luanda and intercity bus routes , in particular to a number of provincial capitals. In addition, the company is active in garbage collection .
The company sees further growth opportunities, particularly in passenger transport between the provinces of Angola, with the continuous improvement of the infrastructure and ongoing consolidation of the economic and social situation in Angola since the end of the Angolan civil war in 2002.
In the urban area of Luanda, the SGO is the most important operator of local public transport after the state Transportes Colectivos Urbanos de Luanda (TCUL). Together with the transport company Macon , SGO is also the largest provider of long-distance bus services in Angola.
In April 2014, SGO employees went on temporary strike to claim the outstanding wages of 1,800 of the company's more than 2,000 employees.
In August 2018, the Ministry of Finance announced in a letter to all transport companies the immediate end of the subsidies for fares for inner-city bus transport. The company then ceased operations and is in liquidation. In January 2019, the employees again demanded the payment of their salaries, which they have not received since August 2017.
Web links
- Grupo SGO website (temporarily suspended)
- Official page of Grupo SGO on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile of the company at www.luanda.all.biz, accessed on August 27, 2015
- ↑ Company history on the company's website ( memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Article of May 14, 2012 on the opening of new SGO lines , news portal www.verangola.net, accessed on August 27, 2015
- ↑ a b Article on SGO strike of April 17, 2014 , Portuguese-language website of the Voice of America www.voaportugues.com, accessed on August 27, 2015
- ^ Joost De Raeymaeker: À Descoberta De Angola. 1st edition, Verlag LeYa, Alfragide 2012, p. 61 ( ISBN 978-989-741-009-3 )
- ↑ Governo coloca fim ao subsídio aos transportes valoreconomico.co.ao , August 20, 2018, accessed on July 5, 2019
- ↑ Angola: Trabalhadores exigem pagamento de salários em atraso e indemnizações dw.com , January 21, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2019
