Quenda offers construction of public utility facilities and comprehensive solutions in the field of security and defense.
Team
At Quenda, people are the most valuable asset. We value experience and other skills of our employees and create work environment in which everyone can take satisfaction and sense of pride in her/his work. We build a solid team taking into account unique characteristics of each member. For us, company’s growth is sustainable only when it translates itself into each employee’s personal growth. In our team, experienced senior staff, mostly from Poland comes together with young, talented Angolans. This is how we pave way to actual transfer of knowledge and experience, essential to unlock the enormous potential of human capital in Angola.
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Małgorzata Szymczuk
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Founder and Managing Partner
Started her career in international oil&gas industry as a specialist at the Research and Exploration Department of Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG SA) and later with Shell Poland.
Since 2008 her professional life has been developing in Africa, where she first worked as an expert on UN with the embassy of Poland in Nairobi. Between 2009 and 2013 she was the consul of Poland in Luanda. In 2013 she was appointed as acting chargée d’affaires of Poland in Luanda. The embassy she was in charge of representing Polish interests in 6 countries of Central Africa with total area of ca. 4,7 m km² and population of over 143 m.
Throughout her diplomatic career she considered a priority the promotion of economic and commercial cooperation between Poland and countries of Central Africa. She co-organized multiple Polish business missions to Angola and other countries of the region and supported Polish companies in their endeavours to enter African markets.
She decided to end the diplomatic career to pursue new challenges in business. Using the vast experience acquired in Africa and a broad network of contacts, she developed the business model Quenda Group is based on.
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Jacek Wasilewski
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Founder and Managing Partner
Has been professionally involved with Angola since 2004. He worked in the country as a university lecturer and a manager. He wrote several articles and books about Angola, Portuguese speaking countries and Southern Africa.
Since 2008 he has been working on international construction projects in Africa. While working for Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs he supervised the implementation of projects under polish development cooperation programme in Kenya and Rwanda and afterwards in Angola and the Republic of Congo.
Having concluded diplomatic career as a deputy head of mission at the Polish embassy in Luanda in 2012, he took part in the management of the construction and equipment of the Namibe Fishery and Marine Science Academy in Angola, considered to be the biggest Polish project in Africa. In 2017 he started a new chapter in his professional career by joining Quenda.
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Scope of Activity
Quenda Group’s activity consists of implementation of turn-key projects including:
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elaboration of preliminary concepts;
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development of complete implementation documentation;
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execution of construction and assembly works as general contractor;
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deliveries of materials and equipment;
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start-up and management of completed facilities;
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training and consultancy services related to the maintenance.
We participate in public procurement in Angola in the following areas:
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education and higher education;
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defence and security;
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public works;
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energy and water supply.
According to requirements of our clients we assist in sourcing financing for implementation of our projects.
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Military objects
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School facilities
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Building designs
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Work in Progress Portfolio
Defence and security:
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Construction and equipment of the Regional Maritime Surveillance Centres in Lobito and Namibe
The project is a part of Angola’s national programme of maritime security called “Kalunga”, which envisages creation of a modern, integrated system bolstering the country’s capability in the following aspects:
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surveillance of sea traffic in the national waters;
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protection of natural maritime resources;
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security of economic activities at sea (fisheries, oil and gas offshore production);
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countering illicit activities (poaching and illegal immigration);
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reinforcing the security of maritime borders.
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The programme is deemed a priority in the field of state security of Angola and its’ implementation is supervised by the President’s Office. Within the “Kalunga” programme, Quenda is executing two parallel contracts with the Angolan Ministry of National Defence, Former Combatants and Homeland Veterans, each of which provides for construction and equipment of a command and surveillance centre of covering a part of the coast – one located in Lobito, Benguela province and the other in Moçâmedes, Namibe province.
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Colaborating closely with the Angolan party Quenda has developed the entire technical documentation. Currently, Quenda’s technical teams manage the works at the two construction sites, supervising local subcontractors and coordinating specialist technical teams from Polish suppliers. Quenda is also responsible for the Logistics, with most of material and equipment being imported from Poland.
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Construction and equipment of radar and relay stations in the provinces of Cuanza Sul, Benguela and Namibe.
The project, along with the construction of the Regional Maritime Surveillance Centres in Lobito and Namibe, is a part of the “Kalunga” national maritime security programme. Under two contracts signed with the Ministry of National Defence, Former Combatants and Homeland Veterans, Quenda is responsible for designing, construction and fitting out of 6 radar stations and 11 relay stations located along the central and southern part of the coast, stretching over 700 kilometres in the provinces of Cuanza Sul, Benguela and Namibe.
Higher education:
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Third phase of construction and equipment of the University of Namibe
Quenda continues the tradition of Polish contribution to one of the most ambitious endeavors of the Government of Angola in the field of higher education: creation from scratch of a modern maritime oriented university in Namibe in the south of the country.
Established in 2017 as the Namibe Academy of Fishery and Marine Sciences, in 2020 it was transformed into the University of Namibe, currently numbering more than 5000 students.The third phase of construction and equipment of the University of Namibe envisages completion of the existing campus to attain its projected functionality. The project consists of two major types of elements: construction of new facilities and services.
The construction part includes design, construction and equipment of buildings, which are deemed essential for the academic community such as: library, auditory and offices for lecturers, canteen, clinic and sports centre along with expansion of the general infrastructure. -
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The services include pedagogical support and international certification of the university (to be carried out in collaboration with a leading Polish scientific institution) as well as maintenance and technical assistance of the specialist equipment and installations. The project is financed by an export credit facility extended by Standard Chartered Bank and supported by the Polish export credit agency (ECA) – KUKE S.A. It’s the first project in which the Polish ECA is the sole guarantor.
For the purpose of implementation of the project, Quenda Business Initiative sp. z o.o. as the General Contractor formed a consortium with Torhamer sp. z o.o. sp.k., a leading Polish engineering company specializing in infrastructure.
Our Partners
Quenda Group’s key clients are Angolan public administration bodies, including the Ministry of National Defence, Former Combatants and Homeland Veterans and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation.
We cooperate with international banks and financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank, Kommunalkredit, Standard Bank and the Polish ECA – KUKE S.A. Among our partners are leading civil construction companies from Poland and Angola and with international suppliers of latest technologies and equipment, which participate in our projects as subcontractors and suppliers.
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Contact
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Telephone and e-mail:
phone_forwarded +48 574 710 101 (Poland)
phone_forwarded +244 924 000 590 (Angola)
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Address in Poland
ul. Zajęcza 15
00-351 Warszawa -
Polish Registered Companies' ID
Quenda sp. z o.o.
NIP: 5252714523
REGON: 367549150
KRS: 0000682793 -
Quenda Business
Initiative sp. z o.o.NIP: 5252663257
REGON: 364769833
KRS: 0000624163 -
Address in Angola
Belas Business Park
torre Cuanza Norte
2º andar, fracção 202
via S10, Talatona
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Angolan Registered Company's ID
Quenda Engenharia e Consultoria Lda.
NIF: 5001018809
Registo comercial: 15.223 - 22/220428
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