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Spotlight | Angola
Manuel Vicente's circles still in command of oil dollars

Former Angolan vice president and ex-Sonangol chairman Manuel Vicente may have had to leave executive government when President João Lourenço stepped into office in 2017, he certainly hasn't lost any of the stronghold of the country's oil industry he patiently [...]

Published on 04/02/2020 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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China International Fund organisation
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Diamantino Azevedo public figure
Joao Lourenco public figure
Jose Eduardo dos Santos public figure
Manuel Vicente public figure
Somoil organisation
Sonangol organisation
Baptista Sumbe
Carlos Saturnino
Cupertino Gourgel
Elma Pegado Almeida
Luis Manuel
Nelson Pacavira
Paulino Fernando de Carvalho de Jeronimo
Sam Pa
Sebastiao Pai Querido Gaspar Martins
Sonangol Asia
Sonangol International Marketing
Sonangol USA

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The Palace of Justice, home to the Tribunal Supremo de Angola.

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Visalia sues Seadrill for $70m over hook-up with Sonangol

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Angola
Manuel Vicente set to be big loser in general election

In September, the former Angolan number two and chief executive of Sonangol will lose the immunity he has benefitted from for the last five years and could well find himself prosecuted for corruption.

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Former Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente (photo from November 2015).

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WM-DC Resources ejected from ENI's Cabinda North block

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Angola
Lourenço plays the game with EITI as elections approach

The Angola committee overseeing Luanda's application for membership of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) met for the first time in early June. The EITI sees Angola as a key asset to help it expand in southern Africa but could find its efforts to get Angola into the organisation tied to electoral considerations.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2021

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Image-conscious Lourenço trumpets his anticorruption credentials

To counter his reputation of being soft on graft, a year ahead of the next election the president and his PR team have mounted a major media campaign, including a flashy TV documentary, around several high-profile sackings.

Subscribers only Politics 07.06.2021

Angola, Brazil
Brazil's meat producers alarmed by Lourenço's protectionism

After a decade of unbridled growth, Brazilian meat exports to Angola could take a steep dive as early as this summer due to new protectionist policies put in place by President João Lourenço.

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Companies offer free clean-up of trash-strewn Luanda to win back cancelled contracts

Rubbish is piling up on the streets of the capital after cash-strapped city authorities abruptly cancelled waste-management contracts last year. In the hope of winning new ones now that João Lourenço has mobilised funds, some firms have offered their services at no cost.

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Angola
Baroness Northover signs up to Pensana rare earth project

As the new member of the Pensana board, Baroness Northover should prove to be a real asset for the Longonjo project, both on account of her British parliamentary contacts and her experience of working with the authorities in Luanda.

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2020

Angola, Switzerland
Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Clara Poglia, the lawyer who will represent Angolan insurance magnate Carlos de Sao Vicente before the Swiss courts, has already taken part in several big oil industry cases, including those arising from Brazil's big Lava Jato anti-corruption operation and Gunvor's activities in Congo and Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Energy 04.09.2020

Partner in Switzerland's Schellenberg Wittmer law firm Clara Poglia.

Spotlight | Angola
Dos Santos era throwback Somoil changes boss again to steady ship

The best-connected junior in Angola has been struggling to retain a stable management team and has turned to Edson dos Santos Sousa, formerly of Sonangol and ExxonMobil, to restore some order.

Subscribers only Energy 12.06.2020

Angolan junior Somoil, whose new CEO is Edson dos Santos Sousa, was founded by former chairmen of Sonangol.

Angola
ANPG boss Jeronimo tries to save appearances in Kwanza and Congo basins

With oil production in Angola in free fall, exploration has been at a standstill since the start of the second quarter. The situation is likely to last until at least the end of 2020.

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2020

Spotlight | Angola
Winners and losers as Gaspar Martins and João Lourenço shake up Sonangol

Amid plummeting crude prices, Angola's president has decided to make sweeping changes to Sonangol, the state oil firm. But not everyone is happy.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2020

Angola
Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

Choked as it is by the fall in oil prices, Angola is already dangerously exposed to the risk of being unable to reimburse its private debt. Its finances have been complicated by another problem, however.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 08.05.2020

Former President José Eduardo dos Santos created the public company Recredit in 2016 to take care of the toxic claims of the PCB.

Angola
Manuel Vicente's Somoil heirs poised to launch into distribution

The company created in 2000 by former Angolan vice president Manuel Vicente is ready to move into unchartered waters as it diversifies its activities.

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Angola
Why is attorney Gros after China International Fund, Sonangol's ally?

By seizing property from Sonangol's partner, China International Fund, the attorney general is declaring war on the architecture of Angola's relations with China, Manuel Vicente.

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Angola
Who is Manuel Vicente's trio at the helm of Somoil?

The all-powerful former Sonangol chairman Manuel Vicente has placed his troops within the executive board at Somoil, the junior he [...]

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Angola
Lourenço hands Jeronimo's ANPG $9 million to renovate head office

Angola's oil and gas regulatory authority, the ANPG, will soon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2020

Angola
Sonangol privatisation: behind the scenes of Lourenço's last chance operation

While the economy is continuing to suffer with the drop in national oil output, Luanda is busy preparing the sale of the state-owned firm in the background. Here's how.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2020

Angola
Sonangol USA: Elma Almeida, M. Vicente's unsinkable advisor

Most of the senior management in place at Sonangol under former President José Eduardo Dos Santos have been sacked since [...]

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Angola
Threat worsens for Somoil under Lourenço's watch

The junior in vogue during José Eduardo Dos Santos' era is well aware that the new regime will be not be as lenient.

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Angola
Somoil founders, Joaquim David and Manuel Vicente, drag firm into quagmire

The founders of the country's largest private oil firm, Somoil, owe the state colossal sums.

Free access Energy 25.06.2019

Angola
Change of guard under new Sonangol boss Gaspar Martins

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Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

Angola
Joao Lourenco picks a Manuel Vicente supporter to get Sonangol back on its feet

In the end, Carlos Saturnino's discord with the hydrocarbons agency cost him his job.

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Angola
Manuel Vicente's Sonangol years catch up with him

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Angola
Who are the former Elf execs pampering Somoil in Geneva?

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Angola
Saturnino and Azevedo, Lourenco's new oil bosses with Isabel Dos Santos out of picture

By appointing close allies to the head of Sonangol and the oil ministry, Joao Lourenco is keeping the country's money maker under his wing.

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Saturnino and Azevedo, Lourenco's new oil bosses with Isabel Dos Santos out of picture

By appointing close allies to the head of Sonangol and the oil ministry, Joao Lourenco is keeping the country's money maker under his wing.

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Africa, China
Beijing turns against its African pathfinder, Sam Pa

The Oct. 8 arrest of Sam Pa, an influential Chinese middle-man in Africa, could well mark the end of an [...]

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Visalia sues Seadrill for $70m over hook-up with Sonangol

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Manuel Vicente set to be big loser in general election

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Companies offer free clean-up of trash-strewn Luanda to win back cancelled contracts

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Baroness Northover signs up to Pensana rare earth project

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Dos Santos era throwback Somoil changes boss again to steady ship

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Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

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