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Isabel dos Santos

The daughter of the former president José Eduardo dos Santos, Isabel dos Santos, is an Angolan businesswoman and one of the richest people in Africa. Her Congolese husband, Sindika Dokolo, is the world’s leading collector of contemporary African art.

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Already torn apart by the tug of war between the Angolan and Brazilian heads of state, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries now has to navigate the frosty relations between Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and his Angolan opposite number João Lourenço.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.11.2020

Angolan president João Lourenço received Domingos Simões Pereira - Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco's main election rival - in February 2020.

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Pro-Trump lobbyists in disarray after Biden win

In an effort to work their way into the good books of the Trump administration, many African countries turned to ultra-Republican lobbyists with very close ties to the White House. Joe Biden's election has now put them in a delicate position.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.11.2020

In New York on 7 November, citizens celebrate the victory of Democrat Joe Biden.

Angola
Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola Cables, the leader in undersea fibre optic cables in Angola, has decided to part ways with its long-serving but dos Santos-marked managing director ahead of President Lourenço's plans to have the company privatised in 2021.

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2020

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

After the memorial event for late Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo held on 5 November by his widow Isabel dos Santos in Dubai, where the couple lived and where Dokolo died on 29 October, the family of former president José Eduardo dos Santos planned to hold three simultaneous masses.

Subscribers only Business 09.11.2020

Sindika Dokolo and his wife Isabel dos Santos.

Africa, Israel
Black Cube's super sleuths chase the business of Africa's litigation-bound oligarchs

Shrouded in the aura of intrigue and mystery it gained through its role in the defence of American film producer Harvey Weinstein, Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube is canvassing for contracts from business magnates struggling with long-running legal disputes in Africa.

Subscribers only Business 29.09.2020

Spotlight | Angola
Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Angola's national oil company Sonangol has accused local businessman Sindika Dokolo of buying into its Dutch offshoot Esperaza at a discounted rate and has managed to convince a Dutch court to examine the case.

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2020

Isabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo, in 2011.

Angola, United States
MPLA: Isaias Kalunga embarks on ambitious US tour

The very ambitious newly elected head of the Conselho Nacional da Juventude, the youth wing of the ruling MPLA, Isaias Kalunga, 34, has set off for the United States to meet the new generation of Republican party members.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.09.2020

Spotlight | Mauritius
Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

The Harel family has sold its financial arm to Axis Fiduciary. The young trust company now finds itself up against the families firmly established in offshore finance on the island - Ah-Chuen, Lagesse, Dalais or Espitalier-Noel - as well as stiffer competition from international groups.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.09.2020

Rogers House in Port-Louis, headquarters to the Espitalier-Noë family group, a symbol of the island's financial establishment.

Inner circles | Angola
New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

Agostinho Kapaia has succeeded in rising through the ranks in the Angola business world thanks to his connections in the MPLA and the influence of his oligarch uncle António Mosquito.

Subscribers only Business 14.07.2020

Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

As oil revenues continue to fall, Luanda is relaunching a plan to create a strategic depot in Bengo province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.06.2020

Angola
Consultant Peter Meeus set to help Lourenço with diamond mining reform

As it proceeds with a wide-ranging reform of the Angolan mining sector, in which diamonds are the main component, President João Lourenço's government is thought to be negotiating with precious stones expert Peter Meeus to get him to help it fine-tune its strategy.

Subscribers only Mining 02.06.2020

Angola
The dos Santos diamonds era ends in Maua

President João Lourenço has revoked the mining permit for the Maua diamond site that had been run since 2013 by firms owned, according to the Luanda Leaks, by his predecessor's daughter, Isabel dos Santos. The decision comes amid a wave of changes to the mining industry driven by the head of state.

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2020

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Isabel dos Santos

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Pro-Trump lobbyists in disarray after Biden win

Angola
Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Africa, Israel
Black Cube's super sleuths chase the business of Africa's litigation-bound oligarchs

Spotlight | Angola
Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Angola, United States
MPLA: Isaias Kalunga embarks on ambitious US tour

Spotlight | Mauritius
Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

Inner circles | Angola
New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Angola
Consultant Peter Meeus set to help Lourenço with diamond mining reform

Angola
The dos Santos diamonds era ends in Maua

Ivory Coast
Ex-Afreximbank boss Jean-Louis Ekra launches own investment fund

Africa
Wealthy African families hit hard by falling value of Monaco real estate

Angola
Gemcorp sponsors Africell in Luanda

Angola
Stake in Movicel up for grabs

Angola, Brazil
Ernesto Araújo prepares Bolsonaro's African tour

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

Mauritius
Dos Santos firms lodging at Rogers House, the command centre of the Espitalier-Noël family group

DRC
Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

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Isabel dos Santos

Angola, Guinea-Bissau Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Spotlight | Africa, United States Pro-Trump lobbyists in disarray after Biden win

Angola Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Africa, Israel Black Cube's super sleuths chase the business of Africa's litigation-bound oligarchs

Spotlight | Angola Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Angola, United States MPLA: Isaias Kalunga embarks on ambitious US tour

Spotlight | Mauritius Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

Inner circles | Angola New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

Angola Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Angola Consultant Peter Meeus set to help Lourenço with diamond mining reform

Angola The dos Santos diamonds era ends in Maua

Ivory Coast Ex-Afreximbank boss Jean-Louis Ekra launches own investment fund

Africa Wealthy African families hit hard by falling value of Monaco real estate

Angola Gemcorp sponsors Africell in Luanda

Angola Stake in Movicel up for grabs

Angola, Brazil Ernesto Araújo prepares Bolsonaro's African tour

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

Mauritius Dos Santos firms lodging at Rogers House, the command centre of the Espitalier-Noël family group

DRC Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Pro-Trump lobbyists in disarray after Biden win

Angola
Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Africa, Israel
Black Cube's super sleuths chase the business of Africa's litigation-bound oligarchs

Spotlight | Angola
Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Angola, United States
MPLA: Isaias Kalunga embarks on ambitious US tour

Spotlight | Mauritius
Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

Inner circles | Angola
New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Angola
Consultant Peter Meeus set to help Lourenço with diamond mining reform

Angola
The dos Santos diamonds era ends in Maua

Ivory Coast
Ex-Afreximbank boss Jean-Louis Ekra launches own investment fund

Africa
Wealthy African families hit hard by falling value of Monaco real estate

Angola
Gemcorp sponsors Africell in Luanda

Angola
Stake in Movicel up for grabs

Angola, Brazil
Ernesto Araújo prepares Bolsonaro's African tour

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

Mauritius
Dos Santos firms lodging at Rogers House, the command centre of the Espitalier-Noël family group

DRC
Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi