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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, Brazil
Lourenço deals fresh blow to Edir Macedo's media empire in Africa

The president, in the latest twist in his ongoing battle with Brazilian billionaire Edir Macedo's evangelical church, has stopped his television stations from broadcasting in Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2021

Brazilian evangelical pastor Edir Macedo, owner of RecordTV group.

Angola
Lourenço widens global hunt for Dos Santos family assets

The UAE, Monaco, Mauritius and Singapore are no longer the only jurisdictions scanning bank accounts to track down the assets of the former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and his family.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2021

Angola, UAE
Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Banks in the UAE have rushed to freeze the assets of the Dos Santos family and its associates following a request for cooperation from Angola's judiciary, just ahead of the start of Ramadan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2021

Africa
From the Bench - Court rejects Monaco Resources CEO claim against Africa Intelligence

The CEO of Monaco Ressources, Alex Fischer, who sued Africa Intelligence for 'invasion of privacy' following the publication of an investigation into his career, has seen his claim definitively dismissed by a Paris court last month.

Free access Business 14.04.2021

Angola, Mauritius
Mauritius Commercial Bank ordered to disclose its dos Santos accounts

The Mauritian Independent Commission Against Corruption has ordered the island's banks to communicate the details of the accounts opened by Isabel dos Santos, Sindika Dokolo and Konema Mwenenge.

Subscribers only Politics 08.04.2021

Angola, UAE
Dos Santos probe seals MBZ-Lourenço pact

The UAE usually ignores foreign requests for judicial cooperation regarding its offshore hubs but has bent over backwards to accommodate Angola's investigations into the family of former president José Eduardo dos Santos. By doing so, the Emirates are not only forging stronger ties with Luanda but also earning money-laundering brownie points.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.04.2021

Isabel dos Santos is the eldest daughter of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017.

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola's justice ministry has previously asked Emirati and Mauritian authorities to help it locate the assets of the dos Santos family. Now it is taking the treasure hunt all the way to Singapore. Isabel dos Santos, for her part, is fighting back in court in London.

Free access Diplomacy 30.03.2021

Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos.

Angola
Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

The Angolan president's quiet trip to Abu Dhabi last week is the latest sign of a fast-tracked rapprochement between the UAE and Angola. But this blossoming diplomatic and economic alliance depends on the UAE's willingness to hunt down the dos Santos family's assets.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.03.2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president.

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

The Angolan Ministry of Justice is requesting help left and right to round up and potentially freeze the assets of the former president's daughter, Isabel Dos Santos.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.03.2021

Spotlight | Angola
Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

Thrown back into the limelight by a recent report, Banco Sol's deep and long-standing ties with President João Lourenço's party are weighing heavily on the financial institution's attempts to brand itself as just an ordinary bank.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 11.03.2021

Coutinho Nobre Miguel, dubbed the MPLA's banker. He was the boss of Banco Sol until last year and remains a major shareholder.

Spotlight | Angola
Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Already engaged in innumerable court cases and arbitration battles, the smallest details of which are dutifully publicized by their respective PR teams, the family of ex-president dos Santos and the Angolan state are also fighting another less public, much less procedural battle.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2021

Angola
Sonangol holds on to its stake in Portuguese 'money tree' Galp

Angolan state oil company Sonangol, unwilling to cut off its sources of fresh liquidity as it struggles with heavy debts, aims to hold on to its stake in Galp, particularly since the Portuguese energy company has invested in Mozambique's promising gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2021

Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

As a result of Gaspar Martins' difficulty in building a new terminal for Sonangol, the Swiss trading house Trafigura remains the only firm able to stock imported oil products in large quantities in Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2021

Angola
Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

The Angolan state's sale of its stakes in various telecoms companies is part of President João Lourenço's strategy to oust his predecessor's family from the country's business community.

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2021

Angola
Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

The Luanda authorities plan to set aside $757,000 to hire a consultant to carry out economic feasibility assessments for the Barra do Dande oil terminal.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.12.2020

The Barra do Dande oil terminal under construction (2015).

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

The Dubai Diamond Exchange currently handles 90% of diamonds produced in Angola, and it wants things to stay that way. It is taking steps it hopes will prevent Luanda's mining sector reforms from reducing its market share.

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2020

China, Mauritius
Mauritius, China's favourite African backstop

Mindful of how Chinese companies use the island as springboard to the rest of Africa, Mauritius is making the most of its long-standing ties to Beijing. A new Chinese construction firm has set up shop there.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 30.11.2020

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

President Lourenço would have preferred a shipping company to take on Luanda's multipurpose terminal rather than DP World. But it finally resigned itself to choosing the Dubai-based port operator, which spared no expense to win its first major contract in southern Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 23.11.2020

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

The Angolan telecommunications giant Unitel SA is hoping to make Dutch firm Unitel International Holdings (UIH), controlled by Isabel dos Santos, settle its debts through a lawsuit filed with the High Court of London.

Subscribers only Business 19.11.2020

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.

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Lourenço deals fresh blow to Edir Macedo's media empire in Africa

Angola
Lourenço widens global hunt for Dos Santos family assets

Angola, UAE
Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Africa
From the Bench - Court rejects Monaco Resources CEO claim against Africa Intelligence

Angola, Mauritius
Mauritius Commercial Bank ordered to disclose its dos Santos accounts

Angola, UAE
Dos Santos probe seals MBZ-Lourenço pact

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola
Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola
Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

Spotlight | Angola
Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Angola
Sonangol holds on to its stake in Portuguese 'money tree' Galp

Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

Angola
Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

Angola
Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

China, Mauritius
Mauritius, China's favourite African backstop

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

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

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Isabel dos Santos

Angola, Brazil Lourenço deals fresh blow to Edir Macedo's media empire in Africa

Angola Lourenço widens global hunt for Dos Santos family assets

Angola, UAE Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Africa From the Bench - Court rejects Monaco Resources CEO claim against Africa Intelligence

Angola, Mauritius Mauritius Commercial Bank ordered to disclose its dos Santos accounts

Angola, UAE Dos Santos probe seals MBZ-Lourenço pact

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

Spotlight | Angola Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Angola Sonangol holds on to its stake in Portuguese 'money tree' Galp

Spotlight | Angola Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

Angola Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

Angola Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

Spotlight | Angola, UAE Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

China, Mauritius Mauritius, China's favourite African backstop

Angola, UAE Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Angola Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

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

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Angola, Brazil
Lourenço deals fresh blow to Edir Macedo's media empire in Africa

Angola
Lourenço widens global hunt for Dos Santos family assets

Angola, UAE
Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Africa
From the Bench - Court rejects Monaco Resources CEO claim against Africa Intelligence

Angola, Mauritius
Mauritius Commercial Bank ordered to disclose its dos Santos accounts

Angola, UAE
Dos Santos probe seals MBZ-Lourenço pact

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola
Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola
Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

Spotlight | Angola
Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Angola
Sonangol holds on to its stake in Portuguese 'money tree' Galp

Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

Angola
Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

Angola
Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

China, Mauritius
Mauritius, China's favourite African backstop

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

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