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Dos Santos Appointed His Daughter As Head Of Angola’s State Oil Firm

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has appointed his daughter as the new head of Sonagol, the state-owned oil firm, [2]according to a government statement published late Thursday.[5]

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Isabel takes on the job as the chairwoman of a new board of directors for Sonangol after her father fired the entire board in April this year.[1]

In a statement on Friday,[4] dos Santos promised that the new Sonangol board “will work to decrease production costs and optimize resources in order to increase the international competitiveness of the Angolan oil sector”.[6]

Angola has recently become Africa’s largest oil producer after attacks on oil installations and facilities in Nigeria by Niger Delta militants reduced the country’s oil production output.[8]

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Isabel dos Santos, 43, is the richest woman in Africa with a fortune FORBES estimates at $3.3 billion – a fortune she has amassed primarily by acquiring significant stakes in Angolan companies in banking,[2] cement, diamonds and telecom mostly by taking a chunk of companies that want to do business in the country, using her father’s influence.[10]

Previously, a spokesperson for Isabel dos Santos denied any nepotism. Instead, [9]a statement from the her spokesperson said:

Mrs. Isabel dos Santos is an independent business woman, and a private investor representing solely her own interests.

Her investments in Angolan and/or in Portuguese companies are transparent and have been conducted through arms-length transactions involving external entities such as reputed banks and law firms.”[12]

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She already owns large stakes in Unitel, Angola’s largest mobile phone network, Portuguese bank Banco BIC and oil and gas firm Galp Energia, among other investments. [3]She is believed to be holding many of these assets in trust for her father, [5]Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

Sonangol did not respond to an email requesting for a comment as at the time of filing this report.[1]

Source: FORBES

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