November 25, 2024
Husband of Africa’s richest woman dies in diving accident
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47-year-old Angolan businesswoman and Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos’s husband, Sindika Dokolo has died at the age of 48.

According to reports, the Congolese businessman and art collector died in a diving accident in Dubai on Thursday, October 29,2020.

Prior to his death, Dokolo and his billionaire wife Isabel, the daughter of Jose Eduardo dos Santos who ruled Angola for 38 years until 2017, were being investigated over a $1.136 billion (432bn)mismanagement of state funds. Their assets were frozen over this in December 2019.

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The couple only moved to Dubai in early 2020, following the opening of several investigations for allegedly diverting properties from the Angolan government.Dokolo and Isabel, who both got married in 2002 have three children together.

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