Drain the Swamp in Angola: Why Angola had to freeze the personal assets of Africa's richest woman When an Angolan court froze the assets of Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman it was widely seen as the strongest signal the country’s president, Joao Lourenço’s is intent on cracking down on ending corruption and decades of crony capitalism in the country. But for Isabel dos Santos, the 46-year-old daughter of former Angolan president, José Eduardo dos Santos the move is part of a concerted campaign to discredit what she often describes to journalists as the self-made success and hard work which made her a billionaire. Last month, the Angolan court froze the personal bank accounts of dos Santos, her Congolese-born husband Sindika Dokolo and Mario da Silva, chairman of Banco de Fomento Angola, in Angola as well as their stakes in nine Angolan firms—Unitel, Angola’s telecommunications giant, BFA, and smaller ventures including the Candado supermarket chain, a cinema and a mall for owing the state over $1 billion. https://qz.com/africa/1782852/angola-freezes-africa-richest-woman-isabel-dos-santos-assets/