Diggers, Drivers, Diamonds: How Congo’s Zoe Kabila Makes Money
- President’s brother has stakes in at least 12 Congo businesses
- Holdings add to Kabila family’s interest in more than 70 firms
Zoe Kabila
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Zoe Kabila, the brother of Congolese President Joseph Kabila, owns a business empire that encompasses everything from tourism to mining.
His companies have sold diamonds, owned a luxury hotel on Congo’s Atlantic coast, built roads, invested in farming, set up a fast-food franchise and printed driver’s licenses, according to a review of corporate filings obtained by Bloomberg. That’s in addition to contracts with Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and a partnership with Nzuri Copper Ltd.