Sindika Dokolo, Africa’s richest woman’s husband, Isabel Dos Santos, died in Dubai at the age of 48. Art collector, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, died while diving.
The news of the death was advanced by Africa Insight. According to the same source, Dokolo was diving when he drowned. This is the press version of the Democratic Republic of Congo, however, Angolan sources indicated that the cause of death was an embolism.
According to a tweet by Africa Facts Zone, the Congolese businessman and art collector died in a diving accident in Dubai on Thursday, October 29.
Isabel dos Santos,47, later shared a photo with Dokolo and their youngest son on Twitter without a caption. The comment session was flooded with heartfelt messages.
The news of his death was officially confirmed by Michée Mulumba of the Congolese president’s office, Felix Tshisekedi.
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 mismanagement of state funds. Their assets were frozen over this in December 2019.
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.