Angola News

Angola to Sell Stakes in Biggest Insurer, Standard Bank Unit

Angola will sell stakes in its largest insurer and in the local unit of Standard Bank Group Ltd. this year, as the oil-producing nation moves ahead with a privatization program to raise cash and diversify the economy. The disposal of …

Angola Seizes AAA Hotel, Insurance Assets Linked to de Sao Vicente, TV Reports

Angola’s attorney general has seized buildings and hotels belonging to AAA, a company associated with Carlos Manuel de São Vicente whose $900 million fortune has been frozen by Swiss authorities, state broadcaster TPA reported on Tuesday. De São Vicente was …

Swiss Re Targets Nigerian Acquisition, Seeking to Tap African Growth Rates

Swiss Re AG, which has had an African presence for more than 60 years, said it’s in talks with Nigerian insurers to buy minority stakes and benefit from growth in the continent’s largest economy. “We’d like to have more investments …