Valentina Guebuza

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Valentina da Luz Guebuza (* 1980 in Mozambique ; † December 14, 2016 in Maputo , Mozambique) was a Mozambican entrepreneur . She was the daughter of the former Mozambican President Armando Guebuza , who ruled the country from 2005 to 2015.

Life

Youth and education

Valentina da Luz Guebuza was born in 1980, five years after Mozambique gained independence from Portugal . Her father, Armando Guebuza , a former resistance fighter in the Mozambican underground, was already holding his first ministerial office in the government of Samora Machel . Valentina Guebuza studied engineering in South Africa and worked part-time in an engineering office.

Promotion to the management of the company holding company Focus 21

Valentina Guebuza first attracted attention when her father took her on as chairwoman of the board of directors of the company holding Focus 21, Gestão e Desenvolvimento, Lda. began. She made another leap when she became a shareholder in the Beira Grain Terminal in 2007 , thereby simultaneously receiving shares in the companies CFM , Cornelder de Moçambique , Nectar Moçambique , Sonipal , Seabord Moz , Rainbow Internacional , CFI Holdings and Merec Industries . Together with her uncle Mussumbuluco Guebuza, she founded Crosswind Holdings in 2008 with a capital of 2.5 million Metical . In the years that followed, she and other family members founded numerous other companies in the banking, telecommunications, transport, fishing, real estate and mining sectors.

Election to the Central Committee of FRELIMO

The election of Valentina Guebuza to the Central Committee of the ruling FRELIMO party at the Xth Party Congress in 2012 caused a particular stir . Her father, Armando Guebuza, was both party leader and chairman of the Association of Former Liberation Fighters ( Associação dos Combatentes da Luta de Libertação Nacional ) at the time. This allowed him to let his daughter run for the Central Committee as a so-called "Combatente" (resistance fighter), which aroused criticism from younger FRELIMO members in particular, as she had not participated in Mozambique's struggle for independence due to her age. The election was seen as an extension of the "Guebuza dynasty" and parallels were drawn with the presidential children Nyeleti Mondlane and Samora Machel Junior , who also hold high-ranking positions within the party.

Contract awarded to Startimes Mozambique

In spring 2014 it became known that the contract (worth 220 million euros) for the digitization of Mozambican television and radio had been awarded to the Chinese-Mozambican company Startimes Mozambique . The main shareholder of the company is the Chinese businessman Pang Xinxing with the company StarTimes Software Technology (85%), the minority shareholder is the company holding company Focus 21 , headed by Valentina Guebuza . A public tender for the award did not take place; financing was provided by the Chinese foreign and investment bank Exim-Bank . The FRELIMO party spokesman Damião José defended the action, the opposition parties RENAMO and MDM as well as civil society organizations protested strongly.

wedding

In 2014, Valentina Guebuza married the Mozambican businessman Zófimo Muiuane, marketing director of the state-owned mobile operator mCel . Mozambican newspapers described the wedding as the "wedding of the year", at the celebration a good 3000 guests, including the President of South Africa , Jacob Zuma , the King of Swaziland , Mswati III. , and Isabel dos Santos , the richest woman in Africa, daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos , were present. Before that, they both celebrated a traditional wedding with Lobolo and a church wedding in the Presbyterian Church of Chamanculo . A year later, in July 2015, Valentina Guebuza gave birth to her first child.

death

According to media reports, Valentina Guebuza died on December 14, 2016 in Maputo after she was shot four times by her husband with a handgun illegally acquired in South Africa. The reason given by the investigating PRM was a marital dispute between the two. Guebuza died on the way to the Instituto do Coração private hospital. The Maputo Tribunal Judicial de Maputo sentenced Guebuza's husband, Zófimo Muiuane, to a prison term of 24 years.

reception

Valentina Guebuza has often been compared to Isabel dos Santos , as both of them became successful and above all wealthy businesswomen as the daughters of former or incumbent state presidents. Forbes published a list of the 20 most powerful women in Africa in 2013. While Santos took first place, Valentina Guebuza was placed 7th.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Luís Nhachote: Que interests convergem no casamento de Zófimo Muiuane e Valentina Guebuza? In: A Verdade. July 29, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2016 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Matope José: Eleição de Velentina Guebuza no congresso gera controvérsia - Notícias MMO. In: MMO. September 28, 2012, Retrieved October 16, 2016 (Portuguese).
  3. ^ António Rocha: Startimes e Valentina Guebuza envolvidos em caso de falta de transparência Moçambique. In: Deutsche Welle. April 3, 2014, accessed October 16, 2016 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Três mil pessoas no casamento de Valentina Guebuza. In: DN.pt. July 26, 2014, accessed October 16, 2016 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Rosália Amorim: Morreu Valentina Guebuza, milionária, filha do ex-presidente de Moçambique. In: Dinheiro Vivo. December 15, 2016, Retrieved December 15, 2016 (Portuguese).
  6. ^ Filha de antigo presidente de Moçambique morta a tiro pelo marido. In: Jornal de Notícias. December 15, 2016, Retrieved December 15, 2016 (Portuguese).
  7. ^ Leonel Matias: Valentina Guebuza foi assassinada em casa. Deutsche Welle, December 15, 2016, accessed December 15, 2016 (Portuguese).
  8. ↑ Agência Lusa: Marido de Valentina Guebuza condenado a 24 anos de prisão. Deutsche Welle, January 23, 2018, accessed on January 23, 2018 (Portuguese).
  9. ↑ Isabel dos Santos e Valentina Guebuza as jovens mais poderosas de África. Voice of America, December 3, 2013, accessed October 16, 2016 (Portuguese).
  10. ↑ Mfonobong Nsehe: The 20 Young Power Women In Africa 2013. In: Forbes.com. December 4, 2013, accessed October 16, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Guebuza, Valentina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luz Guebuza, Valentina da (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican businesswoman
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Mozambique
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 2016
Place of death Maputo , Mozambique