João Manuel Goncalves Lourenço (J-Lo)

Ramaphosa's presidency is part of the new wave in SADC alongside Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe and João Lourenço in Angola...

Kabila has also been feeling the heat from the new Angolan President João Lourenço who is reported to have urged him at a private meeting on 9 December to resolve the security crises in his country and hold elections...

With Angola's election behind it and an unexpectedly decisive João Lourenço installed as President its prospects have improved...

It took less than two months in office for President João Lourenço to take a direct swipe at Isabel dos Santos Africa's richest woman and the daughter of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos...

President João Lourenço's government has removed José Filomeno dos Santos (aka Zenu) son of former President José Eduardo dos Santos from direct control of Angola's US$5 billion sovereign wealth fund...

Pledging to take on monopolies that short-change consumers and to open discussions with critical civic activists President João Lourenço used a speech at the opening of parliament on 16 October to signal more of the policy changes he intends to make...

Invitations to the VIP area at João Lourenço's inauguration in Luanda on 26 September were hard to come by even for the ruling-party elite such was the anticipation around the event...

The news is likely to increase pressure on incoming President João Lourenço – a longtime Dos Santos loyalist – to act against the Dos Santos family interests in the economy...

For Semba and its owners the new political order under the probable new President João Lourenço holds major risks; less because of Lourenço's inclinations and more because President Dos Santos will no longer directly control presidential funds (AC Vol 58 No 16 Luanda uneasy as poll approaches)...

There is one thing about the general elections of 23 August we can be almost certain of: Defence Minister João Lourenço hand-picked by President José Eduardo dos Santos remains stoutly loyal to his mentor and should win the Presidency comfortably...