Alexander Averhoff

Between 2006 and 2016, the share of African gold in UAE’s reported gold imports increased from 18 percent to nearly 50 percent. The UAE reported gold imports from 46 African countries for 2016 at a total rate of US$7. The most prominent of them is Alexander Zingman who holds both Belarusian and American citizenship. Smart Jet Aviation Flight records show that Zingman hosted Emmerson and Leya Mnangagwa on his M-ABEC private jet in July 2018. According to open source media, Emmerson Mnangagwa Junior was a guest at Alexander Zingman’s Chic Restaurant, Falcone, in Minsk Belarus.

AN Investigation has linked President Edgar Lungu to a Belarusian businessman and oligarch, Alexander Zingman who, according to the Business News Line publication of March 25, 2020, is associated with questionable deals between Russian dealers and African countries. Photographs have now emerged of President Lungu, Defence Permanent Secretary Sturdy Mwale, Zambia Air Force Commander Lt Gen David Muma and Military Attaché at the Zambian Embassy in Moscow, Robert Kampachi, with the said Belarusian businessman. On one of the photographs, Zingman holds the shoulders of Air Force Commander Muma and PS Mwale next to Lusaka businessman Valden Findlay and Kampachi. According to an investigation, Alexander Zingman is an influential Belarusian businessman who operates behind the scenes, and holder of both American and Zimbabwean citizenships. His partner, Elizaveta Denisevich, and son, Denis Zingman, are running the family business.