THE FUSE

Moise Katumbi Chapwe was born on December 28, 1964, in Lubumbashi, in the heart of one of the most mineral-rich regions on earth. His father, Salvatore Soriano, was a Jewish-Italian trader who had come to Katanga and settled near Kashobwe, a small town close to the Zambian border, where he built a fish business supplying protein to the miners and workers who kept the copper belt moving. His mother, Virginie Mwende, was Congolese. Katumbi grew up between two worlds and has spent much of his adult life being questioned about which one he truly belongs to.