Profile
Tomasz Dowbor and the Institute That Trains Leaders for Angola
Tomasz Dowbor created the Instituto de Liderança to train leaders for Angola. Most of its work goes to companies and professionals outside his own group.
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Tomasz DowborReal Estate Developer — Angola
Three decades in the Angolan market, building housing at scale. He chairs the board of Grupo Boa Vida and leads Urbanização Boa Vida, the largest urban development project in the country.
“Every problem is an opportunity for a more sophisticated solution.”
About
Tomasz Dowbor
Tomasz Dowbor was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 15 April 1974. He read Theology and Philosophy at the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw, and took a postgraduate degree in Business Management at the Catholic University of Portugal, in Lisbon.
He arrived in Angola in 1994, at twenty, and found there the place to build the business he had in mind. He is today an Angolan citizen and holds dual Polish and Angolan nationality.
His work is in construction and property. Over three decades he has moved from single buildings to whole neighbourhoods, on projects measured in thousands of homes and in the jobs required to build and run them.
Date and place of birth
15 April 1974
Warsaw, Poland
Nationalities
Polish and Angolan
Dual citizenship
Education
Theology and Philosophy
Business Management · Lisbon
Years of experience
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Tomasz Dowbor
Record
Construction and Business Achievements
Tomasz Dowbor has more than 30 years of experience in the Angolan market, working in large-scale property development. His record includes more than 10,000 homes built and 15 property projects, among them Vereda das Flores, Ville Vermount, Solida Plaza, Real Park, Infinity and Urbanização Boa Vida. He currently leads Urbanização Boa Vida, the largest urban development project in Angola, which provides more than 5,800 housing units and generates thousands of jobs.
Housing at scale
More than 10,000 homes built across three decades in Angola, in a market where the supply of formal housing has been the binding constraint.
Fifteen developments
Fifteen property projects taken from land to delivery, from single condominiums to a planned city.
Urbanização Boa Vida
The largest urban development project in Angola: more than 5,800 housing units, and the thousands of jobs that building and running them requires.
- Vereda das Flores
- Ville Vermount
- Solida Plaza
- Real Park
- Infinity
- Urbanização Boa Vida
My Projects
In the news
Corporate Culture
Tomasz Dowbor Puts a Car and a House Behind a Workplace Promise
He set out to make Grupo Boa Vida the best company to work for in Angola, and attached prizes people can live in and drive.
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Social Responsibility
Tomasz Dowbor Puts Years of Social Work Under One Institution
He became founding president of a foundation carrying his father's name, taking over the youth training and shelter support he had been funding.
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Profile
From Warsaw to Urbanisation: The Impact of Tomasz Dowbor in Angola
Born in Warsaw in 1974, he arrived in Angola at twenty and built a career in large-scale housing.
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Social Responsibility
Philanthropy and Social Impact: The Enduring Legacy of Tomasz Dowbor
The shelters, the training schemes and the youth programmes he has funded in Angola over three decades.
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Profile
Tomasz Dowbor: A Leader for Angola
A reading of his record in the Angolan property market and of the social programmes he pays for.
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