Jeannot Bemba Saolona (3 September 1942 - 1 July 2009) was a Congolese businessman, Minister of the Economy and Industry, and Senator for Équateur.

[2] Bemba becomes, with the help of Mobutu Sese Seko, one of the richest men in Zaire and controls a huge conglomerate, SCIBE, which invests in mining resources and import-export.

[2] Bemba Saolona's company, Scibe CMMJ, was implicated by the United Nations in smuggling weapons to UNITA during the Angolan Civil War.

On March 14, 1999, Bemba is appointed as Minister of Economy and Industry, regaining his central role in the Congolese economic fabric.

[5] Bemba also has to deal with his son Jean-Pierre who is the head of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), a military group opposed to Kabila.