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Mo Dewji: My gratitude to Tanzanian society

Tycoon Mohammed Dewji says he is paying back to Tanzanian society for always standing by his side through offering basic and quality products at affordable prices Dar es Salaam. Business tycoon Mohammed Dewji has explained his focus on offering basic and quality products at affordable prices, saying it was a way to thank society for always being by his…

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Elon Musk’s ties to China could add complexity to his bid for Twitter

Elon Musk’s ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla’s biggest shareholder could add complexity to his bid to buy Twitter. Tesla Inc’s ambitions in China might give Beijing that leverage to pressure Twitter to silence human rights activists and other critics Elon Musk’s ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla’s biggest…

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Riri picks UK-based Zim model as face of Fenty Beauty Africa’s global launch

AWARD winning Zimbabwean model Nyasha Matonhodze has been selected as the face of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Africa’s global launch. This comes after the Barbadian music star announced on Tuesday that she will be setting up Fenty Beauty and Skin stores in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Nigeria starting May 27. Several African socialites including Hillary Makaya…

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5 highly successful African business leaders share their best business advice

There’s no road map when it comes to entrepreneurship. Even the most successful business leaders didn’t have the answers when they started their businesses. They were forced to figure it out. But you can increase your chances of success by learning from those who’ve stumbled and fallen and picked themselves back up. MD/CEO IBRA CONTRACTORS LIMITED (Tanzania), Maida Waziri:…

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Mo Dewji: I am indebted to East Africans

At 46, he is the youngest dollar billionaire in Africa, with a net worth of $1.5 billion. He says that growing up, he always wanted to become wealthy but as time went by he realised that money was not the most important thing. Mohammed Dewji, better known as Mo Dewji, president of Mohammed Enterprise Tanzania Ltd (MeTL), was ranked 15…

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