20 businesses owned by Tanzanian billionaire Edha Nahdi
Inside Edha Nahdi’s 20 key businesses, from fuel and cement to logistics and smart grid technology, as Amsons expands across East Africa.
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Inside Edha Nahdi’s 20 key businesses, from fuel and cement to logistics and smart grid technology, as Amsons expands across East Africa.
Kenya’s competition watchdog cleared Amsons executive Edha Nahdi’s firm to buy NSSF’s Portland Cement stake, with an 18 month job lock.
Billionaire industrialist Said Salim Bakhresa tells young founders to be patient and persistent, describing a path from street food sales to a regional group.
Amsons Group will inject Sh25.8bn ($201.7m) into East Africa Portland Cement, aiming to lift output to 4 million tonnes within three years.
This reflects a major step in his effort to expand LPG supply across East Africa while easing long-standing pressure on the region’s energy infrastructure.
Said Bakhresa is expanding manufacturing in Malawi with a new soap factory, months after launching a 100 million dollar soya plant.
Rostam Aziz’s Taifa Group plans to invest over $500 million in Zambia, targeting gas, solar power and mining to ease energy gaps.
Rostam Aziz clears legal hurdle for $130.5 million Mombasa LPG terminal, boosting Kenya's regional energy supply.
Mo Dewji’s MeTL secures $24.6 million to expand Tanzania’s agro-industry, creating 1,400 jobs and boosting exports and rural incomes.
Kenya clears Rostam Aziz’s $124 million LPG terminal, paving the way for construction and new competition in Mombasa’s energy market.
Facing political and financial pressure, Tanzania moves to seize MeTL’s tea assets in a high-stakes showdown with Africa’s youngest billionaire.
Mo Dewji Foundation teams with Kerry and universities to train young Africans as future leaders in food and nutrition.
Rostam Aziz fights suspension of $130 million gas plant in Mombasa as Taifa Gas pushes East Africa expansion.
A Kenyan court has kept a freeze on Rostam Aziz’s Taifa Gas project, stalling the billionaire’s bid to transform East Africa’s LPG market.
Ghalib Said Mohamed’s $4.1 million gift led a high-profile CCM fundraiser in Dar es Salaam, helping the ruling party raise over $35 million.
Bakhresa is pouring $500 million into his flagship soft‑drink plant in Mwandege, doubling capacity and boosting sourcing from 100,000 local farmers.