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Nicholas Biwott

Africa’s Movers & Shakers: Meet Mr. Nicholas Biwott

Net Worth: $1.1 BILLION, Industry: Real Estate, Country of Citizenship: Kenya, Age: 74, Number of Jobs Created: 700 Nicholas Biwott is a prominent Kenyan politician and businessman with an extensive portfolio of commercial and residential properties in ‪‎Nairobi, ‪London & ‪Australia. Last year, he sold his majority stake in Kenol Kobil, one of Kenya’s largest petroleum marketing companies to Puma Energy, a Swiss-based oil company. As a young man, Biwott

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Africa’s Movers & Shakers: Meet Mr. Rostam Aziz

Net Worth: $1.2 BILLION, Industry: Diversified, Country of Citizenship: Tanzania,  Age: 54, Number of Jobs Created: 1,639. Mr. Aziz, a businessman and politician of Middle Eastern origin, was elected a member of the Tanzanian parliament in 1993. Aziz quitted politics in 2011 to focus on his family business. He recently made $240 million from selling 17.2 percent of his 35-percent stake in Vodacom Tanzania, the country’s largest mobile telecommunications company.

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Movers & Shakers of Africa, Meet Mrs. Olajumoke Olufunmilola Adenowo

Industry: Architecture, Country of Citizenship: Nigeria,  Age: 46 Mrs. Olajumoke Olufunmilola Adenowo is an architect, businesswoman, and author. The Guardian (Nigeria) has described her as “the face of Architecture in Nigeria”. Adenowa studied Architecture from the age of 14 at the Obafemi Awolowo University, subsequently obtaining a distinction in her MSc degree. Adenowo created her own firm in 1994, AD Consulting, an architecture and interior design firm, which has been

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How to Start a Business in a Developing Country

http://www.inc.com/leila-janah/how-to-start-a-business-in-developing-country.html Sama group founder Leila Janah explains what she’s learned about navigating the business culture in Kenya and other parts of Africa. www.inc.com