Mohamed Dewji na Patrick Ngowi kwa mara nyingine tena wamehusishwa kwenye mtandao maarufu wa Forbes ambapo awamu hii wote wameingia kwenye orodha ya mamilionea 10 vijana wa Afrika wa kuwaangalia mwaka 2013.
Awali Mohamed Dewji ambaye ni mbunge wa Singida Mjini alicover jarida la Forbes Africa la mwezi huu huku Patrick Ngowi akiingia kwenye orodha ya wajasiriamali bora 30 barani Afrika waliochini ya miaka 30.
Hivi ndivyo Forbes walivyoandika:
Mohammed Dewji, Tanzania
Source: Manufacturing
Dewji, 38, a Tanzanian businessman and politician, is the CEO and leading shareholder of Mohammed Enterprise Limited (METL), one of the largest industrial conglomerates in East Africa. His father, Gulam Dewji, founded the conglomerate decades ago as a trading company but ‘Mo’ as he is popularly called, now calls the shots. He was solely responsible for engineering the group’s transformation from a trading house to a manufacturing powerhouse. METL, which records an annual turnover of close to $2 billion, owns 21st Century Textiles, one of the largest textile mills in sub-Saharan Africa by volume. The group also manufactures soap, beverages, edible oils and other food products as well as bicycles and motorcycles. Other assets include an insurance firm, a petroleum marketing outfit and a container depot in Tanzania’s capital city of Dar Es Salaam. The group employs over 24,000 full-time employees. Mo Dewji is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a Member of Parliament for Tanzania’s Singida Urban constituency. (I met with Dewji in Tanzania recently and will be writing a detailed piece on Dewji’s business holdings).
Patrick Ngowi, Tanzania
Source: Alternative Energy
Ngowi, a 28 year-old Tanzanian, is the founder of Helvetic Solar, East Africa’s leading renewable energy company. Companies in the group are involved in the handling, supply, installation and maintenance of hydro turbines, solar power and thermal systems in East Africa. According to Ngowi, Helvetic’s revenues are expected to hit $7 million before the end of this year and the company is extremely profitable. The company’s major clients include the United Nations, World Vision and the Tanzanian Army. An emerging philanthropist, he offers basic lighting facilities to Tanzania’s rural poor through his Light For Life foundation.