HUYU NDIYE SAID SALIM BAKHRESA!!!!

Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa

Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa (born 1949 in Zanzibar, is an extremely reclusive Tanzanian business tycoon.

He is the founding father and the Chairman of the Bakhresa Group Of Companies. He is a well-known industrialist in the mainland of Tanzania and island of Zanzibar. With a humble beginning as a small restaurateur in seventies, he created the business empire within a span of three decades. He is the mastermind behind the success of all the businesses within the group. His vision and excellent managerial skills contributed to the growth of this group to great heights.

At the age of 14, he dropped out of school to become a potato mix salesperson and would later go on to become a successful African businessman.^[1] Bakhresa Group; is a conglomerate of various companies and is the largest milling company in East Africa with operations in Tanzania and five other countries.^[2]

Career

After getting into the potato mix industry, Bakhresa got involved as a restaurant operator in the 1970s and then went into grain milling.^[1][3] Even today, the main products from Bakhresa's company comes from the Kipawa Flour Mill where various rice and grain products are being processed.^[4] The neighboring country of Rwanda is dependent on Bakhresa's mill to provide 120,000 tons of wheat flour per year; which is expected to ease pressure of food prices in a country which approximately 52% of households don't have an adequate level of food security.^[5] This is a major concern according to the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy.^[5] Bakhresa's projects in Rwanda are also expected to create jobs and help to increase national corporate tax revenues.^[5]

His group employs more than 2000 people and is Tanzania's largest conglomerate.^[1] Other specialties produced through Bakhresa's conglomerate includes: confectioneries, frozen foods, various kinds of drinks, and packaging.^[1] The Azam brand is Bakhresa's most successful chocolate and ice cream manufacturer in Tanzania.^[1] While the company is managed by his sons, Bakhresa owns the company itself.^[1] Its daily capacity for manufacturing is 2100 metric tons and made sales of $800 million in 2011.^[1] Bakhresa's Azam Marine division is providing international tourists with quick ferry services as more people discover Tanzania.^[6] In addition to Zanzibar, riders can also experience Lake Victoria andMount Kilimanjaro.^[6]

Bakhresa is helping to reduce the effects of malaria on his employees by preventing the spread of the disease at his workplaces.^[7] As a result, Bahkresa's firm only spends about $3400 USD a month for malaria medication as opposed to $10000 USD per month to heal its sick workforce.^[7] They stopped using Fansidar; a monotherapy drug in favor of more effective artemisinin-based therapies that utilizes polytherapy.^[7] Other companies are united with the Bakhresa Group to stop malaria in their region.^[7] Residents of Tanzania who work outside of Bakhresa's company have also benefitted from Bakhresa's crusade against malaria in Africa.^[8]

BAKHRESA COMPANY GROUP

SAID SALIM AWADH BAKHRESA, Chairman, Bakhresa Group of Companies

SAID SALIM AWADH BAKHRESA is the founding father and the Chairman of the Bakhresa Group Of Companies. He is a well-known industrialist in the mainland of Tanzania and island of Zanzibar. With a humble beginning as a small restaurateur in seventies, he created the business empire within a span of three decades. He is the mastermind behind the success of all the businesses within the group. His vision and excellent managerial skills contributed to the growth of this group to great heights. 

 MOHAMED SAID BAKHRESA

MOHAMED SAID BAKHRESA is the Managing Director of Bakhresa Grain Milling (Uganda) Limited and is the Executive Director Of Said Salim Bakhresa & Company Limited. He is also holding Director-Ship in most of the Group Companies. Mr Mohamed is a graduate in finance, law and accounting from Southbank University, United Kingdom.He is a well-known industrialist in Uganda and Tanzania and is successfully managing Bakhresa Grain Milling (Uganda) Limited, which is the largest wheat milling industry in Uganda. Mr Mohamed is also actively involved in the policy decision making process of the Bakhresa Group Of Companies.

ABUBAKAR SAID SALIM BAKHRESA

ABUBAKAR SAID SALIM BAKHRESA is the Managing Director of Bakhresa Grain Milling (Malawi) Limited and Bakhresa Grain Milling (Mozambique) Limitada. He also acts as Executive Director of Said Salim Bakhresa & Co. Ltd. Mr. Abubakar has done his B.Sc in Business Administration, majoring in Finance from Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA. He is primarily involved in the wheat milling businesses of the Group and looks after the wheat procurement for the Group.

OMAR SAID SALIM BAKHRESA

OMAR SAID SALIM BAKHRESA, a Mechanical Engineer, is the Executive Director in charge of the Logisitic Division of Said Salim Bakhresa & Co Ltd. He has over a decade of experience in logistics & transportation industry.

YUSUF SAID SALIM BAKHRESA

YUSUF SAID SALIM BAKHRESA is the Managing Director of Bakhresa Food Products Limited and is holding Director-Ship in other Group Companies. He is actively involved in the day to day operations of Bakhresa Food Products, which is based in Tanzania and is successfully managing its operations.