Word: madhvani
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enough for all ordinary Ugandans once the Asian merchants who then dominated the economy were thrown out of the country. Amin subsequently expelled nearly all the 71,000 Asians then living in Uganda. In one typical case, says Athmani, a semiliterate Nubian told Amin that he wanted the Madhvani matchbox factory in Jinja. Beholden to the Nubians for support, Amin called the owner of the factory and said that he wanted to see him and his executives in one hour. When they arrived, Amin simply told them that they were out and the Nubians were...
Died. Jayant Madhvani, 49, East African industrialist and, as the oldest of Uganda's Madhvani brothers, head of one of Black Africa's largest family-owned and locally based corporate empires; of a heart attack; in New Delhi. After the death of his father in 1958, Madhvani, an Indian, became the main driving force behind 63 companies worth $56 million in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Credited with building East Africa's first steel mill, the soft-spoken Hindu also served as globetrotting eco-nomic ambassador for the region. "We don't want history...
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