Ali Mufuruki, one of Tanzania’s billionaires, founder and chairman of Infotech Investment Group, is dead.
He was 61 years old.
According to Tanzania’s The Citizen Newspaper, Mr Mufuruki, who until his death was Chairman & CEO of Infotech Investment Group Ltd, fell ill while in Dar es Salaam and was rushed to The Aga Khan Hospital where he was evacuated to South Africa on Saturday in the afternoon.
Mufuruki who also founded CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt) and Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI) East Africa died on Saturday night at Morningside Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, the CEOrt chairman, Mr Sanjay Rughani confirmed on Sunday, December 8, 2019.
“Dear board members: This is news I would never have wanted to break to you but our dear friend Ali Mufuruki passed on last night at Morningside Hospital, Johannesburg in South Africa….,” Mr Rughani is quoted by The Citizen as telling other CEOrt board members.
Infotech was a major shareholder in W-Stores Co. T. Ltd- co-owened by South Africa’s Woolworths International Ltd that runs 8 retail stores across East Africa and Infotech Place Ltd a Real Estate firm.
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At death, he was the board chairman of Vodacom Tanzania PLC, Chairman of Board of Trustees – National Environment Trust Fund, Tanzania, Chairman of Chai Bora Limited, Tanzania.
He was also Chairman, African Management Services Company | (AMSCO), Chairman and Co-Founder – Legacy Capital Partners LTD, Trustee – African Training and Management Services (ATMS) Foundation, as well as a Member of the Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC), and Director of BlueTown ApS, a connectivity firm.
He previously served as Chairman of The CEOs’ Roundtable of Tanzania, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Tanzania Central Bank Board, Member of the Board of Directors Technoserve Inc and Chairman of Wananchi Group Holdings Kenya as well as Chairman of Mwananchi Communications Ltd. He also at one time chaired Air Tanzanian Co Ltd and was a board member of Nation Media Group of Kenya, and Co-Chairman, UK Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into impact of UK Aid for Africa Free Trade Initiative (AFTI).
He was married to Saada Mufuruki and is survived by 4 children.
