Tales from Africa |
Contents
My Family Story | 20 |
Set Out on My Own | 36 |
Problems and Solutions | 48 |
Post War Plans and Development | 74 |
Separation and Birth of House of Manji | 92 |
From Rusks to Weetabix | 116 |
We Invest Abroad | 126 |
Some Diversions Property and Clubs | 144 |
A Family Concern | 161 |
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Aga Khan Army arrived Arusha Asian Baker Perkins Bakery and Provision baking Bank began biscuit factory biscuit plant bought brand name breakfast cereals British brother Kamrudin building Buitoni cake cent chapatis charcoal iron box colonial competitors construction cost customers decided developed Distribution Board dry yeast East Africa England enterprise established export father finance friends gave high quality House of Manji important installed invited Ismaili Kampala Karachi Karatina Kenyatta Kiganjo London macaroni machinery machines maisonettes managed manufacture Mistry Mombasa months motor cycle Nairobi National Flour Ndola negotiations Ngara Bakery Nyeri Nyeri District offered partners pasta products Peek Frean plot problem Provision Store purchase realised Salim sell shillings slates sold soon suppliers supply sweets Tanzania told took Uganda vermicelli weeks Weetabix Weetabix Limited wheat flour Whitehouse Bakery