Said Salim Bakhresa

Tanzania. Bakhresa left school young and started selling food in Dar es Salaam, then built Bakhresa Group around everyday staples under the Azam name: wheat flour, ice cream, soft drinks and bottled water priced for Tanzanian households. He added fast ferries between Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar and Azam TV, a cheap pay-television service that shows local football. It is a business built almost entirely on mass, local consumption.