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How Tanzania's only Billionaire was kidnapped

On October 11, Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, the CEO of MeTL, a family empire started by his father in the 1970s, was kidnapped in early Thursday morning, an incident which spread like a bush-fire on social media platforms.

A local daily in Tanzania reported that Dewji was kidnapped on his way to the Oysterbay hotel in Dar es Salaam for a routine gym exercise.

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