I have a dream that Africa should have one bloc - north to south - we could trade freely, people can move freely and that makes business sense. Mohammed Dewji More Quotes by Mohammed Dewji More Quotes From Mohammed Dewji Sisal used to be the white gold of Tanzania, in the 60's and 70's our country produced over 200,000 tonnes of sisal, huge employment was provided, then of course synthetics came in, and the prices of Sisal started falling tremendously, so in the late 90's I bought a lot of farms under receivership. And I said: 'look, I mean the price cannot go further down,' so I took a long-term view. Mohammed Dewji top-news It's amazing because you provide a lot of employment, I think plus or minus, our sisal farms are providing thousands of jobs, and we create housing for them, we give them health benefits, we give education support to them, so it's amazing, it's good business. Mohammed Dewji top-news
