Excerpt: The Shia Ismaili community led by their spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, has played a major role in Tanzania’s development. Tanzania has received aid through The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), the largest International, private, non-denominational international development agency founded and chaired by the Aga Khan.
The community’s presence in East Africa has seen a steady growth and today it employs 18,000 people, mostly indigenous Africans, and is the largest investor in economic, social and cultural development initiatives in East Africa.
Shamlal Puri features Ismaili community of Tanzania.
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Shamlal Puri, Contributing Editor of The International Indian Magazine, a veteran British journalist, broadcaster, author and press photographer comes from Kigoma, Tanzania. He attended H H Aga Khan School in Kigoma and lives in London. He has worked with the media in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. His novels ‘Dubai on Wheels: The Slippery Road to Success’ and ‘Triangle of Terror’ (Diamond Books) are acclaimed bestsellers. His next novel ‘The Illegals’ (Crownbird Publishers) will be published this year. He has travelled to more than 100 countries in an illustrious journalistic career spanning 40 years. His work has been published in more than 250 magazines, newspapers and journals around the world.
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