Born in 1958, Mr Mufuruki was a businessman, author, founder and board member of several organisations. He was founding chairman of CEO Roundtable of Tanzania and Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI) East Africa, board chairman of Vodacom Tanzania and Wananchi Group Holdings, trustee of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) and co-author of the book Tanzania’s Industrialization Journey, 2016–2056.
He was also an entrepreneur, philanthropist, public speaker and leadership coach. He was the owner, Chairman and CEO of Infotech Investment Group, a family business with interests in ICT, media, telecoms, private equity, retail, and real estate across a number of countries in Africa and beyond. He previously sat on the Board of the Tanzania Central Bank. He also served on the Board of Directors of Technoserve Inc. of Washington, DC, and Nation Media Group of Kenya.
