How Tanzania can create more homegrown dollar billionaires

Mohammed ‘Mo’ Dewji, Tanzania's richest person, leads MeTL Group, a multibillion-dollar conglomerate spanning agriculture, manufacturing, and finance. PHOTO | COURTESY 

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is being urged to adopt deliberate economic policies to create dollar billionaires and strengthen its international economic influence.

According to a new wealth report, the country has only one dollar billionaire and a small pool of high-net-worth individuals.