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World Service,5 mins

Tanzania billionaire Mohammed Dewji told kidnapper to shoot him

Focus on Africa

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Mohammed Dewji is Africa's youngest billionaire and one of Tanzania's leading businessmen. Last year, he was thrust into the limelight after he was kidnapped in Dar es Salaam as he left a city gym. He was held captive for almost two weeks and released after a massive public outcry and media coverage. His family offered a ransom but Mohammed told us that they didn't have to pay it. He stopped by the Focus on Africa studios to talk about his experiences at the hands of his abductors. (Photo: Tanzania billionaire, Mohammed Dewji. Credit: AFP)

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