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Karimjee Jivanjee
Born	Mandvi,Kutch in Gujarat
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Businessman
Relatives	Pirbhai, Esmailjee (brothers)
Karimjee Jivanjee & Co
In office 1960–2000
Website	http://www.kjfoundation.or.tz/

KARIMJEE JIVANJEE

Biography

Early life

Karimjee-Jivanjee family

The Karimjees originally came from Mandvi, a small seaport in Kutch, Northwest India. They are Shia Muslims, more specifically Bohras. They were small traders with probably some background in agriculture. During the famines and economic hard times in North West India in the early nineteenth century,they were compelled to search for better approaches to discover living. One of the option for them was to sail to . Zanzibar. The founding father of the Karimjee Jivanjee family, Jivanjee Buddhaboy, arrived in Zanzibar in 1818. At that time the South Asian community in Zanzibar probably amounted to less than 1,000 people – mainly young men – on the island. The Karimjee Jivanjee family started their modest trading business in East Africa just before the any other important South Asian kings of trade and commerce in east Africa, like Tharia Thopan (1823–1891), Sewji Haji (1851–1897), Allidina Visram (1851–1916), and Nasser Veerjee (1865–1942). These merchant princes were among the important financers of the East African caravan trade in the nineteenth century. They have, however, now vanished from the economic playing fields of East Africa while Karimjee Jivanjee & Co remains active in Dares Salaam. Moreover, the Karimjees preceded current important South Asian business tycoons in East Africa, like the Mehtas, the Madhvanis and the Chandarias. At one time, they started as traders and financiers; they diversified to agricultural produce and were among the largest landowners in East Africa, mainly producing sisal, coffee, and tea. Nowadays, they are the authorized distributors of Toyota cars in Tanzania. They arrived in Zanzibar while this was a part of the Sultanate of Oman. During the conference of Berlin in 1884, East Africa was then divided in British East Africa and German East Africa. After the Germans lost the First World War, Tanganyika became a British Protectorate in 1919. In 1947, India and Pakistan gained independence and were followed by Tanzania in 1961. In the late 1960s, many businesses in East Africa were nationalized; Idi Amin of Uganda even expelled all the Asians from Uganda in 1972. The Karimjees shared the experience of these painful events, but they were nevertheless able to recover and reestablish their businesses (Oonk 2009).

Personal life

The karimajee jivanjee family in Tanzania, originally came from mandvi, a small seaport in Kutch northwest India. They are Shia Muslims mostly called as bohras. They were trivial traders in background of agriculture. Because of famines and economic crisis they were forced for searching new ways for living. The early contacts between the Indian subcontinent and East Africans by sea and direct trade between these regions was maintained by the rhythm of the monsoon. Zanzibar which was founding father of karimjee jivanjee family, jivanjee Buddhaboy, arrived in Zanzibar in 1818 which had less than 1000 people of south Asian community. The karimjee Jivanjee family started modest trading business in East Africa. There were many other important south Asian kings of trade and commerce in East Africa, who all were vanished from the economic playing fields of Africa while karimjee jivanjee & co. remains active. They have power of family. It is well known that to achieve continuous success and growth, families must pass on the entrepreneurial mind-sets. Karimjee count more than 100 family members, who live in more than twenty different countries around the globe. They believe that often family members can benefits from involving more than one professional advisor, each having a particular skill sets. Karimajee jivanjee family whose business activities in the sisal industry after world war 2. From its base in Zanzibar, the jivanjee family expanded to operate in several African countries, including Kenya and Mauritius. Yusufali Karimjee’s personal belief that “wealth imposes obligations” was an echo of the ancient watchword of high-born Europeans, “noblesse oblige”, and the karimjees not only adopted this truth but lived by it. The family got titles and statements like ‘Jews of Africa’ who are ‘far sighted businessman’ with a strong entrepreneurial spirit’. There is good example of concept of ‘strangers’ make other country’s land our own and do business.

Business Career

In East Africa, the Karimjee family donated buildings for schools, gymkhanas and contributed towards Bohra uusafirkhanas, charity trust supports, for example, medical support for poor people.For their philanthropy and community work, Sir Yusufali and Sir Tayebali Karimjee jivanjees were bestowed knighthoods by the British Government. Sir Yusufali's son Mr. Abdulkarim was the Mayor of Dar-es-salaam and a Speaker of the Tanzanian Parliament.  In 1825, Mr Jivanjee Budhabhoy, a trader from Kutch, Mandvi in India, came to East Africa and settled in Zanzibar and  set up a small firm there. Mr Budhabhoy was succeeded by his three children, Pirbhai, Karimjee and Esmailjee. In 1861 the siblings separated and Karimjee set up his own business trading items, for example, ivory, copra, groundnuts, grains, beeswax and cloves from Zanzibar and the East African terrain to India. He lost all of his investments he made in buying goods as the cargo was lost during storm, but due to the good reputation and name of jivanjee firm he was able to build up the business in a short period of time. And it was all possible due to his patience and trust within the bohra community where reliable and trustworthy members of the community were able to obtain loans on favourable terms. The business was later handed over to his three grandsons who managed it effectively. When Karimjee passed away in 1898, the organization had set up trade connections with Europe. During the mid 1900's the organization expanded and put resources into agribusiness and in the obtaining of different  agencies  from Deutsche Ost-Africa, Robin and Holland-Africa shipping lines, to Texaco, Ansonia clocks, Eagle Star Insurance and Faber pencils among many others.  In 1939, Karimjee Jivanjee Estates was formed and in 1943 came a turning point for the family when the parent organization, Karimjee Jivanjee and Co Ltd. moved its Head Office from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam after forming International Motor Mart and Karimjee Jivanjee Properties. By 1959 Karimjee Jivanjee, other than its agricultural and motor interests represented many various international producers of industrial and consumer items and in addition two noteworthy insurance companies and nine international shipping lines.

KARIMJEE JIVANJEE FOUNDATION

The Hassanali Karimjee Jevanjee Hospital, Zanzibar

Karimjee jivanjee foundation is situated in Tanzania and this foundation provides scholarships to the needy and brilliant students in Tanzania.The purpose of this foundation is to invest and enhance education to the students of Tanzania and provide them economic benefits for the education of Tanzanian students.This foundation enhances the economic development of Tanzania by providing them funs for their education.Karimjee Jivanjee Foundations Provide Scholarships to the Tanzanian students who wants to pursue their undergraduates and graduate programmes but cannot afford it.KJF (Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation) is also involved in many other social service works like it supports the Shree hindu mandal Hospital for purchasing heavy medical equipments, It also donated ambulances to the Idodi Health centre in Iringa. The KJF also provides conservation Scholarships to the Tanzanian Students who pursue the course of conservation Management of African Eco System.

HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION

This was started by the family members of Mr. Karimjee Jivanjee. The Brothers of Mr. Karimjee Jivanjee namely Hassanali, Mohemedali and Yusufali were the pioneers of this foundation.This foundation started with an activity of donation when Yusufali made a donation of to build a maternity home in Zanzibar.The Karimjee Family also established many charitable trusts in the decade of 1950's and it also it also established many schools, hospiatals, mosques and community centers at Africa.This foundation was later combined and then contralised as the Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation in the year 2010.Now, this foundation is well established in the country of Tanzania and also plays a major role in developing the economic conditions of the citizens of Tanzania.There is also a Sir Yusufali Charitable Trust situated in Kenya.

The current Trustees of the KJF Foundation are:-

Hatim Karimjee - The Chairman

Mahmood Karimjee - The trustee

Vinoo Samaiya - The Trustee

Karmijee Jivanjee Foundation Scholarships

Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation has always looked up to the economic development of Tanzania. For the same, they believe that education is the primary source. From the past several years the foundation has been investing in education of the students of Tanzania.The foundation gives scholarships to the most worthy students , primarily the ones at university level who are pursuing either their graduate or undergraduate studies.The funding is mainly done for the education of students studying science like forensic science, pediatric oncology and other medical sciences. The foundation funds those people who can revolutionize the world with their work, given the opportunity to do so. Other than economic development it also aims at socioeconomic values and funds the ones who can enhance it in Tanzania.The students who don't have enough funds and wish to get scholarship through the foundation for higher studies must score a minimum GPA of 3.6 .

Rewards

The Karimjee Jivanjee Foundation gives 4 scholarships every year to the winners of The Young Scientists Tanzania Awards. In 2012 it gave 3 scholarships to Kibosho Secondary School, 2 scholarships each to Elongilo Secondary School and Fedel Castro Pemba in 2013, 2 scholarships to Lumumba Secondary School and a school in need scholarship to Ngongo Secondary School in 2014. In 2015 it gave 2 scholarships to Mzumbe Secondary School and Nasa Secondary School. In 2016, it gave scholarship to the overall winners of YSTA 2016, Diana Sosoka and Nadhra Mresa, of Mtwara Girls Secondary School.