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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.