Tajdin H. Jaffer, the founder and chairman of Sulfo Rwanda Industries, has died aged 93, his household has confirmed.
Jaffer died early Saturday, August 29. He was on account of have a good time his 94th birthday in December.
Jaffer based Sulfo Rwanda in 1962, alongside Khatun Jaffer, constructing it into one in all Rwanda’s largest fast-moving shopper items producers.
The corporate’s manufacturing operations in Kigali produce a spread of family and personal-care merchandise, together with laundry and bathroom soaps, detergents, cosmetics, packaged ingesting water and different merchandise.
“With profound unhappiness, we announce the passing of a exceptional chief and the founding father of a legacy that continues to encourage generations,” his household stated.
Jaffer was additionally described as “a visioner chief, a selfless mentor”.
“His imaginative and prescient, integrity, and unwavering dedication laid the inspiration of Sulfo Rwanda Industries and touched the lives of hundreds. His legacy will endlessly stay in our hearts, and within the journey he started,” his household added.
No additional particulars about his demise had been launched by the point of publication. His household informed The New Instances that it was making ready an in depth assertion.
