Philanthropist Reginald Mengi (Tanzania) IPP media company
Reginald Abraham Mengi (Tanzanian
self-made Millionaire, Businessman, and Philanthropist) was born into a very humble family, even some days he cannot eat anything.
The Subject “Reginald Mengi (Tanzanian Businessman and Philanthropist)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:
With a great effort, he succeeded to study in London
In 1971, Reginald Mengi
returned to Tanzania working on multinational accounting (Coopers), in 1989 he was elected as the Chairperson of this Company
Some months later; he left this company and founded his media company: IPP Limited
Today the group created by Reginald Mengi is one of the largest Tanzanian enterprises
IPP Media publishes several newspapers: The Guardian, Nipashe, or Taifo Letu
The group also manages TVs and Radio stations in East Africa
Reginald Mengi is also the owner of Bonite Bottlers (Coca-Cola), IPP Resources (Mining), Infocom Technologies
The estimated net worth of Reginald Mengi is about 550 million dollars (Forbes)
In 2012, Reginald Mengi was awarded the Business of Peace Award (Oslo) and in 2008 with the Martin Luther King Drum Major for Justice Award (U.S.)
Reginald Mengi is also the Director of the Media Owners Association of Tanzania, Tanzanian Industries Confederation and the East African Business Council (East African Community)