Mustafa Jaffer Sabodo (14 May 1942 – 23 March 2024) was a Tanzanian economist, consultant in international debt-finance, and businessman. He had business interests in India, France, Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe.

Life and career

Mustafa Jaffer Sabodo was born in

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, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) to parents of Indian descent. In 2003, he offered to finance the growing of

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for export to the tune of TSh 100 million. The Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation National Lottery was the brainchild of Sabodo, who donated TSh 800 million towards a project that established the lottery. Sabodo died in Masaki, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 23 March 2024, at the age of 81.

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