Osama Daoud Abdellatif is a tycoon

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

ese businessman and the chairman of

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, a large number of companies based in

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

Business

DAL Group

Osama Daoud is the chairman and founder of DAL Group, a large number of companies based in

. DAL Group is present in diverse economic sectors, such as food production, engineering, or retail, through companies such as DAL Motors, DAL Engineering, DAL Food (which includes Sayga flour, the Blue Nile Dairy, Nobo Pasta, ), Sutrac and Sudanese Liquid Air, as well as many other companies. DAL Group also founded the Khartoum International Community School (KICS) and, as part of their commitment to

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, is active in a number of cultural activities, such as the Sudan Traditional Food Festival or festivals celebrating Sudanese musical traditions. After inheriting an engineering and

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company from his father in the 1960s, Daoud rapidly expanded it to its present-day size as Sudan's largest conglomerate. Despite US-imposed sanctions on trade with Sudan, DAL Food Industries has been official bottler and retailer of the

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in Sudan."US sanctions prohibit US companies from doing any business in Sudan, except in the Southern part. As a result, the two countries have no economic relations, except for a few exceptions that are allowed by the US administration: import of gum arabic for Coca Cola, and a large plant in Khartoum that is owned by the same company. US law does not prohibit from investing in foreign multinationals that operate in or sell to Sudan". Zoltán Vörös: ''China's role in Africa: The Case of Sudan''. Tarrósy, István et al. (eds.), The African State in a Changing Global Context: Breakdowns and Transformations, p. 45. LIT Verlag Münster, Germany, 2011.

Personal life

Osama Daoud is married and has six children.

References

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