Alykhan Karmali is an entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist in Uganda.
[2][3] Ali Mohamed Karmali, Alykhan's paternal grandfather, was an entrepreneur of Indian descent who migrated to Uganda circa 1904.
He worked as a shop assistant in Jinja before shifting to Mbarara in Uganda's Western Region.
Later, he settled in Bukandula in present-day Gomba District in the Buganda Region of Uganda, where "in partnership with other Asian families, he did a roaring trade in cotton and coffee".
Amirali Karmali, Alikhan's father, died on 10 July 2019 at Kololo, an upscale neighborhood in Kampala.