Since the 1800s,[1][2] Karimjee family business ventures have included trade, agriculture,[3] real estate and various products in the mobility sector.
Karimjee Hall was donated by the family to the Dar es Salaam Municipal Council in 1955.
Jivanjee Budhabhoy & Co sold copra and cloves among other items to India and brought American and European cloth to East Africa.
Karimjee Jivanjee & Co owned a vast fleet of dhows which were used especially to trade with ports up and down the Swahili Coast.
[7] Between 1915 and 1925, Karimjee Jivanjee & Co. established branch offices in Mombasa, Dar es Salaam Tanga, Lindi, and Mikindani.