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How the Congo drives business for 25-year-old trucker

Abdalla Ahmed Mahmud, general manager of Kisma Transport Company in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | Jackson Mutinda

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By  Jackson Mutinda

Lead Editor

Nation Media Group

Abdalla Ahmed Mahmud is a contradiction in terms. He is always calm amid the organised chaos of revving engines, panel beating and general din of a busy workplace.

Everyone here is older than him, but they all defer to him. Abdalla is 25.

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