This is a national security issue to avoid this in 2016 WANTED BY SOMALIA I did a simple background check on a business man who suppose to invest part of a BILLION dollar on Somalia's Agriculture sector after I read it at FT.com
By Steve Johnson
A UK private equity and commodity trading boutique is seeking to raise a $1bn fund to invest in Somalia and neighbouring states such as Kenya and Malawi.
London-based DVK said it was already negotiating deals to supply foods such as rice, flour and edible oils to Somalia, which is slowly emerging from two decades of turmoil, with part-payment in agricultural land that the fund can cultivate.
It is also looking at public-private partnerships to build roads, bridges, hospitals and schools, and opportunities to supply trucks as well as fund cargo aviation. “It is about rebuilding an entire nation,” said Deepak Kuntawala, founder of DVK, which currently manages $340m in agriculture and real estate funds.
He said the Luxembourg-domiciled, sharia-compliant DVK Africa Development fund had already received $330m of pledges. “There are massive investment opportunities [in Somalia]. People are fighting to get in,” added Mr Kuntawala, who said that at an international aid conference in London earlier this month Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the Somali president, was besieged by 200 business people.
DVK is also creating a separate East Africa Core Development fund, aimed more at private investors, particularly from the east African diaspora. - FINANCIAL TIMES
So this Deepak Kuntawala guy was all over the news a few years ago in london claiming to be a HERO,
Fake' 26/11 hero finds support
21 Jan 2010, 1259 hrs IST
Deepak Kuntawala, recently in the news for allegedly concocting stories about him having saved 150 lives during 26/11, has now found support in the Prince of Kent.
UK businessman Deepak Kuntawala, recently in the news for allegedly concocting stories about his heroism during the 2009 Mumbai terror attacks has now found support in the Prince of Kent.
The visiting royal, who is the face of Deepak Kuntawala's dubious charity the DVK Foundation, rubbished reports exposing the latters claims to heroism.
The Prince, who is the patron of Kuntawalas charity outfit decided to stand by the 26/11 survivor even as the Mumbai Crime Branch has started an investigation into Kuntawalas antecedents and conduct during the incident.]
Deepak Kuntawala had come under fire from celebrities who had atended a fundraiser in London last year when Kuntawala had organised the fundraiser for 26/11 victims.
Kuntawala had even managed to rope in Prince Michael of Kent to add a touch of authenticity to the event. But an investigative report exposed Kuntawala as a fraud, who used all the money for personal gains.
Immediately after their providential escape in the 26/11 attacks, Deepak Kuntawala and his father gave interviews to leading London-based publications who were eager to get a first-hand account from ground zero, recounting how their actions saved around 150 lives that night.
"No-one knew what to do, so I took charge,” Deepak Kuntawala told the British media. “We tore up the curtains and any material we could get our hands on. I made people get into four teams and pretty quickly we had our makeshift ropes ready. We tied them to pillars. People were fighting to go down first. But I restored calm and made sure people got down OK, starting with the elderly and then the women. It took 30 minutes."
A few days later, Kuntawala received an award from the hands of Maharashtra Governor as a ‘surviving hero’. He returned triumphant to London where he decided to set up The DVK Foundation that aims to help survivors and families of the victims of 26/11.
Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, agreed to be patron of The DVK Foundation and personally hosted a gala charity on the first anniversary of 26/11 at the Kensington Palace in London.
The event was attended by several leading Bollywood names including Lara Dutta, Kabeer Bedi, Konkona Sen-Sharma, Pooja Bedi, Shekhar Kapur, Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi, besides several of London’s movers and shakers including Prince Michael himself. The night was a grand success with an impressive 2,50,000 pounds pledged in support of The DVK Foundation.
