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Event - 1982-07-30

Date: 
Friday, 1982, July 30
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Aga Khan promotes new concept in Third World development'. An agreement providing for the restructuring and expansion of the activities of the Diamond Trust of Kenya into the field of merchant banking was signed at Aiglemont between Hazar Imam and the Executive Vice-President of the World Bank affiliate, the International Finance Corporation

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


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AGA KHAN PROMOTES NEW CONCEPT IN THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT - 1982-07-30

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Africa Ismaili

An agreement providing for the restructuring and expansion of the activities of the Diamond Trust of Kenya Limited (DTK) into the field of merchant banking was signed on 30 July, 1982 at Aiglemont, the Aga Khan's Secretariat near Paris, by DTK, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Samuel Montagu and Co. Limited.

His Highness the Aga Khan, who has had a long and close association with the company, was present at the signing ceremony attended by His Excellency Mr. John Kimani, Kenya's Ambassador to France.

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