-Businessman-
Born and raised in Edueim, the late Khalil Osman, initially trained as a veterinary doctor. His first business endeavor in 1968, was a shrimp fishing company in Kuwait rapidly developed into the largest shrimp fishing business in the Arabian gulf was followed by a string of successful investments and businesses across the globe including and not limited to: timber and lumber mills in Canada; fisheries in Somalia; dairy products in Holland; and match factories in Congo Kinshasa and Nigeria. A vanguard of Sudanese entrepreneurship, Khalil was responsible for the establishment of 60% of the current Sudanese industrial sector.
He was the first Sudanese businessmen to begin modern large scale production in textiles, pharmaceuticals, particle board production and glass manufacturing among others. Khalil was instrumental in securing financing for the Kenanna Sugar Company which for the longest time was the largest sugar plant in the world and to this very day one of the largest sources of hard currency and profit for the Sudanese economy.