Career
He is active mostly in Israel, the United States, Britain, India and various countries in Africa. He serves as the Honorary Consul of Rwanda in Israel. Born in Basra, Iraq and moved with his family to Israel when he was 5 years old.
The family settled in the Or Yehuda Absorption Camp, and later on moved to Ramat Gan.
During his military service, he served as a tank commander in the Yom Kippur War. He later began his Economics studies at the Tel Aviv University.
Following the completion of his M.A in Economics, he began teaching at the Tel Aviv University as well as the Ben Gurion University in Be"er Sheva. He moved from Israel to Africa in the 1980s, where he established aמ investment bank in Nairobi, Kenya.
In Africa he became involved in investment banking, project implementation and financing and other businesses.
He developed personal relationships with various leaders and stakeholders in Africa and the world, such as the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Ugandan President Yoweri Moseveni and many others In 1995, he purchased the failed Ugandan investment bank Nile Bank Limited, transforming it to a successful and lucrative institution. The Nile Bank was sold to Barclays in 2008, gaining a large profit for Bezalel who was the main shareholder of the bank.
The Group deals with projects in telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, agriculture and technology.
lieutenant holds permanent offices and branches in the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, India, Ethiopia and other countries in Africa and Asia. In 2010, he acquired the Israeli Telecom company 018-Xphone.
He currently resides in Israel.
