Career
He later abandoned his studies to pursue a trading career, and as of the 1950s, Osman Eltayeb was a well established figure in the Nigerian marketsControlling a large share of the cotton and textile markets. The group also has large real estate investments in the United Kingdom. An arm of the group also has investments in the Sudanese Gum arabic and Hibiscus markets.
Sheikh Bashir Elrayah School was founded in 1996 as a non-profit and high standard of education school by Osman as a way of giving back to the community.
The school now has over 2000 students enrolled and is among the best in Northern Nigeria. Osman Eltayeb is a leading figure in Sudanese and Nigerian politics.
He played a prominent role in getting the North and South of Sudan to negotiate the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (Certified Public Accountants) 2005, in the Nigerian capital Abuja. This in turn led to the end of the 21-year-old Civil War in Sudan.
He became one of the leading philanthropists in both Nigeria and Sudan.
Being from a very religious Islamic background, he built and aided in the building of Mosques and Islamic Centers. He also built the Osman Eltayeb Community Hospital in Rufaa, North Sudan. "Osman Eltayeb is a Loyal Friend, Osman is a Generous man, Osman is a Gentleman.
Osman loves Nigeria just as he loves his own country Sudan.
Indeed we know he has been a friend of most of our leaders, Traditional and political. Among them the Emirs (Past and Present) of Kano.
" Maitama Sule Former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations.
