Ahmed Omar Mandela

By September 2025 Café Javas, the Ugandan café chain founded by Omar Mandela, had ten outlets in Kenya, where it trades as CJ's, more than the nine it runs at home in Kampala and Entebbe, the Observer reported. The Kenyan count included seven branches in Nairobi, two in Mombasa and a new one in Lavington. Mandela also founded the Mandela Group, with interests in hospitality, retail and manufacturing.