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Brothers turn father’s ailing firm into Sh58 million copier business

Monday, June 29, 2015 — updated on December 17, 2020 - 5 min read

Mr Tawfiq Magan shares a light moment with employees at his Total Office Solutions outlet in the Nairobi central business district. The firm has outlets in other towns. PHOTO | COURTESY

Tawfiq Magan knows first-hand what it is like to be thrown in the deep end.

When his father asked him to take over Total Office Solutions in 2005, he felt like he was being asked to save the Titanic. The company was quite literally sinking under the weight of mismanagement by its former managing director.