(Business in Cameroon) - Despite Joseph Kadji Defosso’s passing in 2018, the empire he built in Cameroon stands strong. This pioneer businessman left a conglomerate encompassing real estate, milling, insurance, industrial production, and agro-food industries to his descendants and the nation. Most notably, the mention of the name Kadji inevitably brings to mind the Union of Cameroonian Breweries (UCB), the first nationally-owned brewery launched in 1972. The founder’s family inherited a fortune estimated at $205 million (nearly CFA113 billion), making them one of Cameroon’s top 10 richest, per Forbes.