1) Don't assume a profitable business sporting "Sameer" is part of "Sameer Africa"
2) Merali always looks out for #1. #1 = Merali
3) Instead of letting a strategic investor buy into Sameer Africa using NEW money [issue of new shares at fair price] what Merali did was buy out Bridgestone's shares & then he will re-sell them to the "Strategic Investor" ... So Sameer Investments [or whatever proxy he uses] gets the profit while the firm Sameer Africa remains starved of capital.
4) Sale of land along Mombasa Road. That is Sameer Africa's major asset but it is being sold if not taken over by Merali's firms in JV deals.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett