(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Tanzania’)
Philipos Filios left Northern Epirus and immigrated to Zanzibar in 1891. Three years later he moved to South Africa. In 1900, he settled in Mombasa where he opened the ‘Cecil Hotel’ along with his brother Michael. That time, a few Greeks were settled in the city and were involved in trade activities. A decade later, Philipos Filios left for Kilimanjaro where he dealt with coffee plantations. He was one of the pioneers of the Greek community of Moshi in Tanzania.
