Mohammed Dewji

IWA Team

May 26, 2026

Mohammed Dewji
President/CEO of MeTL Group

Mohammed Dewji is the President and CEO of MeTL Group, a Tanzanian conglomerate founded by his father in the 1970s. Mohammed served as member of parliament from 2005-2015 for his hometown Singida. In 2022, he was listed as 15th richest person in Africa with an estimated net worth of $1.5billion.

A philanthropist, he has contributed to the wellbeing of Tanzania through the Mo Dewji Foundation which takes care of education, health, community growth, access to water and gender empowerment.

MeTL is a large, family-owned, diversified group of companies headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It employs thousands across the country and has investments in energy, petroleum, textiles, agriculture, insurance, telecoms, transport and logistics, trading, real estate and FMCG.

Mohammed is single-handedly responsible for increasing MeTL’s revenue from $30million to over $2billion between 1999-2022.

When his father, Gulamabbas Dewji, started the MeTL Group in the 1970s, it was merely a small trading company with a bold vision and an insurmountable commitment to providing great value products at affordable prices.

Since Mohammed joined his father in the business in 1999, their company has grown in leaps and bounds to become a major economic powerhouse in East Africa. “And yet we remain insatiably committed to that vision. We have developed new products, introduced new services, and invested in new technology and knowledge while continuing to offer our buyers and consumers value for money.” Mohammed stated.

MeTL Group is one of Tanzania’s largest conglomerates and their products are available everywhere in Tanzania and across Eastern and Southern Africa through the group’s efficient distribution network.

Their core business focuses on providing locally produced, value-added products and services that meet people’s everyday needs. They do this by adopting new manufacturing technologies and infrastructure, maintaining ethical and socially responsible business practices, investing in their people, and protecting the planet.

The MeTL Group’s corporate strategy has evolved as their businesses have grown, matured, and diversified into new sectors and regions over the last 50 years. Starting as a family-owned trading company in the 1970s with a desire to offer quality goods at affordable prices, by the late 1990s, their strategy had transformed to focus on local manufacturing and intra-regional trading to strengthen Tanzania’s growth and development in private industry.

The early 2000s saw the Group’s massive expansion with major acquisitions due to the government’s privatisation policies. The expansion set the stage for the next phase in MeTL Group’s strategic plan for the next decade; vertical integration and regional expansion.