Who owns Azam TV?
Azam TV is owned by Bakhresa (Tanzania).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Bakhresa Group — divisions, subsidiaries and brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Bakhresa Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
- Origin
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Azam TV
Azam TV is Bakhresa's pay-television service, sold as bouquets carrying English and Swahili entertainment, round-the-clock Swahili series and films, live football, children's programming and news. It distributes by satellite, digital terrestrial and streaming, reaches subscribers across sub-Saharan Africa, and is also available through the AzamTV MAX mobile app. Its programming comes from Azam Media, which is licensed by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority to produce it.
Ownership timeline of Azam TV
Where Azam TV sits in Bakhresa
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Bakhresa
Bakhresa controls 6 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in television networks, and who owns them
The 92 brands in television networks on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Sun TV Network, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini TV | Sun TV Network | 🇮🇳 India |
| Global Television | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| BET | Paramount Skydance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bounce (Scripps network) | Scripps | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartoon Network | Warner Bros. Discovery | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Canal+ | Canal+ | 🇫🇷 France |
| AMC | AMC Networks | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Astro | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
About the owner: Bakhresa
Bakhresa is a privately held company headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 1975. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Bakhresa Group is a Tanzanian family conglomerate that began in 1975 when Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa opened the Azam Restaurant, and now runs more than thirty subsidiaries across nine countries and fifteen divisions. Its flagship company, Said Salim Bakhresa & Company, holds the largest wheat milling and storage capacity in East Africa, much of it built from mills bought in Tanzania's 1990s privatisation programme. Almost everything the group sells to the public carries the Azam name, whether it is flour, biscuits, ice cream, juice, satellite television or a mobile money wallet, which makes Azam one of the most widely stretched brands in the region.
🇹🇿 Azam TV and other Tanzanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 18 brands that began in Tanzania. 5 of them (28%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Azam TV is not one of them.
- Mwananchi — Nation Media Group 🇰🇪
- Air Tanzania — Air Tanzania 🇹🇿
- Auric Air — Auric Air 🇹🇿
- Jahazi Restaurant — Gulf Hotels Group 🇧🇭
- Masafi — METL Group 🇹🇿
- Precision Air — Precision Air 🇹🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Azam TV?
The parent company of Azam TV is Bakhresa, a privately held company headquartered in Tanzania.
Is Azam TV Tanzanian?
Yes. Azam TV originated in Tanzania and its owner, Bakhresa, is also headquartered in Tanzania.
Is Azam TV still owned by Bakhresa?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Azam TV is still owned by Bakhresa. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Bakhresa Group — divisions, subsidiaries and brands — Bakhresa Group, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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