Who owns Masafi?
Masafi is owned by METL Group (Tanzania).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MeTL Group — Drinks and Beverages / Detergents (What We Do). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
- Origin
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
- Founded
- 1997
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Masafi
Masafi is a bottled water brand from METL Group's beverage subsidiary A-One Products and Bottlers Ltd, one of three water brands (alongside Maisha and Just Chill) the subsidiary launched with in 1997 when it began operations. A-One is described by the group as its third-largest factory and its most profitable business.
Ownership timeline of Masafi
- Current owner METL Group [1] reported
Where Masafi sits in METL Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full METL Group brand portfolio (3) →
Other brands owned by METL Group
METL Group controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Mo Xtra (2012)
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5.
About the owner: METL Group
METL Group is a privately held company headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 1970. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited, trading as MeTL Group, is a Dar es Salaam-based, family-owned conglomerate founded in the 1970s by Gulamabbas Dewji and now led by his son Mohammed Dewji, who joined the business in 1999. Its own site describes operations spanning agribusiness (sisal, cotton, oil palm, cashew and sugar farming), manufacturing (textiles, edible oils, flour milling, detergents and beverages), financial and energy services, and global trading, employing roughly 37,000 people across more than a dozen African countries.
🇹🇿 Masafi 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; Masafi is not one of them.
- African Fruti — Bakhresa 🇹🇿
- Serengeti — EABL 🇰🇪
- Air Tanzania — Air Tanzania 🇹🇿
- Auric Air — Auric Air 🇹🇿
- Jahazi Restaurant — Gulf Hotels Group 🇧🇭
- Mwananchi — Nation Media Group 🇰🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Masafi?
The parent company of Masafi is METL Group, a privately held company headquartered in Tanzania.
Is Masafi Tanzanian?
Yes. Masafi originated in Tanzania in 1997 and its owner, METL Group, is also headquartered in Tanzania.
Is Masafi still owned by METL Group?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Masafi is still owned by METL Group. 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] MeTL Group — Drinks and Beverages / Detergents (What We Do) — MeTL Group, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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