Who owns Mo Xtra?
Mo Xtra 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
- 2012
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mo Xtra
Mo Xtra is a carbonated soft drink launched in 2012 under METL Group's Mo umbrella brand, made by its beverage subsidiary A-One Products and Bottlers Ltd. The group's own site describes it as the country's most consumed drink, with a 70 per cent share of Tanzania's carbonated soft drink market, and as the flagship of a wider Mo drinks range that also includes Mo Kola, Mo Chungwa, Mo Passion and other flavoured variants.
Ownership timeline of Mo Xtra
- Current owner METL Group [1] reported
Where Mo Xtra 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
- Masafi (1997)
Founded in the 2010s
- Poa (2013)
Other brands in other carbonated soft drinks, and who owns them
The 80 brands in other carbonated soft drinks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP (United States) | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7UP | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Colombiana | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Faxe Kondi | Royal Unibrew | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fanta | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
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.
🇹🇿 Mo Xtra 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; Mo Xtra 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 Mo Xtra?
The parent company of Mo Xtra is METL Group, a privately held company headquartered in Tanzania.
Is Mo Xtra Tanzanian?
Yes. Mo Xtra originated in Tanzania in 2012 and its owner, METL Group, is also headquartered in Tanzania.
Is Mo Xtra still owned by METL Group?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Mo Xtra 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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