Bakhresa: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Bakhresa is a privately held company headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that owns 6 consumer brands across 4 categories.[1]
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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Bakhresa Group
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇹🇿 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Founded
- 1975
- Website
- bakhresa.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Bakhresa in numbers
- Bakhresa owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 4 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 2 brands.[1]
Everything Bakhresa owns
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Bakhresa own?
Bakhresa owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Azam TV, Azam, AzamPay, African Fruti, AzamPesa and Uhai.
Is Bakhresa a Tanzanian company?
Yes. Bakhresa is headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and was founded in 1975.
Who owns Bakhresa?
Bakhresa is privately held. 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.
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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