METL Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
METL Group is a privately held company headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that owns 3 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (also MeTL Group, METL)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇹🇿 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Founded
- 1970
- Website
- metl.net
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
METL Group in numbers
- METL Group owns 3 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 2 brands.[1]
Everything METL Group owns
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does METL Group own?
METL Group owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including Mo Xtra, Poa and Masafi.
Is METL Group a Tanzanian company?
Yes. METL Group is headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and was founded in 1970.
Who owns METL Group?
METL Group is privately held. 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.
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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