Education
He attended Arusha Primary School and the International School of Tanganyika for his secondary education.
He attended Arusha Primary School and the International School of Tanganyika for his secondary education.
He represented the Singida Urban constituency in the National Assembly from 2005 to 2015. When he announced that he was resigning from active politics. He owns 75% of MeTL Group and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
In March 2015 Forbes magazine named him as the 31st richest person in Africa, with his Netto worth an estimated United States $1.25 billion, having also been the first billionaire in Tanzanian Forbes magazine in 2013.
Dewji was born in Ipembe, Singida. In 1994, he obtained his diploma from Saddlebrook High School, where he was a contemporary of Jennifer Capriati.
In 1998, he graduated from Georgetown University with the degree of Bachelors in International Business and Finance. Upon graduation from university, he returned home and assumed the management of Mohamed Enterprise Tanzania Limited (MET Limited), a commodities trading business founded by his father.
In the early 2000s, when the Tanzanian government privatized loss-making companies, he acquired them inexpensively and turned them into profit centers by trimming personnel expenses.
His MeTL Group of Companies, is the largest privately owned conglomerate in Tanzania. Its business interests include textiles, manufacturing, agriculture, distribution, and real estate. 2012: Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
2012: Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum 2014: 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa, Forbes Magazine 2014: African Philanthropist of the Year Award by the African Leadership magazine 2014: Top 100 of young economic leaders 2015: Philanthropist of the Year Award for the East African region by All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) 2015: Business Leader of the Year Award by African Business Magazine 2015: Forbes Africa"s Person Of The Year 2015.
