Mohammed Dewji studied his secondary education in Dar es-Salaam, high school in New Jersey, and International Finance and Business at Georgetown University (USA). In the United States he worked for JP Morgan Investment Banking
In 1998, Mohammed Dewji returned to Tanzania to join the familiar business group: The METL Group (Mohammed Enterprises Tanzanian Limited), with activities in agriculture, finance, distribution, real estate, mobile telephony, or manufacturing
Today, Mohammed Dewji is the CEO of the METL Group
The METL Group represents 2% of the Tanzanian GDP (5 billion dollars) and more than 24,000 employees
Dewji is the second richest in Tanzania (estimated net worth of 560 million dollars) and the first Tanzanian to appear at Forbes Magazine
Mohammed Dewji also participates in politics. In 2005, he was elected to Member of the Tanzanian Parliament
The MeTL group has created the MeTL Foundation, spending more than 2 million dollars in education, water supply, and health