Saturday, 20 April 2024

Mohammed Dewji, President and CEO of MeTL Group

United Arab Emirates

Champion's Profile

Net worth $1.9 billion Mohammed "Mo" Gulamabbas Dewji(born 8 May 1975) is a Tanzanian businessman and former politician. He is owner of MeTL Group, a Tanzanian conglomerate founded by his father in the 1970s. Dewji is responsible for increasing MeTL's revenues from $30 million to over $1.5 billion between 1999 and 2018. MeTL Group has investments in manufacturing, agriculture, trading, finance, mobile telephony, insurance, real estate, transport and logistics, and food and beverages. The group conducts business in 11 countries and employs over 28,000 people with the aim to target over 100,000 people by 2021. MeTL's operations contribute ~3.5% of Tanzania's GDP. Mohammed joined The Giving Pledge.

UNDP SDG

Healthcare

Description and impact

VPS Healthcare is a multinational healthcare group headquartered at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. VPS Healthcare is an integrated healthcare service provider with 20 operational hospitals, over 125 medical centres, 10,000 employees and medical support services spread across the Middle East, Europe and India.