# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mohammed-gulam-dewji
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:06:27.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mohammed-gulam-dewji"
name: "Mohammed Gulam Dewji"
slug: "mohammed-gulam-dewji"
description: "Mohammed \"Mo\" Gulamabbas Dewji is a Tanzanian billionaire businessman and former politician. He is the owner of MeTL Group, a Tanzanian conglomerate founded by his grandmother, developed by his father in the 1970s. Dewji served as Member of the Tanzanian Parliament for Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 2005 to 2015 for his home town of Singida. As of October 2024, Dewji has an estimated net worth of US$1.8 billion, Africa's 17th richest person and youngest billionaire. Dewji was the first Tanzanian on the cover of Forbes magazine, in 2013."
tagline: "Tanzanian member of the National Assembly and African richest young businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mohammed_dewji_2013-12-09_16-15.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.926221333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Gulam_Dewji"
    title: "Mohammed Gulam Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A"
    title: "محمد ديوجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "محمد ديوجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dewji"
    title: "Mohammed Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dewji"
    title: "Mohammed Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "محمد دوجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dewji"
    title: "Mohammed Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dewji"
    title: "Mohammed Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Dewji"
    title: "Mohamed Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dewji"
    title: "Mohammed Dewji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6893059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump