<p class="title">Africa's youngest billionaire snatched a week ago off the street outside a luxury hotel in Tanzania, has returned back home safely, the family company that he runs said on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/africas-youngest-billionaire-697380.html" target="_blank">Mohammed Dewji</a>, the 43-year-old CEO of the METL Group family conglomerate, was seized as he arrived for a morning workout in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam last week. Forbes estimates his net worth as $1.5 billion, making him Africa's 17th richest man and its youngest billionaire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have returned home safely'" METL Group quoted him as saying on its Twitter feed, without providing more details about how he was freed or got away from his captors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company also quoted him thanking those who had worked for his release, including the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seizure of Dewji, who has also served as a member of parliament in the past, had caused consternation in the East African nation as he is one of its most prominent business executives.</p>.<p class="bodytext">January Makamba, the country's minister of environment and Dewji's former colleague in parliament, also tweeted on Saturday morning that he had spoken with him and that he was safe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Makamba said that Dewji had bruises on his hands and feet from being tied up by his kidnappers. He said the kidnappers had freed Dewji by dumping him in a field in the early hours of Saturday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dewji's family had offered a reward of 1 billion Tanzania shillings ($440,000) for information leading to his release.</p>.<p class="bodytext">METL Group is involved in a diverse range of manufacturing, farming, transport, infrastructure, agroprocessing and telecoms businesses spanning 11 African countries.</p>
<p class="title">Africa's youngest billionaire snatched a week ago off the street outside a luxury hotel in Tanzania, has returned back home safely, the family company that he runs said on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/africas-youngest-billionaire-697380.html" target="_blank">Mohammed Dewji</a>, the 43-year-old CEO of the METL Group family conglomerate, was seized as he arrived for a morning workout in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam last week. Forbes estimates his net worth as $1.5 billion, making him Africa's 17th richest man and its youngest billionaire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have returned home safely'" METL Group quoted him as saying on its Twitter feed, without providing more details about how he was freed or got away from his captors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company also quoted him thanking those who had worked for his release, including the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seizure of Dewji, who has also served as a member of parliament in the past, had caused consternation in the East African nation as he is one of its most prominent business executives.</p>.<p class="bodytext">January Makamba, the country's minister of environment and Dewji's former colleague in parliament, also tweeted on Saturday morning that he had spoken with him and that he was safe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Makamba said that Dewji had bruises on his hands and feet from being tied up by his kidnappers. He said the kidnappers had freed Dewji by dumping him in a field in the early hours of Saturday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dewji's family had offered a reward of 1 billion Tanzania shillings ($440,000) for information leading to his release.</p>.<p class="bodytext">METL Group is involved in a diverse range of manufacturing, farming, transport, infrastructure, agroprocessing and telecoms businesses spanning 11 African countries.</p>