Hon. Mizengo Pinda is the former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania (2008 to 2015). He is an alumnus of the University of Dar es Salaam, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB). He previously held various key leadership positions, including Member of Parliament (2000 to 2015), Deputy Minister (2000 to 2005) and then Full Minister (2006 to 2008) in the Prime Minister’s Office. Before becoming a Member of Parliament, Hon. Mizengo...
Hon. Philemon L. Luhanjo is the seventh Chief Secretary of the United Republic of Tanzania (2006 to 2011). He holds a Diploma in Public Administration from Mzumbe University (the then Institute of Development Management) and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He has served as an Administrative Officer (1975 to 1976); Planning, Coordination, and Workforce Officer (1977 to 1983), Acting Assistant Commissioner for Workforce Planning and Training (July to December 1983),...
Prof. Lesakit S. Mellau, is a Tanzanian citizen and a registered Veterinary surgeon (Reg. No 500). He graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM) degree in 1990 and a Master of Veterinary Medicine degree (MVM) in 1996 at Sokoine University of Agriculture. At Master level he worked on “Epidemiology and Pathology of viral and bacterial causes of diarrhea in neonatal animals”. At Doctoral degree (PhD) he specialized in Veterinary Internal Medicine, majoring in Epidemiology and...
Joel S. Mtebe is an Associate Professor of Computer Science. He served as the Principal of the College of Information and Communication Technologies (CoICT) from December 2021 to November 2024. Before this role, he was the Director of the Center for Virtual Learning at the University of Dar es Salaam from 2015 to 2021. He works as a consultant in various local, regional and international organization including Pan African Virtual and E-University (an Umbrella of African...
Lemayon L. Melyoki, is an Associate Professor of Accounting. He studied at the University of Dar es Salaam and obtained a BCom dregree in Accounting (Hons) in 1997 and joined the University of Twente, Netherlands, where he graduated with Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 1999 and a PhD in 2005. Prof. Melyoki obtained the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification awarded by the National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA) in 2001. He held various administrative...
