NYAMSOGORO
APPOINTED DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR ACADEMICIC
Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)as of 2007. He also holdMSc. in
International Banking and Finance (2001) and a PhD in Finance
(2010)both from the University of Greenwich, London, United
Kingdom.
Prof. Nyamsogoro was employed at the then Institute of
Development Management Mzumbe(IDM Mzumbe) as a
Tutorial Assistant in October, 1997. He then rose through various
academic ranks to Assistant lecturer in 1998, Lecturer in 2001;
Senior Lecturer in 2004 and became anAssociate Professor in 2012.
He has also worked as a visiting lecturer in Development Finance
and Quantitative Methods courses offered at master’s level by the
University of Bradford (UK) and Microfinance for International
Development course offered at the Greenwich University, UK.
By Rainfrida Ngatunga
T
he Chancellor of Mzumbe University, Chief Justice
(Retired) Hon. Barnabas Samatta acting in accordance
with his powers conferred upon him by Section 11 (1)
of the First Schedule of the Mzumbe University Charter, 2017
has appointed Prof. GankaNyamsogoro as the Deputy Vice
Chancellor, Academic for a period of four years effective from
13th March, 2017.
The appointment comes after the end of tenure for Prof.
JosephatItika who was the substantive Deputy Vice chancellor
Academic and later he was Acting Vice Chancellor for more than
18 months. While Prof. Itika was the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof.
George Shumbusho who is the Director of Undergraduate Studies
and Senate Secretary was the Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor,
Academic.
Before this appointment Prof. GankaNyamsogoro was the
Principal of the Dar es Salaam Campus College (DCC).
Prof. Nyamsogoro born on the 21st April, 1972 at Muhundwe,
Tarime District in Mara Region, completed primary education at
Kigera Primary School 1986, O’level education at Mara Secondary
School in 1990 and A’ level education at Buluba Secondary School
in Shinyanga Region in 1993.
He acquired an Advanced Diploma in Accountancy (ADCA)
in 1997 and became Certified Public Accountancy (CPA (T))
National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA) Tanzania,
1997. Prof. Nyamsogoro is also a Certified International
Accounting Standards (IAS) trainer by the Institute of Chartered
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He has held various administrative positions at Mzumbe
University. He was the Acting Head of Department of Accounting
and Finance (DAF), Associate Director of Research, Publication
and Postgraduate Studies from 2010 up to 2012 and the Dean in
the School of Business(SOB) from 2012 to 2014. He was appointed
Principal of the Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus College
in December, 2014 and later before finishing his first term in the
office he was appointed as a Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic in
March, 2017.
Prof. GankaNyamsogorois also a Project Manager of Tanzania
Commission for Universities (TCU),Iringa University and Mzumbe
University Project on Aligning Business Studies in Tanzania,
(TIMBE) funded by NUFFIC, The Netherlands from 2012 to date.
He is also a Manager, in Business Environment Strengthening in
Tanzania (BRST- AC) project funded by five (5) donor countries
from Europe. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the
Journal of Business Education (CBE) from 2014 to date.
Nyamsogoro has published several articles and books
in accounting, finance and microfinance both local and
international journals and publishers. His research interest
include the capability of accounting profitability theory to
financial sustainability of microfinance institutions; quantitative
impact assessment; financial performance; product costing;
regulation of microfinance; and financial markets based research.
The Editorial Board wishes to join the Mzumbe University
Community to congratulate Prof. GankaNyamsogoro for his
appointment and wishes him the best in performing his new
duties. The Editorial Board also wishes to commend the good
work by Prof. JosephatItika and Prof. George Shumbusho over
the years.
Convocation Newsletter | 2017