{"id":2492,"date":"2024-07-18T05:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T05:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wachumi.egktech.co.tz\/?page_id=2492"},"modified":"2024-07-20T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T15:07:43","slug":"our-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wachumi.egktech.co.tz\/index.php\/about-us\/our-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2492\" class=\"elementor elementor-2492\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19c6840 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19c6840\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e29bc79 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"e29bc79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0237ae3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0237ae3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8648d21 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"8648d21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-06452d0 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"06452d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304b376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"304b376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ot-heading\">\r\n\t        <span class=\"\">our team<\/span>\t        <h3 class=\"main-head\">Our Skilled Leaders<\/h3>\t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-af1aa73 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"af1aa73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72699da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72699da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c920f9f ot-column-items-center ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"c920f9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef290a elementor-widget elementor-widget-imember\" data-id=\"6ef290a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"imember.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ot-team team-1\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/wachumi.egktech.co.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/president.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wachumi.egktech.co.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/president.webp 750w, https:\/\/wachumi.egktech.co.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/president-270x300.webp 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-social\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"transition-delay: 0ms\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ot-flaticon-signs\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"tname\">Hon. Geofrey Idelphonce Mwambe(MP.)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<span>President, Economic Society of Tanzania<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t        \r\n\t    \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ed2f55 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"9ed2f55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6702439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6702439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Honorable Geoffrey Idelphonce Mwambe is the Minister of State in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office responsible for Investment of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania. Honorable Mwambe, who prior served as a Minister of Industry and Trade, is a Member of Parliament representing Masasi Town Constituency.<\/p><p>He is the former Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) since May 2017 and the former District Commissioner for Manyoni District in Singida region. Honorable Mwambe has served in the Boards of Directors of Central Bank of Tanzania and Tanzania Revenue Authority among others.<br \/>He is a former employee of the Central Bank (The Bank of Tanzania &#8211; BoT) as a senior economist and former Director of Trade, Investment and Productive Sectors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation where he headed various Bilateral Trade Negotiations and participated on various Regional Trade Arrangements.<\/p><p>Honorable Mwambe is an experienced economist and researcher specializing in areas of International Trade, Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Macroeconomics, International Investment, International Economics and Economic Growth. He holds a Master Degree of Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam and attended various trainings at local, regional and international levels.<br \/>Honorable Mwambe Minister welcomes prospective investors to come and invest in Tanzania in mining, tourism, manufacturing (pharmaceuticals, leather, edible oil, garments\/clothing, ICT accessories assembling, etc), industrial parks, agriculture, livestock, ICT, Special Economic Zones, Export Processing Zones, agroprocessing and in the blue economy. Rest be assured that in Tanzania you you and your assets will be safe and policies are incentive-based, predictable and stable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c09973 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c09973\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6345548 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"6345548\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fdd085 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" 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Before joining the University as a Lecturer, Aikaeli was a Senior Economist at the Bank of Tanzania for a decade. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam and has extensively researched and undertaken consultancies in the areas of finance (public &amp; private), efficiency and productivity, labour market and employment, productivity and growth. His research experience spans across several countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. Aikaeli has been a consultant to several domestic and international organizations.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Aikaeli has been serving the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (Trapca) as a visiting faculty, and he has supported the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) in the preparation of materials and running the regional integration courses. Aikaeli has been a visiting Lecturer for the collaborative master\u2019s programme (CMAP) under the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) \u2013 specifically for Financial Economics. Furthermore, he teaches extensively, including Advanced Macroeconomics, Finance and Investment, Monetary Economics, and Public Sector Economics.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>our team Our Skilled Leaders Hon. Geofrey Idelphonce Mwambe(MP.) President, Economic Society of Tanzania Honorable Geoffrey Idelphonce Mwambe is the Minister of State in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office responsible for Investment of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania. 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