Title:

Dr.

Name:

Merezia Wilson Bambaganya

College/School/Institute/ Directorate/Unit:

University of Dar es Salaam Business School

Department/Section:

Accounting

Position:

Lecturer

Current Summarised CV/Profile:

Dr. Merezia is specialized in the areas of: Agribusiness, gender, rural entrepreneurship, Project management, Financial accounting and Auditing. Her research interest is in rural economic development, particularly, agricultural development and horticulture export business.

Professional Details:

Level of Education and where attained:

B.com (Accounting) - University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MBA (Finance & marketing)- University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

PhD - in Business Administration (Gender, agribusiness and rural entrepreneurship)-University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T) - National Board of Accountant and Auditors

Specialised areas of teaching: Entrepreneurship, Financial accounting and Auditing

Research interests: Rural economic development, particularly, Agribusiness, rural entrepreneurship and horticulture export business.

Recent publications:

1. Advances in Theory and Practice of Emerging Markets: Springer International Publishing; ISBN: 978-3-030-70538-1, June 2021 ‘‘Gender and Rural Entrepreneurship in Digitizing Sub-Saharan Africa, published in Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology’’ Lettice Kinunda Rutashobya, Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Merezia Wilson, Mesia Ilomo, Mohamed Semkunde
2. Business Management Review: Volume 23, Number 2, Pages 48-70, ISSN 0856-2253 (eISSN 2546-213X)©July-December, 2020 ‘‘The Role of Spatial Context for Women’s Engagement in Rural Entrepreneurship in Tanzania’’ Wilson, M., Rutashobya, L. K., Gaddefors, J., Melyoki, L.,& Otto, O.

Membership and Registration:

1. National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA)
2. Association of Tanzanian Adventist Professionals and Entrepreneurs (ATAPE)
3. University of Dar es Salaam Academic Staff Assembly (UDASA)
4. African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI)

Important Contribution:

1. Deputy coordinator of marketing unit - University of Dar es Salaam Business school (From September 2022)
2. Principal Investigator (PI) - Agriculture for food security

(AgriFoSe2030) SIDA-UDSM project (from March 2022)        

1. Deputy Principal Investigator (Co-PI) - SIDA-UDSM Gender and Agribusiness for Sustainable Development Project. (from February 2022)        
2. Coordinator of outreach and training activities - University of Dar es Salaam Business school-Accounting department (From January 2022)        
3. Coordinator of academic activities- University of Dar es Salaam Business school-Accounting department (2018/19 - 2020/21)