Yas Tanzania CFO and executive director Innocent Rwetabura is the fourth finance leader to join the running for the inaugural CFO Awards for East Africa
Innocent Rwetabura will be competing to win one or more of the 10 awards up for the taking at the annual ‘Oscars of Finance’.
The CFO Awards for East Africa shine a spotlight on CFOs of listed companies, large corporations, state-owned entities and government institutions and award them for outstanding performance and leadership. The awards ceremony will take place in Nairobi on 27 November.
Innocent Rwetabura was appointed as the CFO and executive director of Yas Tanzania (formerly Tigo) in October 2018 after serving as interim CEO from September 2021 to July 2022.
He has held various roles at the company since he joined in April 2015, including financial controller and acting CFO. Innocent has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, including a two-year stint as financial controller at UK-based telecommunications tower company Helios Towers between 2013 and 2015.
Innocent began his career at PwC Tanzania in October 1998 before joining Zain as financial controller in February 2003. He then proceeded to Airtel Sierra Leone in February 2008, where he took on the role of finance director in 2008. He took on a similar role at Zantel in November 2010 before his appointment as head of finance at G4S in September 2012.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in accounting and an MBA in finance from the University of Dar es Salaam. He is also a certified public accountant (CPA).
