Job Title: CFO, executive director
Company: Yas Tanzania
Innocent Rwetabura was appointed as the CFO and executive director of Yas Tanzania 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).
Work experience
Oct 2018 - Present: CFO/executive director, Millicom (Yas Tanzania)
Sep 2021 - Jul 2022: interim CEO, Millicom (Tigo)
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018: acting CFO, Millicom (Tigo)
Apr 2015 - Sep 2018: financial controller, Millicom (Tigo)
Oct 2013 - Mar 2015: financial controller, Helios Towers
Sep 2012 - Sep 2013: head of finance, G4S Secure Solutions (Africa)
Nov 2010 - Aug 2012: finance director, Zanzibar Telecom Ltd. (Zantel)
Feb 2008 - Nov 2010: finance director, Airtel Sierra Leone
Feb 2003 - Jan 2008: financial controller, Zain
Oct 1998 - Feb 2003: senior associate, PwC Tanzania
Education
2004 - 2006: MBA, finance, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
1999 - 2000: CPA, APT Financial Consultants
1995 - 1998: BCom, accounting, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
Yas Tanzania
Yas Tanzania - formerly Tigo - is a telecommunication company that serves over 13.5 million registered subscribers. It is the largest commercial brand owned by Axian Telecom, which operates in Madagascar, Comoros, Senegal, Togo and Tanzania. .
