Job Title: country manager
Company: Sotta Mining
Isaac Lupokela is the country manager of Sotta Mining (Nyanzaga Gold Project).
He joined the company in June 2023 after a six-year stint at Tanga Cement, where he was appointed as financial controller in December 2016. In March 2020, he was promoted to head of finance, a position he held until June 2023. Before that, Isaac was the senior manager for tax, compliance and financial reporting at Kilombero Sugar Company & Illovo Distillers, where he worked from January 2015 to November 2016.
Isaac began his career at PwC Tanzania in August 2010, rising to the position of senior tax consultant over a three-year period. He served as tax, treasury and accounts payable manager at Zantel from March to December 2014 after transitioning from his role as assistant tax manager at Airtel Tanzania between September 2013 and March 2014. He joined Sotta Mining Corporation's Nyanzaga Gold Project as CFO in June 2023.
Isaac holds a BCom in accounting from the University of Dar es Salaam. He has completed executive training programmes in senior leadership, corporate finance, scenario planning, and strategic thinking at Harvard Business School and GIBS Business School.
Work experience
January 2026 - present: country manager, Sotta Mining / Nyanzaga Gold Project
Jun 2023 – December 2025: CFO, Sotta Mining / Nyanzaga Gold Project
Mar 2020 – Jun 2023: head of finance, Tanga Cement
Dec 2016 – Mar 2020: financial controller, Tanga Cement
Jan 2015 – Nov 2016: senior manager – tax, compliance & financial reporting, Kilombero Sugar Co & Illovo Distillers
Mar 2014 – Dec 2014: tax, treasury & accounts payable manager, Zantel
Sep 2013 – Mar 2014: assistant tax manager, Airtel Tanzania
Aug 2010 – Aug 2013: senior tax consultant, PwC Tanzania
Education
Mar 2022 – Jul 2022: Certificate, Senior Executive Program, Harvard Business School
2019 – 2019: Certificate, Scenario Planning and Strategic Thinking, GIBS Business School
2019 – 2019: Certificate, Corporate Finance and Value Creation, GIBS Business School
2017 – 2017: Certificate, Leadership Excellence Acceleration Programme, GIBS Business School
2007 – 2010: BCom, Accounting, University of Dar es Salaam
Sotta Mining
Sotta Mining Corporation is a Tanzanian incorporated joint venture company owned jointly by
Perseus Mining Limited (84 percent) and the Government of Tanzania (16 percent). It is developing the Nyanzaga Gold Project located within the southern area of the Lake Victoria Gold Fields in north-western Tanzania.
