Tanzania

With 2027 in the horizon, more than 150 finance leaders from across East Africa joined the 2026 Virtual Summit to reflect on a turbulent year and speak about strategies for 2027. Panelists and attendees explored how CFOs are adapting to regulatory shifts and a changing workforce, among other shared concerns.

Nanzia Rajab, CFO at Ecobank Tanzania, is among the nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with over a decade of financial leadership across banking and professional services in East Africa.

Relief Mtenga, finance director at Deloitte Consulting, shares thoughts from her experience leading finance operations in volatile environments, explaining why rigid rules fail in unpredictable contexts.

Speaking at the CFO Leadership Summit in Dar es Salaam on 12 June, Sekou Tidiane, CFO of Africa Global Logistics (AGL) Tanzania, reflected on the human side of finance leadership, explaining why managing numbers is only a fraction of the executive role.

The Reliance Insurance CFO adds a board directorship to her executive responsibilities, bringing over 17 years of banking and insurance experience to the Tanzanian lender.

Tanzania’s oldest serving bank has joined CFO East Africa as a corporate member, extending the benefits of the finance leadership community to members of its senior team.

The operator of Tanzania's largest container handling facility brings a cross-functional leadership team into CFO East Africa as it takes up a corporate membership.

CCPL head of finance Pius Ngira breaks the standard accountant mould, combining grit and curiosity to keep cash flowing smoothly. He believes modern finance leaders must step onto the factory floor and use smart tools to make faster, bolder business moves

Hillary Godson's career has been shaped by the simple principle of not focusing on what is missing and making the most of what is already available.

The tier one East African bank celebrates its 80th year in operation this year.

The agrifinance institution has spent over two decades bridging the gap between Tanzania's agricultural entrepreneurs and formal financing.

Alfred Ramosedi, FCMA, CGMA, president at The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and co-chair of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, who is based predominantly in Africa, and Tariro Mutizwa, FCMA, CGMA, vice president – Africa at CIMA, agree that AI will change what finance professionals do, but not who leads. They speak to CFO East Africa about the shifts changing the profession across the continent.

One of Tanzania's largest conglomerates brings its senior finance leadership into CFO East Africa as Amsons takes up a corporate membership in the community.

Dickson built Kora to solve a problem he experienced firsthand. Eight years later, the company operates in 10 African countries and is showing CFOs that cross-border payments do not have to be painful.

At the CFO of the Future Summit in Dar es Salaam, more than 100 finance leaders came together to examine how sustainability and technology are changing the finance function. Across the evening, speakers explored what it means to help shape the future of a business.

AI is moving beyond chatbots and prompts, with new systems capable of carrying out tasks with limited human intervention. At CFO East Africa’s CFO of the Future Summit in Dar es Salaam, Dr Allen Mutono challenged finance leaders to rethink how they use AI while keeping human judgement at the centre.

The move takes him from Tanzania to Ghana, where he will lead the finance function of one of West Africa's leading beverage manufacturers.

Bobby Sumanth, group director of finance at Amsons, has spent 26 years building his career across East Africa, where his role has grown beyond finance to leadership. He believes the strongest finance leaders are those who prepare others to lead.