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Merezia Wilson Bambaganya

Lecturer

University of Dar es Salaam Business School

Accounting

Biography

Dr. Merezia Wilson is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T), academic, and researcher with extensive expertise in Financial Accounting, Auditing, Public Sector Governance, and Project Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Dar es Salaam Business School (UDBS), where she also serves as the Coordinator of the University of Dar es Salaam Sida Research Programme and the Principal Investigator of the UDSM Agriculture for Food Security (AgriFoSe2030) Project, which addresses women’s access to agricultural extension services. Dr. Merezia holds a PhD in Business Administration, with her research focusing on gender, agribusiness, and rural entrepreneurship, and she is deeply committed to ethical leadership, inclusive growth, and fostering sustainable socio-economic development

Research Interest

Financial accountability, Gender, Agribusiness, Rural entrepreneurship and Governance for inclusive and sustainable development.

Contacts

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Projects

Coordinator of the University of Dar es Salaam Sida Research Programme, a TZS. 19 billion multi-disciplinary initiative encompassing eight thematic areas, including Marine Science, Agribusiness, Smart Grid, Sustainable Water and Sanitation, and Research Management. 

Principal Investigator of the UDSM Agriculture for Food Security (AgriFoSe2030) Project, which addresses women’s access to agricultural extension services. 

A member of the National Steering Committee for the Higher Education for Economic Transformation (HEET) Project, a World Bank funded initiative under the Ministry of Education.

A member of the Technical Team for BLUEPRINT II (MKUMBI II), Tanzania’s second regulatory reform blueprint under the President’s Office - Planning and Investment, contributing to improving the nation’s investment climate and business environment. 

Publications

  1. Nyberg, Y., Mackay, H., Wilson, M., Samkunde, M., & Wetterlind, J. (2025). Supporting access and implementation of agricultural extension services for female smallholder farmers – a systematic review. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2025.2505387
  2. Bambaganya, M.W., Gaddefors, J. (2024). Challenging Established Structures: Gender and Rural Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Kabongo, J., Sigué, S., Baba Abugre, J. (eds) Understanding Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50128-9_8
  3. Rutashobya, L. K, Chiwona-Karltun, L., Wilson, M., Ilomo, M., Semkunde. (2021). Gender and Rural Entrepreneurship in Digitizing Sub-Saharan Africa, published in Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology. Advances in Theory and Practice of Emerging Markets: Springer International Publishing; ISBN: 978- 3-030-70538-1, June 2021
  4. Wilson, M., Rutashobya, L. K., Gaddefors, J., Melyoki, L., & Otto, O. The Role of Spatial Context for Women’s Engagement in Rural Entrepreneurship in Tanzania. Business Management Review: Volume 23, Number 2, Pages 48-70, ISSN 0856-2253 (eISSN 2546- 213X) ©July-December, 2020
  5. Mbura, O. K and Merezia W. Bambaganya. Success and Usefulness of Business Development Services in the Tanzania’s SMEs Market. Business Management Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, July-December, 2015, ISSN 0856 2252, pp 58-78  
  6. Mbura, O. and Merezia. W. Modelling Business Development Services (BDS) in the Tanzania SMEs Market: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework Issues. Tanzania Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 14, Nos. 1 and 2, 2014