UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM BUSINESS SCHOOL (UDBS)

Cosmas R. Masanja

Title:

Dr

Name:

Cosmas Renatus Masanja

College/School/Institute/ Directorate/Unit:

University of Dar es Salaam Business School

Department/Section:

Accounting

Position:

Lecturer

Current Summarised CV/Profile

Dr. Cosmas Masanja lectures in accountancy, finance and trade courses to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Dar es Salaam Business School. His areas of expertise include Financial Management and Governance, Financial Management Systems – Design and Development, Cost management and control, Costing & Pricing Systems-Design and Development, Risk management, Auditing and Assurance Services, Trade and Investment -projects appraisal.

Dr Masanja has held numerous administrative positions at the University of Dar es Salaam including:

Acting Coordinator - Planning, Finance and Investment: University of Dar es Salaam Business School, June 2022 to-date.

Associate Coordinator - Planning, Finance and Investment: University of Dar es Salaam Business School, November 2021 – June 2022

Deputy Head, Department of Accounting, University of Dar es salaam Business School, January 2020 - June 2021

Project’s Funds and Programs Manager: Lufeuna University-Germany and University of Dar es Salaam STEP-Joint Project under UDEC, 2012 – 2015

Professional Details:

Level of Education and where attained:

B.com (Accounting) - University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MIT (majoring in FDIs)- University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MSc-Accounting & Finance –Mzumbe University, Tanzania.

PhD (Business Administration)- University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T) - National Board of Accountant and Auditors

 

Specialised areas of teaching:

Costing, Management Accounting, Auditing & Assurance Services, Financial Management and International Trade Courses

Research interests: Financial management and governance

Risk management and internal controls in public and private sector

Supply/values chain cost management and control in manufacturing and service industries

Performance management in Public and Private Sector

Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs)

Internal audit and audit committees in public sector

Recent publications:

Masanja, C. R. (2021). Audit Committee and Enterprise Risk Management Effectiveness in Tanzania Social Security Funds. ORSEA Journal Vol. 11(2), 106-123 2.

Masanja, C. R. (2018). The Extent to Which Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) Contribute to the Growth of Host Economies: Evidence from Tanzania. Business Management Review, 21(1), 1-22.

Masanja, C. R. (2022) Modelling Optimal Health Services

Supply Chain Costing for Optimal Pricing, Cost Management and Control: Lessons from Big4 Hospitals in Tanzania. (Conference paper published as conference proceeding-4th African Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ACOSCM) Conference Nairobi Kenya 26-29 July 2022).

Masanja, C.R. (2022). Audit Committee and Internal Control Effectiveness in Public Sector Entities. (Accepted for to be published in the forth coming Journal of Business Management Review)

Masanja C. R (2022). Audit Committee Practices in The Tanzanian Local Government Authorities (Book Chapter accepted for the forthcoming publication by Project EDB-LGFA-2020-04 - sm19966- essex.ac.uk)

Membership and Registration:

  1. University of Dar es Salaam Business School Delegated Tender Board, 2020 – to-date
  2. University of Dar es Salaam Executive Committee, 2021- to-date
  3. Audit Committee, Kigamboni Municipal, 2018-2021.
  4. National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA)-2008 – to-date

Important Contribution:

  1. Best Overall Conference Paper: Masanja, C. R. (2022) Modelling Optimal Health Services Supply Chain Costing for Optimal Pricing, Cost Management and Control: Lessons from Big4 Hospitals in Tanzania. (The 4th African Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ACOSCM) Conference Nairobi Kenya 26-29 July 2022).
  2. Design and Development of Mhimbili National Hospital Costing and Pricing Systems, 2021/2022
  3. Preparation of a 3 years Strategic Plan of University of Dar es Salaam Internal Audit Unit 2017/2018
  4. Preparation of the University of Dar es Salaam Risk Management Framework and Risks Register, 2017/2018
  5. University of Dar es salaam Postgraduate Programmes Unit Cost Estimation and Fees Structure Development, 2012/2013