Title:

Dr.

Name:

Tobias A. Swai

College/School/Institute/ Directorate/Unit:

University of Dar es Salaam Business School

Department/Section:

Finance

Position:

Senior Lecturer

Current Summarised CV/Profile:

Dr. Tobias Aloisi Swai is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Finance, University of Dar es Salaam, Business School teaching Banking and Corporate Finance courses since October 2002. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Finance) researching on the banking sector, MBA in Finance, and Bachelor of Commerce in Finance (Honours) from the University of Dar es Salaam. He also holds Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands. He has audited various courses related to economics, banking and finance and research methodology from the Department of Economics at UDSM, Columbia Business School in New York and Gonzaga University in Spokane, USA. Dr. Swai has taught various courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate level at the University of Dar es Salaam, Business School.  Dr. Swai has 20 years in teaching, research and consultancy. He has consulted local and international institutions.

Major consultancies are geared to public financial management, private sector development, strategy analysis and development, training, financial planning, evaluation, financial analysis, data analysis, feasibilities studies and business plans.  Dr. Swai is a seasoned entrepreneur having run and established various small businesses. He likes nature farming, gardening, jogging, reading Bible and listening to Gospel music.

Professional Details:

Bcom, MBA [UDSM, TZ], PG. Diploma (Fin Mgt) – [MSM, NL], PhD [UDSM, TZ]

Specialised areas of teaching: Banking, Financial Institutions and Markets, Investment/Financial Analysis, Project Finance

Research interests: Banking financial management, cost benefit analysis, project financing structure, behavioural finance, financial institutions and markets.

Recent projects: SATREPS (Financed by JICA), Investment Analysis of Airport Concessionaires

Recent publications:

Tsuchiya, Y. and Swai, T., Takahashi, K. and Wakamatsu, T. and Watari, R. and Nsenga, J. (2022). The Entrepreneurship Potential of Rural Areas: Soap Production as a Side Business for Tanzanian Rice Farmers. African Journal of Applied Research Vol. 8, No. 2 (2022), pp. 1-13 http://www.ajaronline.com http://doi.org/10.26437/ajar.31.10.2022.01 

Swai, T. and Manoko, M. (2022) Potential for Application of Effective Micro-Organisms for Inclusive Agriculture in Tea Production – A Cost Benefit Analysis for Kagera Tea Company, Presented in at Kagera Agricultural Annual Conference and Exhibition, Bukoba, June.

Boniface, S., Mlowe, N. and Swai, T. (2022) The Influence of Effective Micro-Organisms in Vegetable Production: The Case of Two Climatic Zones in Tanzania. Presented in at Kagera Agricultural Annual Conference and Exhibition, Bukoba, June.

Tsuchiya, Y., Swai, T. and Goto, F. (2020), Energy payback time analysis and return on investment of off-grid photovoltaic systems in rural areas of Tanzania. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. Volume 42, December 2020, 100887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100887

Research profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-0517   

Membership and Registration:

Committees: Audit Committee Member – SUMA JKT Corporation Sole.

Board Member: East Africa Consulting Group Limited, Feedpro EMAx Limited, NCCL Auditors and Tax Consultants.

Important Contribution:

Awards

• 2002: Best MBA final year student– UDSM.

• 2002: Faculty of Commerce prize for Best final year Student in MBA programme - UDSM.

• 2002: Best Student in MBA Second year Finance Project during 2001/02 academic year- UDSM.