Reuben Mwatosya

Board Chair

Reuben is a senior executive with proven experience in commercializing financial solutions by efficiently securing and managing relationships with consumers, agents, merchants, aggregators and regulators in Tanzania. Having developed and led country strategies for prestigious banking institutions, startups and fintechs, his commitment lies in executing Pan African initiatives that will continuously root solutions in customers' day-to-day lives as well as their businesses.

Over the last 10 years, he has led diverse teams at the International Labor Organization (ILO), Restless Development (NGO), NMB Bank, CRDB Bank, Barclays, Exim Bank, and Ecobank, forging profitable partnerships with startups, SMEs, aggregators, and, more importantly, the payment industry regulators.

He holds double Certificates on Advanced Commercial Lending from the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF). He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Financial Services from the University of Dar es Salaam, Business School (UDBS)

Noelle Mahuvi

Board Secretary & GHF Founder

Noelle has an instinctive enthusiasm for young generation development and empowerment, a passion she discovered as a teenager. Right after college, she co-founded Great Hope Foundation back in 2010 and drafted from scratch a lot of programs, under the NGO, including the signature program, UWEZO. She currently leads a team of 40 Volunteers under the NGO. Up to 2024, the program had reached over 6,700 students of the three main regions of Tanzania ( Dar es Salaam, Morogoro & Coastal) in over 620 Secondary Schools accumulatively.

She has accumulated over 12 years of experience working in both the Corporate and Civil Society sectors. She has worked in private companies spanning from Beauty and Cosmetics, Media, and the Manufacturing Industry as Head of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service. She has accumulated managerial experience in both private companies and Non-Governmental organizations for more than ten years.

She is both a YALI and TONY ELUMELU fellow in 2017. She is also a member of the Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam Oysterbay, and the club awarded her with Paul Harris Fellow recognition because of the achievement of UWEZO program. On the Club, she has served on the Club Board as Rotary Community Corps and Young Generation Director for two consecutive years.

She has an instinctive enthusiasm for young generation development and empowerment, a passion she discovered as a teenager. She was recognized as a Collegiate Ambassador of Peace in 2007 when she represented all Universities in Tanzania at the World Mister and Miss University in Seoul, Korea. Distinguished as one of the brilliant female candidates in Chemistry by the National Examination Council of Tanzania in 2003, and awarded an outstanding student in the essay writing competition in her teenage years at primary school back in 1997.

Lilian Secelela Madeje

Board Member

Lillian Secelela Madeje is passionate about using the power of innovation and engagement to serve the global community. As a business evangelist and serial entrepreneur, Lillian has founded/co-founded businesses to date that range from Ekihya - a boutique consulting company, Niajiri Platform - a tech workforce development tech platform, to Bits and Bytes Innovation - an annual experiential innovation and tech conference.

She has also worked with various governments in running and setting up innovative accelerator programs with the intention of solving various challenges in the community, in particular, Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority with their Anjal Z accelerator program, Nigerian National Information Technology Development Agency with the Bridge to Mass Challenge Nigeria program.

She comes to the table with more than 11 years of experience working in the human capital industry as well as consulting with national and international organizations around the space of innovation, skills, and technology. In addition to the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, with an emphasis in International Business and Marketing / Economics minor that she earned from Park, Lillian holds an MBA from the African Leadership University, School of Business (ALUSB) based in Kigali, Rwanda. She is also a proud recipient of the Sherwood Marlowe Memorial Award from her alma mater, which recognizes alumni for volunteer services and civic engagement. She is \an alumnus of the Global Shapers Dar Hub, sits on the boards of organizations such as JUMO Tanzania, where she serves as Chairwoman and is a founding board member for the Tanzania Startup Association

Edgar Mwampinge

Board Member

Edgar is a tech entrepreneur, a Lawyer, and a social change agent. He is the founder of Worknasi, Worknasi Plus, and Hepha. Worknasi is an online platform for listing, renting, booking, and managing shared office spaces, coworking spaces, full serviced offices, meeting rooms, conference, and event spaces in Africa. Worknasi Plus is a platform that empowers businesses in Africa by connecting them with the best-skilled freelancers from across

Africa. And Hepha is a design and branding firm in Tanzania. Edgar has a keen interest in exploring technology for African economic transformation. Prior to founding Worknasi, Worknasi plus, and Hepha, he founded Spid Express Courier company soon after graduating from college.

He is a Fellow at Microsoft Insiders for Good East African Fellowship 2017, and he is a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur 2017, under the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program. He has been involved in different social activities across Tanzania, involving Technology and innovation

Dasaria Swai

Board Member

Dasaria is passionate about Logistics with more than ten years of experience in the logistics industry, where they have been involved in preparing Marketing strategy, annual marketing plan, supervision in bulk vessel discharging, bagging, full container loads, loose cargo, abnormal loads, as well as project cargo. Operations supervisor for humanitarian food vendors, contracting, customs clearance, storage, inventory, and transport to the final destination. Involved in capacity-building training for Government and Non-Government Agencies.

Very sympathetic and responsive, fluent in multiple fields, always wants to guide people in reaching their goals, extremely good at influencing people, people-oriented and idealistic, kind and inspiring with good communication skills, she acts responsibly and systematically, but above all, she has always worked on improving herself. One of her greatest assets is the ability to create solutions that work for all. She finds ways to encourage and motivate people, a natural leader. She enjoys taking charge and facilitating team operations.

Can live by the values of the community and encourage cooperation. She has worked for the World Food Program as a logistics Officer, Dar es Salaam Corridor Group Company as Head of Commercial and Logistics Coordinator, and DAMCO company as Logistics Coordinator. She holds a degree in Cooperative Management and Accounting from Moshi University of Cooperatives and a Certificate in East African Customs Clearing and Freight Forwarding Practice from the Institute of Tax Administration in Tanzania