PROFILE

Prof Handley Mpoki Mafwenga is a Macro-Fiscal Policy, Legal,

Advocacy and Tax expert that have been regularly and actively
engaged in international negotiation fora pertaining to Tax,
Poverty and Fiscal policy matters; financial programming and
revenue forecasting modeling. He has an extensive pedagogical
and professional experience in teaching as Visiting Associate
Professor of Finance and Taxation in the Department of
Business and Economics at the Tumaini University, Teofilo
Kisanji University and the Graduate Studies Department of the
Institute of Finance Management (IFM). Being a renowned
Budget advocacy expert of the Government of the URT, he has
also been a member of SADC Sub-committee on Tax matters,
SADC Trade Negotiating Forum (TNF) on trade services under
UNCTAD, and Curriculum Validation Committee of the
National Council for Technical Education (NACTE. Handley is
a mentor to professionals through National Board of
Accountants and Auditors (NBAA) and Commonwealth
Secretariat (COMSEC) as Consultant.
He is one of the founders responsible for the implementation of
the Value Added Tax at the TRA, and tax auditing in mineral
sector at the Gold Audit Program (now TMAA). Handley has a
wealth of experience in Extractive Industry especially in large,
medium, and small scale mining companies dealing with
exploration, and mining operations under the Ministry of
Energy and Minerals. He has been actively involved in the
formulation of the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction
of Poverty (NSGRP-MKUKUTA), Public Financial
Management Reform Programs (PFMRP-Phase I&II), New
Income Tax Act, 2004, New Environmental Management Act,
2004, New Mineral Policy, 2009, New Mining Act, 2010, the
SADC Protocol on the Exchange of Information in Mineral
sector, the SADC Memorandum of Understanding on the
Exchange of Information on Tax Matters, Mineral
Development Agreements in Tanzania, EAC Treaty, EAC
Protocol for Establishment of Customs Union, Production
Sharing Agreements (PSA) Tanzanian Model, Agreements for
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion and Agreements for Reciprocal Protection and
Promotion for Investment under FIPPA. Handley holds
comprehensive academic credentials as follows;
Ph.D in Finance from COU (UK) Faculty of Business and
Economics [Accredited by commission of Wiener School
for Advanced Studies (WSAS-UK)];
MSc in Finance from Strathclyde University; Business
School in the Department of Finance and Accounting-
Scotland ( the UK) [Triple Accreditation from; the
Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB International)-USA; European Foundation for
Management Development (EQUIS-EFMD)-Brussels and
the Association of MBAs(AMBA)-UK];
MBA in Managerial economics and Policy formulation
from ESAMI Business School/Maastricht University
(MsM-the Netherlands) [Accredited by Tanzania
Commission for Universities (TCU];
Masters Degree of Law (LLM) in Taxation at the
University of Dar-Es-Salaam School of Law[Accredited by
Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU];
First degree of law (LLB) from Tumaini University
(TUDARCO) [Accredited by Tanzania Commission for
Universities (TCU],
Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Management and Advanced
Diploma in Tax Management both from the Institute of
Finance Management (IFM) [Accredited by the National
Council for Technical Education-(NACTE)-Tanzania],
Handley is also writing another thesis for the Ph.D in Business
Management at the University of Dar-es-salaam Business
School. He has made variety of vetted publications and
advanced research works in the areas of his expertise; a Peer
reviewer of the NBAA Accountant Journal and Associate Editor
of the Tumaini (Now Iringa University)-East African Journal of
Research.