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Edwin Mtei, Tanzania’s first central bank governor, left lessons on leadership

By Aikande Clement Kwayu, Lecturer, Tumaini University Makumira

Edwin Mtei, who passed away on 20 January 2026, was the first governor of Tanzania’s Central Bank after independence from Britain.

He filled the post until 1974.

Mtei was appointed by Julius Nyerere, who served as president from 1964 until his resignation in 1985. Nyerere once said of Mtei: “Once a governor, always a governor”, as quoted in Mtei’s autobiography, From…

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