Staff Profile

Prof. JOSEPHAT D LOTTO

Professor / The Rector

About LOTTO

Dar Es Salaam Campus

Department Of Accounting And Finance

josephat.lotto@ifm.ac.tz

Block A . Third Floor . Rector

Josephat Lotto is the RECTOR at the Institute of Finance Management, and a Professor of Finance. Josephat graduated with a PhD in Corporate Governance and Financial Strategies from the UK in 2012. He holds MSc in Finance with Distinction from the University of Strathclyde in the UK. Josephat did his MBA (Finance) at the University of Dar es Salaam between 2003 and 2005 and completed a bachelor’s degree with Honors in Geology from the University of Dar es Salaam in 2002. Josephat is also a certified public accountant with CPA (T) offered by the National Board of Auditors and Accountants. Josephat also holds a Certificate of Proficiency in Oil, Gas, and Mining Governance from Columbia Center of Sustainable Investment in Collaboration with NRGI and WORLD BANK. He also did a High-Level Executive Course on oil, gas and mining offered by the University of Oxford, and attained an associate alumnus status of Oxford University with card number 8-11196495. Josephat sits in the Board of Directors of Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA), the authority which regulates the Oil and Gas Sector in Tanzania. He served as the Chairman of the Legal and Corporate Affairs Committee which he served for 3 years. From... Read More

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FROM LOTTO

	Year
Towards Embracing Effective Governance in Tanzania Financial Sector: Does Institutional Quality Influence Banking Sector Financial Depth? Lotto, Josephat	2024
Demographic and Socio-economic Factors influencing Households’ Investment Choices in Tanzania Lotto, Josephat	2023
How Does Stock Market React to Dividend Announcement? The Empirical Evidence from Tanzania Listed Firms Lotto, Josephat	2023
Does Banking Sector Advancement Provide a Growth-Supporting Role to Tanzania Economy? Lotto, Josephat	2023
Understanding Financial Inclusion in East Africa: How does Tanzania Compare Lotto, Josephat	2022
Households’ saving pattern and behaviour in East Africa Lotto, Josephat	2022
Households’ Savings Pattern and Behavior: The Analytical Evidence from East African Community Lotto, Josephat	2022
Understanding financial inclusion in East Africa: How does Tanzania compare? Lotto, Josephat	2022
Does Earnings Distribution Policy Influence Corporate Stock Price Instability? Empirical Evidence from Tanzanian Listed Industrial Firms Lotto, Josephat	2021
Towards Improving Households’ Investment Decisions in Tanzania: Does Financial Literacy Really Matter? Lotto, Josephat	2020
Towards Extending Dividend Puzzle Debate: What Motivates Distribution of Corporate Earnings in Tanzania? Lotto, Josephat	2020
On an ongoing Corporate Dividend Dialogue: Do External Influences Also Matter in Dividend Decision? Lotto, Josephat	2020
On Understanding the Implication of Pension Debt on Fiscal Policy in Tanzania: Is there any Room for improving the adequacy of pension benefits? Cogent Economics & Finance Lotto, Josephat · Kisaka, Irine	2020
Understanding Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Households’ Financial Literacy in Tanzania Lotto, Josephat	2020
Towards improving households’ investment choices in Tanzania: does financial literacy really matter? Lotto, Josephat	2020