President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania recently appointed Dr. Adolf F. Mkenda to be the chairman of the Parastatal Pension Fund, PPF, which is one of the largest pension fund in Tanzania.
Dr. Mkenda, who is a senior lecturer of economics and Head of Department of Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam, will serve as the Chairman of the PPF Board of Trustee for a term of three years, which can be renewed for only one more term. He also serves as the Chairman of the Academic Board of the Collaborative Masters of Arts Program in Sub Saharan Africa under the African Economic Research consortium.