Dr. Emmanuel C. MANASSEH joined Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) as a Principal Research Officer in October 2014. He is currently working as a Director, Industry Affairs at TCRA. Prior to joining TCRA, he was a Lecturer at Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) Arusha, Tanzania, from May 2014. From April 2013 to March 2014, he was an Assistant Professor at Hiroshima University in the Department of System Cybernetics. Dr. Manasseh began his career at Celtel Tanzania Limited, as a Telecommunications Engineer, working on Operation & Maintenance of all 2G/3G Base Station Subsystem (BSS) from 2005 to 2007.

Dr. Manasseh has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications sector; has extensive technical and regulatory expertise in mobile technologies, spectrum management and telecommunications regulatory framework. He holds different leadership roles, including Board Member of Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET); Maendeleo Bank PLC; and a member of National ICT Skills Development Council.

He is also a member of professional institutes and bodies including, Engineers Registration Board of Tanzania (ERB); Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) UK; European Signal Processing Society and Asia Pacific Signal and Information Association (APSIPA).

Dr. Manasseh received the BSc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in 2005; Masters of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree from Hiroshima University, Japan in 2010; he received Doctor of Engineering (Dr.Eng.) from the department of System Cybernetics at Hiroshima University, Japan in 2013.