Edwin mtei biography

The Autobiography of Edwin Mtei
From Goatherder to Governor is Edwin Mtei's autobiography. It is a story of a journey a few Africans of his generation made, from humble beginnings to heights of success and power.

\Mr. Mtei was the first Governor of the Bank of Tanzania and the architect of Central Banking in Tanzania, Secretary General of the East African Community and Minister of Finance in Nyerere's Government.

Born in 1932 in Marangu, Moshi, he was brought up in a grass-thatched conical hut by his mother, a single parent; he attended 'bush' school at Ngaruma Lutheran Parish Church, and herded goats after lessons finished; he attended Old Moshi Middle and Tabora Secondary schools and went on to Makerere University College in 1953.