Mr. Tindyebwa is a mining professional with over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry, having worked for various Governments, the private sector, international organisations and development agencies in Africa, mostly on the regulatory part of the mining industry.He worked for the Government of Tanzania as an Exploration Geologist, Resident Mines Officer, Zonal Mines Officer and Registrar of Mineral Rights & Head of Licensing in the Ministry responsible for mining. He headed the Ministry’s team responsible for the design and implementation of the country’s first computerized Mining Cadastre System.
He joined the mining consulting industry in 2006 after resigning from the Tanzanian public service. Since then, hehas successfully undertaken various assignments inother countries including being Project Manager for implementation of the first computerized mining cadastre system for the Government of Uganda (under World Bank and NDF) and designing and implementation of the first computerized mining cadastre system for the Government of Kenya. He is currently part of a team of experts working onformalization of artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) for the Mining Diversification (MinDiver) Project in Nigeria under the Ministry of Minerals and Steel Development and the World Bank. He has completed various other projects on ASM for Governments, Mining Companies, international organizations and development agencies.
MrTindyebwa has a good understanding of the mining and mineral trading industry in Tanzania having worked for the Ministry responsible for mining and the private sector for over 30 years. He is a co-founder and Director of MTL Consulting, a leading mining consulting firm in East Africa. He is a certified Director by the Institute of Directors in Tanzania (IoDT) and serves on the Executive Council of the Tanzania Chamber of Mines-TCM (Member), Governing Council of the Foundation for ASM Development-FADev(Chairman) and the Tanzania Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative –TEITI National Committee (Member).