Neema Joseph Msenda is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Economics at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from DUCE and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam. Her teaching areas include microeconomics and quantitative methods, and her research interests focus on gender, finance, poverty, and education within the broader field of development economics.