Pr. Ernest Wamba-Dia-Wamba (1992-1995)
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba was born in Sundi-Lutete, Kongo Central Province. As a child he attended a Swedish mission school and his growing into adulthood was during the period when the prophetism of Simon Kimbangu and the political struggle for independence by the Association of the Bakongo People (ABAKO) was
Pr. Taladidia Thiombiano (1989-1992)
Taladidia Thiombiano, from Burkina Faso, is an economist with a Masters Degree in Development Economy from Paris II/Pantheon University and a post-Masters degree in Econometry from Paris IX/Dauphine. He also holds a Certificate of Environment Economy from the World Bank’s Development Economy Institute (IDE). He has worked with several research
Pr. Claude Ake (1986-1989)
Claude Eleme Ake, from Nigeria, held a PhD from Columbia University in 1966. After his studies, Ake worked as assistant professor at Columbia University. In 1967, he published his first book, A Theory of Political Integration, and in 1969, he took up a position as professor of political science at
Pr. Jacob Mumbi Mwanza (1982-1985)
Jacob Mumbi MWANZA holds a Ph.D in Economics from Cornell University, USA. He has written extensively on the teaching of economics and development economics. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Zambia where he had also served as Head of the Economics Department. With over 30 years of business
Pr. Justinian F. Rweyemamu (1979-1981)
Justinian F. Rweyemamu was Tanzania’s first major Economics scholar. he was also a pan-Africanist, political strategist, and international civil servant, considered by many as an outstanding representative of the post-independence African scholars. Rweyemamu graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Applied Mathematics and Philosophy from Fordham University, USA,
Pr. Kankam Twum-Barima (1976-1979)
Kankam Twum-Barima was born in the Gold Coast (Ghana) on 18th December 1918. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Agriculture from the University of Cambridge in 1946, and also obtained his post-graduate Diploma in Agriculture in 1947. On his return to the Gold Coast, he was appointed as
Pr. Jacques Kazadi Nduba Wa Dile (1973-1976)
Jacques Kazadi Nduba Wa Dile was born on the 23rd December 1936 in Mikalayi (Luluabourg Saint Joseph) in the current Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After his secondary school education at Saint Joseph’s College and Bulongo University Lovanium, he obtained a Ph.D. in applied economics at the Catholic University of Louvain
Dr. Ebrima Sall (2009 – 2017)
Ebrima Sall is the Executive Director of Trust Africa. Prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Secretary of CODESRIA from April 2009 to 2017. Dr Sall has also held previous positions as Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala (Sweden) and Director of the Centre for
Pr. Adebayo Olukoshi (2001-2009)
Adebayo Olukoshi is a Distinguished Professor at the Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. In 2021, Professor Olukoshi was appointed to the board of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation. He holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Leeds. He has more than 35 years of
Pr. Achille Mbembe (1996-2000)
Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian historian and political scientist. As a student, he travelled around Africa, and discovered in Tanzania the thinking of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere at a time when Dar Es Salam was the center of intellectual debate and one of the main hubs for the struggle for Africa’s liberation.