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.
Pr. Thandika Mkandawire (1985-1996)
Thandika Mkandawire, a Swedish national of Malawian origin, was an economist with keen interest in the promotion of comparative research on development issues. He held a DLit in Economics from Rhodes University, South Africa. His fields of speciality were development economics and political economy. He published extensively in a number
Pr. Abdalla Bujra (1975-1985)
The late Abdalla S. Bujra was a Kenyan national from Lamu born in 1938. He attended Lamu Primary School and Mombasa Secondary School before joining the University of London, where he earned a BA in African Studies. He later obtained his Doctoral degree (PhD) in Sociology at the School of
Pr. Samir Amin (1973-1975)
Samir Amin was a franco-egyptian economist with a PhD in Economic Sciences (1957) from the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), France. He returned to Egypt in the same year, and his first official position was to represent the state in executive boards of public sector companies. He
