Alex Malapane, Shamila Singh and Sele Yalaghuli

Dr Alex Malapane is the CEO of the Market Intelligence Barometer Research Entity. He writes in his personal capacity. Prof Shamila Singh is the CEO of Sustainability Consult. Her career spans academia, policy development and strategic advisory roles across southern Africa, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sele Yalaghuli is the former Democratic Republic of Congo minister of finance and is now a senior fellow researcher at the University of Johannesburg.