Nancy Benjamin
Nancy Benjamin is an economic researcher associated with DPRU at the University of Cape Town. She was previously a Senior Economist at the World Bank. Following a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, in the Asia Department of the IMF, and in the Research Department of the US International Trade Commission, and published on resource-rich countries, the impact of trade policy on productivity and growth, non-tariff barriers, and trade in services. At the World Bank, she worked on West African and Middle Eastern countries, focusing on public expenditures, growth, governance, and informality, as well as the regulation of multi-country infrastructure. She has enjoyed working closely with World Bank client countries; her work on the informal sector is the product of extensive collaboration with local research teams.
Bala Mulloth is a globally oriented educator who has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and North America. His focus areas are innovation and social entrepreneurship, and he is currently an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He is also the Co-Founder of Hava, a materials science venture that creates advanced fabrics that help people breathe clean air. In addition to these roles, he is a Research Fellow at the U. S Army Research Laboratory. He was formerly an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary and the Program Director of CEU’s experiential New York City MBA program; a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the National Defense University; and the Senior Manager of New York University Tandon School of Engineering’s Office of Innovation Development, Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Technology Management from New York University Tandon School of Engineering. 
Prof AHOURE Alban Alphonse Emmanuel, Professeur titulaire en Economie, Maître de Conférences Agrégé des Sciences Economiques, CAMES 2013, PhD en Sciences Economiques, Université de Kobé, JAPON. Il est Enseignant-Chercheur, UFRSEG, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody,
M. Serigne Moustapha SENE est conseiller technique au Cabinet du Ministre de l'économie, du plan et de la coopération du Sénégal.