Meet our team

MICHEAL MBATE

PhD Candidate


Michael Mbate is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. His fields of research include public finance, governance, and the evaluation of public policies using quasi-experimental designs. P...

MUTHONI NG’ANG’A

Assistant Professor


Muthoni Ng’ang’a (Ph.D) is an Assistant Professor at the Wilfrid Laurier University. She attained her PhD  in Economics from the University of Nairobi. She is an East Africa ...

CONSTANTINE MANDA

PhD candidate


Constantine Manda has a PhD in Political Science from Yale University. He is also co-founder & inaugural Director of the Impact Evaluation Lab at Tanzania’s Economic & Social Research Founda...

GRACE MHALU

Research Scientist


Dr. Grace Mhalu is currently a research scientist at Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, where she works on interventions in infectious diseases. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the Swiss Tropi...

WERNER MAOKOLA

Epidemiologist


Dr. Werner Maokola is currently an Epidemiologist with the National AIDS Control Program in the Ministry of Health Tanzania. Prior to joining NACP, Werner worked with Ifakara Health Institute in Tan...

ANNET ADONG

Researcher


​Annet Adong is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, and holds a Ph.D in Development Economics from the University of Bonn. Annet speciali...

DAMAZO T. KADENGYE

Research Scientist


Damazo T. Kadengye (Ph.D) is a Statistician and Epidemiologist with over 17 years of research and practice in Public Health and Educational Sciences. Presently, Damazo serves as a Resea...

Solomon Zena Walelign

Research fellow


Solomon Zena Walelign completed a double Ph.D. in Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen and in Forest Sciences at the Georg-August University of Göttingen. He holds p...

Christina Fille

Lecturer (Network Treasurer)


Christina Fille is a lecturer and an economist at the Institute of Social Work in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Christina's  research interests are in development economics, labour economics, trade ...

Tigist Mekonnen Melesse

Development Economist


Tigist Mekonnen Melesse is a development economist with the World Bank working on poverty analysis, regional integration, trade, and agriculture-industry linkages. Tigist holds a PhD in Econom...