Thesis Scholars Fellowship Program
In partnership with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), P3 Africa is supporting three doctoral students. This support will cover their thesis writing and tuition fees; as well as travel support to attend the AERC biennium workshop. The scholars will also submit their research papers to an international conference, to which P3 Africa will support their attendance if successful. Additional support will include being matched to an AIR resource person for mentorship and network opportunities and participating in P3 Africa learning events such as webinars and short courses.
Rachel Nadine Njowe
Rachel Nadine Njowe is a 4th year PhD student in Applied Economics at the University of Yaoundé. Before her PhD journey, she had a Master II in Applied Economics (2019) from the University of Yaoundé II-SOA and the Sheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal, a bachelor's degree in Currencies, Banking and Finance (2016), and a Baccalaureate in Modern Literature (2013). The topic of her PhD research is “Financial Innovations and Gender Inequalities in Developing Countries”. More about Rachel Nadine can be found here
Gameli Adika
Gameli Adika is a Ghanaian national and currently a PhD student at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town. He lectures at the School of Economics (UCT) during the summer and winter terms and coordinates the tutorial programme at the School of Economics. He is also involved with the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP) as the project coordinator for the African Cigarette Price (ACP) project. He previously worked with the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Ghana as a retail banking operations officer. Gameli holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Ghana (2007), and a Master’s degree in Economics, specializing in Health Economics and Econometrics from the University of Botswana (2017). His research focuses on health and nutrition economics, economics of education, and child development in low- and middle-income countries. More about Gameli can be found here
Raynold Runganga
Raynold Runganga is a Zimbabwean national and currently a PhD student at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. He works as a teaching assistant for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town teaching courses such as Econometrics (Honours), Microeconomics (Undergraduate & Masters/PhD), Macroeconomics (Masters/PhD). Previously, he has worked as a training tutor and tutor moderator for the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning on the course, “Risk Management and Strategic Planning”; and a teaching assistant at the University of Zimbabwe between 2017 and 2020 specializing in undergraduate microeconomics and macroeconomics. Raynold holds a bachelor's degree Economics (First Class) and Masters Economics (Merit) from the University of Zimbabwe in 2017 and 2019, respectively. His thesis, which is structured into 3 chapters, focuses on trade shocks and labor market adjustments, drawing evidence from South Africa. More about Raynold can be found here