{"id":1952,"date":"2026-05-19T17:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=1952"},"modified":"2026-08-25T21:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:08:52","slug":"fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/cider\/stars\/fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"STARS fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Fellows are paired with faculty and research staff affiliated with Cornell University or partner institutions, with whom they jointly author a paper on a topic of mutual interest relating to structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to producing high-quality publishable research, the program includes writing, data management, and communication capacity building designed explicitly to develop and expand the professional reach of talented early-career scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button btn external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbglcollab.org\/blog\/staars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HEAR from OUR FELLOWs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <section class=\"featured-profiles featured-profiles--condensed  section-heading--wrap bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                          <h2>2026 fellows <\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container text-margin-reset global-spacing--4x\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SBB_7006-Sawsan-Abdul-Jalil-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Sawsan Abdul-Jalil.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/sawsan-abdul-jalil\/\">Sawsan Abdul-Jalil<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Sudan)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EI_Ojiri_headshot-Ojiri-Innocent-515x520-1-515x500.jpeg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Ojiri Enahoro Innocent.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Ojiri-Enahoro-Innocent\/\">Ojiri Enahoro Innocent<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f5afaed0-6c99-43ec-a067-42204e93219b-Solomon-Haddis-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Solomon Haddis Teklehaymanot.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Solomon-Haddis-Teklehaymanot\/\">Solomon Haddis Teklehaymanot<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Ethiopia)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-04-13-17.41.20-yezihalem-mebrie-1.jpg\" width=\"391\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Headshot of Yezihalem Mebrie Gobezie.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Yezihalem-Mebrie-Gobezie\/\">Yezihalem Mebrie Gobezie<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Ethiopia)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ben-pic_edited2-ABU-BENJAMIN-MUSAH-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Benjamin Musah Abu.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Benjamin-Musah-Abu\/\">Benjamin Musah Abu<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Ghana)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Reem-Hashad-Reem-Hashad-515x520-1-515x500.png\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Reem Nabil Hashad.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Reem-Nabil-Hashad\/\">Reem Nabil Hashad<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Egypt)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Passport-Photo-jules2-Ngango-Jules-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Jules Ngango.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Jules-Ngango\/\">Jules Ngango<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Rwanda)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sunmibola_headshot_braids-Sunmibola-Olaniyi-515x520-1-515x500.png\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Sunmibola Oyetola Olaniyi.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Sunmibola-Oyetola-Olaniyi\/\">Sunmibola Oyetola Olaniyi<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Nigeria)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Headshot-2315-Zakayo-Zakaria-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Zakayo Zakaria.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/Zakayo-Zakaria\/\">Zakayo Zakaria<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>STARS Fellow (Tanzania)<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section-heading--wrap accordion--wrap span--red background--white bg--clear\" id=\"past-fellows\">\n    <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n    <h2>Past Fellows<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n  <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n      <div class=\"accordion__set\">\n                          <details class=\"expandable\" open>\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2025 cohort\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p><a href=\"mailto:bepountedah@gmail.com\">Dah Sansan Ali Bepounte<\/a> (Burkina Faso)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Armed Conflicts, Agricultural Technology Adoption, Agricultural Productivity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Guyogodana544@gmail.com\">Guyo Godana Dureti<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Policy Evaluations, Land Degradation and Productivity, Food Security and Nutrition, Agricultural Extension, Climate Shocks and Resilience<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jonathan.garcia@hu-berlin.de\">Jonathan Garcia<\/a> (Nicaragua)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Food-Security, Targeting, Conflict, Social-Protection<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tolujerumeh@gmail.com\">Tolulope Rachael Jerumeh<\/a> (<span class=\"c-bio__position\">Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> <\/span>Agricultural policy analysis, Food security, Poverty reduction, Gender<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ujay2904@gmail.com\">Obianuju Ogochukwu Nnadozie<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<span class=\"c-bio__position\"><strong>Interests:<\/strong> Development Economics, Labour Economics, Gender Economics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ravakaralandisoa@gmail.com\">Ravaka Ralandisoa<\/a> (Madagascar)<br>\n<span class=\"c-bio__position\"><strong>Interests: <\/strong><\/span>Experimental games, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), Cash transfers, Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), Rural decision-making<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:anjana.thampi@yahoo.com\">Anjana Thampi<\/a> (India)<br>\n<span class=\"c-bio__position\"><strong>Interests: <\/strong><\/span>Climate and sustainability, Food security and nutrition, Gender, Inequality, Labour<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2024 cohort\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p><a href=\"mailto:musahasen@gmail.com\">Musa Hasen Ahmed<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Rural Road, Climate Resilience, and Smallholder Livestock Production in Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:deepsanil.gil57@gmail.com\">Deepthi Sara Anil<\/a> (India)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Competitive Foreign Aid and Air Pollution. Evidence from Sub Saharan Africa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bezawit.bahru@uni-hohenheim.de\">Bezawit Adugna Bahru<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Housework, Horizontal Segregation, and Gender Productivity Gaps in Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2023 cohort\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p><a href=\"mailto:fadusah-poku10@knust.edu.gh\">Frank Adusah-Poku<\/a> (Ghana)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Energy Poverty; Energy Access; Environmental Pollution<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:l.chilora@mwapata.mw\">Lemekezani Kingston Chilora<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Natural Resource Valuation; Climate Change; Poverty; Nutrition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:saradowe@yahoo.co.uk\">Sarah Edore Edewor<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>International Trade; Climate Change; Land Tenure; Gender<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:a.gondwe@mwapata.mw\">Anderson Gondwe<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Agriculture; Labor and Financial Markets; Poverty; Inequality<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:olaoyeibukunjames@gmail.com\">Olaoye Ibukun<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Agricultural Policy; Innovation; Governance; Climate Change; Sustainability; Food Security<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ukabanda@eprcug.org\">Umar Kabanda<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Governance; Human Rights; Credit; Food Security<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:eddiemartey@gmail.com\">Edward Martey<\/a> (Ghana)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Agricultural Technology; Energy; Agricultural and Rural Development; Time Poverty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lnakato@eprcug.org\">Linda Nakato<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Financial Inclusion; Social Entrepreneurship; Rural Development; Women&rsquo;s Economic Empowerment; Microfinance; Gender<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:onumahja@gmail.com\">Justina Adwoa Onumah<\/a> (Ghana)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Innovation; Productivity; Research-Policy-Industry Linkages; Welfare; Enterprise Development; Rural Development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:pnakitende@eprcug.org\">Nakitende Pauline<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Agriculture; Education; Health; Credit; Food Security<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:d.salonga@mwapata.mw\">Dinah Tuwanje Salonga<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests: <\/strong>Agricultural Technology; Gender; Policy<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2022 cohort\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p><a href=\"mailto:ambroseog@gmail.com\">Ambrose Ogwang<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Gender; Digital Financial Services; Agricultural Productivity; Market Performance; Technology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:oyelamibo@gmail.com\">Benjamin Oyelami<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Entrepreneurship; Agricultural Value Chain; Agricultural Policy; Rural Development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dablin.mpuuga@gmail.com\">Dablin Mpuuga<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agriculture and Health; Gender; Land Ownership; Food Security; Agricultural Productivity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ekadu-danso@ug.edu.gh\">Emmanuel Adu-Danso<\/a> (Ghana)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Education; Environmental Economics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gbdomingo@phcc.gov.ph\">Gabriel Angelo Domingo<\/a> (Philippines)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Macroeconomics; Competition Policy; Industrial Economics; Economic Analysis; Development Economics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gildasmagbonde@gmail.com\">Gildas Kadoukp&egrave; Magbond&eacute;<\/a> (Benin)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Macroeconomics; Foreign Investment; Energy and Water Interventions; Rural Households&rsquo; Well-being; Rural Electrification; Household Poverty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gowokani@gmail.com\">Gowokani Chirwa<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Impact Evaluations; Inequality Analysis; Decomposition Methods; Multidimensional Poverty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hrcordero@phcc.gov.ph\">Hadassah May Cordero<\/a> (Philippines)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Youth Development; Poverty Reduction; Agriculture; Competition Economics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:doex310@yahoo.com\">Iredele Ogunbayo<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Energy and Agriculture Nexus; Agricultural Value-Chain; Energy Efficiency<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:johnmaara75@yahoo.com\">John Maara<\/a> (Kenya)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Labour Economics; Migration; Remittances; Youth Unemployment; Financial Inclusion; Social Protection; Economics of Land Governance<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kadjei-mantey@uesd.edu.gh\">Kwame Adjei-Mantey<\/a> (Ghana)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Environment; Energy and Natural Resources; Agricultural Economics; Economics of Development; Behavioral Economics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mplambon-quayefio@ug.edu.gh\">Monica Lambon-Quayefio<\/a> (Ghana)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Health; Women&rsquo;s Empowerment; Poverty and Inequality<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mausman25@gmail.com\">Muhammed Usman<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Information Technology; Agricultural Markets; Food and Nutrition Security; Rural Water Supply and Sanitation; Child Health and Development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:siji004u@yahoo.com\">Nathaniel Olutegbe<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Rural Socioecological Systems; Environmental Stressors; Climate Change; Resilience; Rural Livelihood; Insecurity and Conflict; Food Insecurity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:onxta@yahoo.com\">Nneka Esther Osadolor<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Development Economics; Applied Microeconomics; Labor Markets; Financial Inclusion; Poverty; Inequality; Gender Issues<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ksawuya@gmail.com\">Sawuya Nakijoba<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agricultural Productivity; Market Performance; Agricultural Technology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rome1795@gmail.com\">Taye Tesfaye Fisiha<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Climate Change Adaptation; Food Security; Natural Resources; Environmental Economics; Non-farm Activities<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2021 cohort\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p><a href=\"mailto:akinyemitop@gmail.com\">Babatope Ebenezer Akinyemi<\/a> (Nigeria)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Food Security; Climate Change; Resource Economics; Ecotourism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lauranelima@uonbi.ac.ke\">Laura Nelima Barasa<\/a> (Kenya)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Innovation; Agriculture; Gender; Governance<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:djomo.choumbou@ubuea.cm\">Djomo Choumbou Raoul Fani<\/a> (Cameroon)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agricultural Policy; Farm Management; Climate Change; Value Chains; Agricultural Finance; Food Security; Resource Economics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:martha.kibru@gmail.com\">Martha Kibru Melese<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Labor Economics; Development Economics; Rural Labor Markets; Labor Allocation; Vulnerability; Resilience to Shocks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:chitwan@iimk.ac.in\">Chitwan Lalji<\/a> (India)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Health Economics; Labor Economics; Development Economics; Women&rsquo;s Safety; Maternal and Child Health<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:m.munthali@mwapata.mw\">Maggie G. Munthali<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Remote Sensing; Natural Resource Management; Soil Fertility; Gender; Forestry Interventions; Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tnindi@must.ac.mw\">Tabitha C. Nindi<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Poverty and Rural Development; Agricultural Technology and Innovation; Agricultural Marketing; Food Security; Food Safety<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:z.nyirenda@mwapata.mw\">Zephania Bondera Nyirenda<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Poverty Reduction; Land Tenure; Agricultural and Food Policy; Nutrition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:c.nyondo@mwapata.mw\">Christone Nyondo<\/a> (Malawi)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agriculture; Natural Resource Management; Rural Development Policy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:pakrashi@iitk.ac.in\">Debayan Pakrashi<\/a> (India)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Impact Evaluation; Health; Development; Labor; Behavioral Economics; Experimental Economics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Tekalign.Sakketa@die-gdi.de\">Tekalign Gutu Sakketa<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Urban-Rural Linkages; Behavioral Economics; Labor Economics; Social Protection; Conflict; Shocks; Household Economic Decisions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:raynertabetando@gmail.com\">Rayner Tabetando<\/a> (Cameroon)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Rural Livelihoods; Shocks; Land Markets<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sounakthakur@gmail.com\">Sounak Thakur<\/a> (India)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Families; Development; Intra-Household Decision Making and Behavior; Human Capital Formation; Health and Nutrition<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2020 cohort\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<p><a href=\"mailto:muthonian@gmail.com\">Muthoni Ng&rsquo;ang&rsquo;a<\/a> (Kenya)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agriculture; Education; Labor; Gender<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sarobidy.rakotonarivo@gmail.com\">Sarobidy Rakotonarivo<\/a> (Madagascar)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Natural Resource Management; Rural Livelihoods; Environmental Justice; Environmental Economics; Climate Change Mitigation; Conservation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:erukundo@uni-bonn.de\">Emmanuel Rukundo<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Health; Education; Health Insurance; Childhood Work; Aspirations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:atwineblessing@gmail.com\">Blessing Atwine<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Youth Employment; Education; Girls&rsquo; Empowerment; Employment Growth Determinants<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hiwete2000@gmail.com\">Birhan Sisay Demissie<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Poverty; Vulnerability; Resilience; Weather Shocks; Food Security<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:nathansunday8@gmail.com\">Nathan Sunday<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Banking; Agriculture Financing; Unemployment; Firm Performance; Household Resilience; Climate Change<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kahundek@gmail.com\">Rehema Kahunde<\/a> (Uganda)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Tax System; Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs); Unemployment; Labor Externalization; Household Resilience; Climate Change<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tes2121@yahoo.com\">Tesfahun Asmamaw Kasie<\/a> (Ethiopia)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Disaster Risk; Livelihood Resilience; Food Security<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ndeyefaye@gmail.com\">Ndeye Fatou Faye<\/a> (Senegal)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Technology Adoption; Value Chains; Impact Assessment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:amy.faye1@gmail.com\">Amy Faye<\/a> (Senegal)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agricultural Economics; Climate Change; Taxation Policy; Groundwater Resources Management; Value Chains<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:syrassoul@gmail.com\">Mouhamed Rassoul SY<\/a> (Senegal)<br>\n<strong>Interests:<\/strong> Agricultural Systems; Agricultural Statistics; Survey Design; Impact Assessment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mvetouley@africanschoolofeconomics.com\">Marcel A. 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