Phokele Maponya holds a PhD (Environmental & Agricultural) from the University of South Africa and has more than 15 years Teaching, Research and Project Management experience. He has acted as a reviewer for various journals including Climate Services, Agroforestry Systems, African Journal of Business and Economic Research and Journal of Asian and Africa Studies (International & South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training accredited) and served in various journal’s editorial boards including Journal of Agricultural Science and Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics and Sociology.
Ndivhuho Tshikovhi, is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) under the Faculty of Management Sciences. He holds a doctorate in social and political sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Fulufhelo Netswera is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology. He is the former Director of the North-West University Business School, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Director of the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT). He holds a doctoral degree in sociology of development and research in the broad areas of economic development and entrepreneurship.