Director, AeTrade Group (Eswatini)

Audrey Bessette holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. She is currently completing a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Laval University, specializing in social and environmental responsibility for organizations. Her research experience also extends to the relation between international trade law and the fashion supply chains. 

Edna Oduwo is an advocate of the high court of Kenya with 4 years’ experience in both the public and the private sector, and a specialty in International Trade Law and Policy, which she is very passionate about. She worked with the Kenya Law Reform Commission for 3 years as a legal researcher, thereafter worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Registrar of Treaties, as a legal researcher for another 1 year.

Currently, she works with DHL as a GoTrade coordinator, Sub-Saharan Africa. GoTrade is a massive trade facilitation project that streamlines cross-border processes and capacity builds the private sector on matters global trade.

Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics, University of Cape Town

Edina Mudzingwa holds a Master's in Business Administration (Customs Management) from the University of Canberra and ESAMI, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree from the National University of Science and Technology. She has vast work experience in customs administration. Her research interests include Trade Facilitation, Trade and Gender and Customs issues.

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, South Africa

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa

Management Consultant

Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition, South Africa

Miracle Okoro is a Nigerian lawyer and an international development professional with growing expertise in trade law/policy, competition law/policy, investment climate/market systems reforms and regional integration. She has about 3 years’ experience in the development sector and is currently working as the Program Officer at the Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy (CTBA), a tier-one research and advocacy centre for trade and other business environment related issues in Nigeria. She has facilitated and participated in teams while providing consultations for development partners such as GIZ and various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Nigeria.

Kimberley is a trade and investment lawyer based in Harare, Zimbabwe. She holds an LL.M. in International Trade and Investment Law, with Diploma of Advanced Studies in International and Economic Law (TRAIL+) from World Trade Institute (University of Bern). She also holds a BA and LL.B from Rhodes University (South Africa). She currently works in a boutique law firm specialising in corporate and commercial practice, notably M&A, transaction financing and legal advisory. Her primary areas of research interest are in International Economic Dispute Settlement (Trade and Investment Arbitrations), Economic Development Policy building, Financial Regulation, Trade in Services and E-commerce.