Dr Siphumelele Duma is a Global Economic Governance Researcher at the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ). He was previously a research specialist and a senior postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), where he also served as the Head of the Global Africa Unit. Simphumele holds a PhD in International Relations and an MA in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Pretoria. He was involved in coordinating Think20 South Africa (T20SA)  as a member of the secretariat and as a Task Force coordinator during South Africa’s presidency of the grouping in 2025. Over the years, he has published multiple peer-reviewed and accredited scholarly works. Recently, he co-edited Security-Development Nexus in Africa: Progress Towards the Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals, a volume which excavates the contours of the security-development nexus on the African continent. His research interests include Global Economic Governance Reform, Political Economy of Regional Integration in Africa, intra-BRICS cooperation, and South-South Cooperation.