Biography
Mr Hopestone Kayiska Chavula is a qualified Economist and Computer Scientist. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Economics, Master of Arts (MA) degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSoc) degree majoring Economics and Computer Sciences. He has vast experience in working in developing countries especially those in Africa, on economic development issues after working in both the private and public sectors, as well as international organizations. He has almost 20 years of working experience specialized in economic policy research, analysis, policy advice and economic development in general.
He is currently an Economic Affairs Officer with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa Ethiopia under the Macroeconomic Policy Division (MPD), after being an Economist for the ICT, Science and Technology Division (ISTD) of UNECA, and after being a Lecturer in Economics at Chancellor College - University of Malawi. He has also been a Project Manager for the monitoring of the country’s progress towards the MDGs for the Malawi Government, and as a Development Consultant and IT Specialist for a good number of years.