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I study the modern formation of offshore finance in the Caribbean and the valuation of Southern African mineral extractives from the late 19th century. I explore this Africa-Caribbean connection to historicise and theorise value and sovereignty in international political economy through trade, international taxation, and statecraft.

I was trained in Financial Accounting and Taxation, and I was signed with Ernst and Young (EY) in South Africa. I was the winner of the Ernst and Young Top Ten Student of the Year Award, Finalist and Bronze Winner of the South African Flux Business Games, Winner of the Accounting and Finance Amazon Web Services Bursary Award, and a Finalist and the Southern Africa Ernst and Young Young Tax Professional of the Year Regional Runner-up.

Thereafter, I worked with unions and social movements which were a part of the Economic Justice Network in Southern Africa tackling profit shifting, and I led research and campaigns on corporate mining taxation. Simultaneously, I enrolled for my MA in Sociology. I was a Fellow with the Poverty and Inequality Initiative and the Other Universals Consortium, and I was the Winner of the South African Sociological Association MA Essay Award for my paper on African Philosophy and the Black Radical Tradition. I wrote my my master’s thesis on non-sovereign tax havens in the Caribbean through a developmental history of the British Virgin Islands. Moreover, I undertook additional lobbying work where I led the advocacy of the Justice for Miners campaign seeking compensation for ex mineworkers and their families affected by TB or silicosis. I coordinated JFM campaign actions and combined its forces at a subcontinental level to strengthen the organisational and mobilising capacity of its six chapters across five countries while initiating efforts lobbying for legal reform of the compensation system.

I am currently undertaking my doctoral training at the University of Michigan where I am a joint Ph.D. student in the history and anthropology departments. My research locates the advent of extractive mining in colonial Southern Africa at the turn of the 19th century with the global formations of offshore finance which characterise non-sovereign tax havens in the Caribbean. You may refer to my detailed resume to learn about my professional work and research experience.