Mzwanele Mfunwa (MSPE '93), is currently employed as Chief of the Sub-Regional Initiatives Unit in the Southern Africa Office (Lusaka, Zambia) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). His research focuses on macroeconomic policy, private sector promotion, trade, and economic governance. During his tenure at UNECA he was a Visiting Scholar at the German Development Institute in Bonn, Germany, where he published the paper Strengthening Internal Accountability in the Context of Programme-based Approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 among other publications. Dr. Mfunwa obtained his Doctor of Commerce Degree (Economics) at the University of Pretoria in 1998.