Zuhumnan Dapel, Class of 2018
Former Wilson Fellow Zuhumnan Dapel recently published his article,, which argues that African nations are lagging behind the global average in terms of poverty reduction; the proportion of people living on less than two dollars per day聽in Sub-Saharan Africa is 41%, compared to the global average of 10% in 2015.
Dapel was awarded a PhD in Economics by the University of Dundee, Scotland UK. He previously graduated from the University of Jos in Nigeria with a bachelor's and master's degree in Economics. Following the completion of his bachelor's degree, Dapel became a high school economics tutor for the One Year Mandatory National Youth Service in South-Western Nigeria. He further served on the academic staff at the Department of Economics University of Jos while he undertook a PhD program in Economics at the University of Dundee.