Musa Nxele

Dr Musa Nxele is an economist and a political economist. He is the academic director at the Nelson Mandela School, University of Cape Town. He teaches political economy of policymaking and development. His research currently focusses on the politics of private investment and the economics of natural resources.

Dr Nxele holds a PhD in Economics from the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a PhD in Development Policy and Practice from the University of Cape Town. He has a Master of research degree in Globalization and International Economics from the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan. He also has a Master of Commerce degree specialising in Economic Development from the University of Cape Town.

Before moving to tertiary education, he worked in the private sector in the fields of investment banking and industrial development consulting. Musa hopes to dedicate his life to the transformation of people's livelihoods; driven by a passion for the possible, and the incredible story of his home township, Soweto.