Daniel Chigudu holds is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Peace and Conflict Management Studies, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Education in Educational Administration Planning and Policy Studies, Certificate in Education, Diploma in Personnel Management and a Certificate in Horizontal Accountability. Educational experience spans over 30 years A Professor of Political Sciences and Governance, academic researcher and Independent Contractor for the African Union Agenda 2063 Project under the Graduate Studies and Research Department in the College of Economic Management Sciences of the University of South Africa(2017-current). Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of African Development Studies and Associate Editor for the African Journal of Democracy and Elections Research. Daniel’s other responsibilities include the supervision of Masters and Doctoral students. He is the current Executive Director for Mutsai-Vusani a charitable incorporated organisation registered in the United Kingdom. A Director for the Fiscal and Monetary Research Trust(2017-current). Daniel is a social protection consultant. During his illustrious career, he received some awards including a Research Award (UNISA) from the College of Economic Management Sciences, University of South Africa. He has researched, consulted and published more than fifty-six (56) academic research journal articles, one (1) monograph and several conference papers including 2 presented at international conferences in Paris, France and Port Elizabeth, South Africa and two (2) papers presented at conferences in Polokwane, South Africa on international migration. His areas of interest include good corporate governance, political sciences, public administration, education, peacebuilding and humanitarian issues. Daniel is an External Assessor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, University of Zululand, South Africa, Africa University and Zimbabwe Open University among others.