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Prof Dr Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour was a Visiting Professor of Economic and Research Fellow at the Department of Economics (CSAE), University of Oxford, UK (January 2020–March 2020). Professor Nour is a Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan. She is a member of the University Senate and the Faculty Board. Prof Nour is the first female professor in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, since its establishment in 1958; first female professor of Economics, in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, since the establishment of the Department of Economics; and also the first new professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Khartoum, since the mid of 1970s. Currently, she is an Affiliated Researcher at the United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, The Netherlands. She is an Affiliated Research Fellow of the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASC), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. At the Department of Economics, Khartoum University, she teaches Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Development Economics, Development Planning, Labor Economics, Monetary Economics and International Economics. She is the author of several papers published in international refereed journals; she is the author of four books, including: Economic Systems of Innovation in the Arab Region (Palgrave Macmillan, USA, 2016), Information and Communication Technology in Sudan: An Economic Analysis of Impact and Use in Universities (Springer, Switzerland, 2015), Technological Change and Skill Development in Arab Gulf Countries (Springer, Switzerland, 2013) and Technological Change and Skill Development in Sudan (Springer, Germany, 2013). She is the co-author of the Arab States Chapter of the UNESCO Science Report in the World (2015). Prof Nour's main research interests are in the fields of Economics, Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Economics, Labor Economics, Development Economics, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development, Endogenous Growth, Human Capital and Knowledge Economy.

Dr Eltayeb Mohamedain Abdalla is an Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Administrative sciences, University of Kassala, Sudan, from August 2017 up to now; he obtained his PhD in Economics, from the faculty of Trade Studies, Sudan University of Technology and Sciences, 2008, Sudan; his teaching and research interest includes Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Finance, International Economics, Monetary Theory and Development Economics.