Muziwethu Ndlovu

Muziwethu Ndlovu is a political economist from Zimbabwe, currently pursuing an MSc in African Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford. He is a Duncan–AfOx Scholar and a member of St Antony’s College. Muziwethu’s work focuses on the intersection of geopolitics, geoeconomics, and development in the Global South, with a regional focus on Africa.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Politics from the University of Cape Town, where he graduated top of his class with first-class (cum laude) honours. Prior to this, he completed a Bachelor of Social Science in Politics & Governance and Philosophy at the same institution, during which he undertook a semester exchange at the University of Leeds on the Leeds Partner Scholarship. More recently, Muziwethu pursued a Master of Arts in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung–South African Institute of International Affairs (KAS–SAIIA) Scholarship. He completed the coursework in record time (single semester) and is currently finalising his dissertation. In 2025, Muziwethu began serving as a Research Scholar at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), contributing to research aligned with South Africa’s G20 macroeconomic priorities, including debt sustainability, domestic resource mobilisation, and reform of the international financial architecture. He has also previously worked in economic development consulting, supporting trade facilitation-oriented projects across the African continent, such as but not limited to the SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement and the UNDP–Uganda Export Feasibility Study.

At Oxford, Muziwethu aims to deepen his understanding of Africa’s political economy and contribute to transformative, evidence-based policy for sustainable development across Zimbabwe and the broader Global South. Outside of his academic and professional pursuits, Muzi is an avid follower of his boyhood football club, Arsenal.