Omololu Fagbadebo is a Research Associate at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Previously, he taught Political Science at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was Press Secretary to the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1999-2003. Fagbadebo participated in the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) on American Politics and Political Thought Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, in 2010. His research focuses on comparative politics, legislative studies, public governance, development studies, public institutions, and African government and politics. His book publications include Legislature in Nigeria’s presidential Democracy of the Fourth Republic: Power, Process and Development (2023), co-edited with Prof. Mojeed Alabi, published by Springer International Publishing, Democracy and Political Governance in South Africa: The African Peer Review Mechanism (2023), co-edited with Professor Isioma U. Ile, published by Springer International Publishing, State-owned enterprises in Africa and the economics of public service delivery (2022), co-edited with Professors Fulu Netswera and Nirmala Dorasamy, published by AOSIS Books, Public Procurement, Corruption and the Crisis of Governance in Africa (2021), co-edited with Prof. Nirmala Dorasamy, published by Palgrave Macmillan; Democratic Practices and Governance in Nigeria (2021), co-edited with two other colleagues, published by Routledge; Impeachment in the Nigerian Presidential System: Challenges, Successes and the Way Forward (2020), published by Palgrave Macmillan; and Perspectives on the Legislature and the Prospects of Accountability in Nigeria and South Africa (2019), co-edited with Prof. Fayth Ruffin, published by Springer International Publishing. Isioma Ile is a Full Professor at the School of Government, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and has over 20 years of experience in academia. Ile is a member of the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM) and the South African Association for Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM). An accomplished researcher and a member of various research teams, her international experience includes collaborative work with the University of Bochum in Germany, the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Harry Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, USA and she is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She has tremendous passion for the continent as demonstrated by her contribution to public sector skills development in Nigeria, South Africa, and South Sudan. Isioma Ile has held leadership roles in various capacities, her passion and current research focuses on governance and public policy reforms in Africa, specifically leveraging indigenous knowledge systems in social policy monitoring and evaluation. She has published 5 books, many chapters and numerous papers in various journals.
