Mma Amara Ekeruche is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA). In addition, she runs a column, ‘Your Nigerian Economist’, on Stears Business, a leading African business publication. She holds a Master’s in Economic Policy from University College London (UCL), U.K., and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. Her research interests are development economics, public finance, and macroeconomic management. Consequently, her research experience cuts across key issues in development including government debt, South-South Cooperation, and the impact of Chinese investment in Africa. Her work has been featured on Brookings, the United Nations Office on South-South Cooperation, Southern Voice, Africa Portal, as well as on think tanks. Mma was awarded the IMF Youth Fellowship in 2020.