Profile 020 · published 3 August 2026
Dambisa
Moyo
Global Economist. Author. Challenger of Development Orthodoxy. · Dead Aid
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Dead Aid
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“Africa future will not be built by aid. It will be built by investment, trade, and institutions. The UAE model shows Africa the way.”
Dambisa Moyo · Global Economist. Author. Challenger of Development Orthodoxy.
Biography
Dambisa Moyo is one of the most influential economists and commentators on global affairs of her generation. Born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1969, she holds degrees from Harvard and Oxford, worked at Goldman Sachs and the World Bank, and has served on the boards of some of the world's largest corporations including Chevron, Barclays, SABMiller, and Seagate Technology.
## Dead Aid And Africa'S Path
Her landmark book 'Dead Aid' argued that decades of foreign aid to Africa have perpetuated poverty, fuelled corruption, and undermined local enterprise — and proposed investment, trade, and market-based solutions as the path to African prosperity. The book triggered an international debate and influenced development policy across multiple continents.
## Uae-Africa Investment Vision
Moyo has consistently praised the UAE's approach to Africa — which prioritises trade, investment, and partnership over aid and conditionality — as the model that African nations and their global partners should embrace. Dubai's emergence as Africa's most important trade hub, and the UAE's investments in African infrastructure, agriculture, and finance, embody the vision Moyo has championed in her writing and speaking. to think differently about Africa's development and for consistently recognising the UAE's investment-led approach to African partnership as the framework most likely to unlock the continent's extraordinary potential.