Steven is a development economist and currently a PhD candidate in Economics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Over the past eight years, he has been instructing economics courses, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics, at the Institute of Rural Development Planning, Tanzania. Steven has engaged in consultancy roles for local and donor projects, focusing on training, strategic planning, baseline surveys, project evaluations, and the development of socioeconomic and investment profiles. Among Steven’s clients are organisations like AMREF Health Africa, UNICEF, the USAID ENGINE program, the Ministry of Agriculture in Tanzania and WAJIBU. Recently, Steven has been researching maternal and child health outcomes. Steven has contributed to several publications covering areas such as health, agriculture, economic growth, consumer behaviour, industrialisation, and food security. Steven possesses strong expertise in quantitative analysis and is well knowledgeable and skilled at utilising various statistical packages, including STATA. Steven’s academic and research interest lies within the realm of health economics, specifically on maternal and child health, studies on inequalities, evaluations of policy and programme, as well as investigations into financial inclusion.