Dr. Elijah N. Munyi is the Research Manager and Policy Writer at Trademark Africa with training in political economy and development. He received his PhD in International Relations from Aalborg University, Denmark. His current research is in Africa’s International Economic Relations. He is the editor (with David Mwambari and Aleksi Ylonen) of the book Beyond History: African Agency in Development, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution -among other publications. He is the 2019 recipient of the SAIS-CARI Fellowship by the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and in was 2021/22 a visiting fellow at the Geneva’s Graduate Institute Global Health Center. His recent research interests are in African states trade and development cooperation policies.