Geoffrey Banda is Senior Lecturer, Science Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) Department, University of Edinburgh, UK

Maureen Mackintosh is Emeritus Professor of Economics, Open University, UK

Mercy Karimi Njeru is Research Scientist, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya.

Smita Srinivas is Founder, the Technological Change Lab and holds Visiting and Honorary Professorial appointments at the OU and UCL.

Fortunata Songora Makene is Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania.