He holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Cape Town. He is pursuing a Master’s in International Relations at the same institution. Before joining SAIIA, he spent time at the Brenthurst Foundation as a Machel-Mandela Fellow and is a former KAS-SAIIA Scholar. His research interests focus on critical minerals, specifically geopolitics related to the role of Africa’s critical minerals in the global energy transition.