Hopolang Phororo, Director for the ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia in Harare. She has published several working papers and selected articles and chapters in books on HIV/AIDS, youth employment and agricultural marketing related topics. Ms Phororo is a holder of BA Honours, Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, MSc, Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Area of concentration - Marketing); Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA.