FORA.tv Speaker - Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo was born and raised in Zambia, Southern Africa. She completed a PhD in Economics at Oxford University and holds a Master's from Harvard University. She completed a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and MBA in Finance at the American University in Washington D.C.

She worked at Goldman Sachs for 8 years in the debt capital markets, hedge fund coverage and in global macroeconomics teams. Previously, she worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. Dambisa is a member of the Boards of Lundin Petroleum and SAB Miller.

Moyo is a Patron for Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), a hedge fund supported children's charity. She serves on the Boards of the Lundin for Africa Foundation and Room to Read, an educational charity.

Moyo argues for more innovative ways for Africa to finance development including trade with China, accessing the capital markets, and microfinance.

Moyo has also been offered a contract for another book, entitled How the West Was Lost, scheduled for publication with Penguin and Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2010. This book examines the policy errors made in the U.S. and other Western economies which culminated in the 2008 financial crisis, and discusses why financial and economic experts missed the signs of the credit crunch. It also explores the policy decisions that have placed the emerging world - China, Russia and the Middle East - in pole position to become the dominant economic players in the 21st century.