Dr. Alick Rabson Gumbo

Dr. Alick Gumbo is a distinguished academic, researcher, and industry expert with extensive experience in business management, economics, and policy formulation. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Management from Copperbelt University (2020), an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Lusaka (2015), and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Zambia (2012). His academic excellence has been recognized through prestigious awards, including the Bank of Zambia Award for Best Performing Undergraduate Student in Economics, the University of Sheffield Post-Doctoral Fellowship, and the Orange Scholarship for Local Economic Development Training in the Netherlands.

Dr. Gumbo has made significant contributions to research, serving as a Lead Investigator on a Ministry of Health study examining the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities and as Principal Investigator for the Population Council’s Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP), targeting 3,000 households across six provinces in Zambia. He has also worked as a Consultant in national policy formulation, including the National Decentralization Policy and the Implementation of the School Feeding Program in Petauke District.

His research portfolio includes publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), with notable studies on the Psychometric Properties of the Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Anxiety Questionnaire and the Factor Structure of the Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire in Zambia. He has delivered invited presentations on key topics such as youth entrepreneurship, higher education pedagogy, trade policies in COMESA, and healthcare financing in Sub-Saharan Africa at major international conferences and institutions.