Lecturer, University of Nairobi

Dr Socrates Majune is a Lecturer at the Department of Economics and Development Studies, University of Nairobi. He specialises in international trade with interests in trade facilitation, survival, and trade in services. He has consulted for organisations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on international trade-related issues. Dr Majune was the inaugural winner of the WTO’s Trade Economist Thematic Award in 2020, where he worked as a Young Professional in 2022. The Institute of Certified Chartered Economists named him among the 30 most influential Young Economists in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. He was also awarded the National Outstanding Young Researcher Award by the National Research Fund of Kenya in 2024.