Willem Elbers studied Development Studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen with a specialisation in international development cooperation.

Villar Eugenio is coordinator at the Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights (ETH), Information Evidence and Research (IER) at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Ulf Engel, African Studies department, Universität Leipzig.

Stephen Ellis works at the African Studies Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.