Wandile Sihlobo

Wandile Sihlobo, an agricultural economist by training, is chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz). Sihlobo is a member of President Ramaphosa’s Economic Advisory Council. He is also a member of President Ramaphosa’s advisory panel on Land Reform and Agriculture. Sihlobo is also a member of the Council of Statistics of South Africa (Stats SA). He is a Commissioner at the International Trade Commission of South Africa (ITAC). Sihlobo is a columnist for Business Day, Daily Maverick and Farmers Weekly magazine. He is a member of the South African Agricultural Economics Association, and also an author of the blog, Agricultural Economics Today. He has previously served as an economist at Grain South Africa (Grain SA). Sihlobo holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University. In 2018, Agricultural Writers SA named Sihlobo an Agriculturalist of the Year. In 2019, Sihlobo was on the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans.