Wandile Sihlobo

Wandile Sihlobo is Head of Agribusiness research at the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) in South Africa. He writes two weekly columns for the Business Day Newspaper and Farmer’s Weekly Magazine. Sihlobo has previously served as an economist at Grain SA, where he was mainly responsible for grains and oilseeds market research, macroeconomics and international trade research. He also served as part of the secretariat of the Agri-Sector Unity Forum (ASUF) Land Reform working group. Sihlobo has contributed immensely to a multitude of articles and publications such as London School of Economics, Business Day, Mail & Guardian, Business Report, the NAMC’s Trade Probe, SA Grain Magazine and Farmer’s Weekly among others. Sihlobo holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.