This radio and TV broadcaster is the former host of SAFM’s Market Update with Moneyweb. A specialist in the fields of business and finance, Nompu is driven in her efforts to break down the economic issues of the day in a way that helps inform and empower ordinary South Africans.

Towards the end of 2002, Noelani decided to launch an independent economic service and founded NKC Independent Economists. The business has since grown into a team of over 30 people and in 2015 Noelani sold a majority stake in NKC to Oxford Economics. The company name was then rebranded as NKC African Economics. In September 2021, NKC African Economics decided to fully align its brand with its majority shareholder and became known as Oxford Economics Africa.

Adrian Cooper is responsible for coordinating and managing Oxford Economics' global economic analysis, forecasting and consultancy activities, and overseeing its global team of over 450 professionals including 300 economists and analysts. He has led Oxford Economics' work on a wide array of consultancy projects, ranging from policy advice to government departments in Europe, the US, Africa, and Asia to detailed analysis of the economic impact of particular industries and investment proposals.

Irmgard is a senior financial economist at Oxford Economics Africa, having joined the company as a macroeconomist and fixed income analyst from JP Morgan in 2013. Irmgard holds a postgraduate degree in financial economics from the University of Stellenbosch.

Shani is a macroeconomist at Oxford Economics Africa, with a specific focus on East Africa. Before joining the company in 2019, Shani was involved in the provision of early education services in South Africa. Her research interests include education, policymaking, and behavioural economics.

Zaynab is a political analyst at Oxford Economics Africa and specialises in the East Africa region. She is also responsible for the economic analysis of Sudan. Zaynab holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations from Stellenbosch University. 

Louw is the senior political analyst at Oxford Economics Africa. He joined the company in 2020 after five years with South Africa’s official opposition party, serving as its operations director at Parliament. He has an obsessive relationship with African politics and covers South Africa and several other countries.

Deon undertakes specialised consulting projects and is responsible for the economic analysis and forecasting of Lesotho and Eswatini. Deon has 12 years of professional experience obtained in key public and private sector institutions with special interests in sustainable and inclusive economic development, macroeconomics, energy transitions, systems, markets and industry development, environmental responsibility, socio-economic upliftment, circular economies, infrastructure development, policy development, business management and strategy formulation. 

John Walker is Chairman of Oxford Economics, which he founded in 1981. From 1973 to 1977, John worked in the UK Treasury, where he became an economic adviser in the short-term forecasting division. He then worked for the consultancy arm of The Economist Newspaper, before becoming a Special Adviser to the EEC Commission in Brussels in 1980, where he was co-ordinator of forecasts for all the EEC countries and related forecasts for the US and Japan.

John returned to the UK in 1983 to work full-time for Oxford Economic Forecasting. He has headed Oxford's move into international forecasting, developing strong links with economists around the world and co-ordinating the development of the PC versions of the Oxford models that are now widely used in the UK and the rest of the world. As well as being a much-respected commentator on global economic prospects, John leads major consultancy projects with government departments and multinational companies from Europe and the United States on issues ranging from international capital flows to developments in the Middle East economies.