Prof Wolfgang Thomas
Prof. Wolfgang H. Thomas, an economics graduate of Stellenbosch
University, has been lecturing development economics and economic
policy since the 1960s, having been attached to all four Cape
Town/Stellenbosch-based universities as well as the University of
Transkei. He has also been regional general manager of the Small
Business Development Corporation (1986 to 1993) and was chief
economist at Wesgro for ten years. He is currently lecturing at the
economics department of the University of the Western Cape as well
as Stellenbosch University Business School, where he also
co-ordinates the Western Cape chapter of the "Base of the Pyramid
Learning Lab" which monitors corporate involvement in South(ern)
Africa's developing communities. His publications and consultancy
reports cover applied local, regional and African development
issues as well as tourism-development challenges and
small-business-support issues in both the Western and Eastern Cape
regions.