In this episode of the Foresight Africa podcast, host Landry Signé interviews Dr. Haroon Bhorat, a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and a professor of economics at the University of Cape Town. They discuss their co-authored essay on fostering a digital inclusive economy in Africa, and Dr. Bhorat shares his journey to becoming an economist. They also touch on the importance of understanding societal change and transformation through the lens of both history and mathematics.