Dr Benkosi Madlela is currently engaged by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in South Africa. Among other qualifications he holds a PHD in Education and a Bachelor of Technology and Management. Dr Madlela possesses more than 30 years of vast experience as a lecturer, researcher, strategy developer and trainer of corporate clients in the public and private sectors. His main focus areas in corporate training among others include Management and Leadership, Business Management and Administration, Human Resource Management, Manpower Planning and Development, Retirement Planning and Management, Skills Audit and Training Needs Assessment, Customer Service for Business Success, Career Management and Development, Talent Management and Succession Planning etc. Dr Madlela has facilitated these programmes in the SADC countries like Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, South Africa, and Tanzania and beyond. Before joining the University of Johannesburg Dr Madlela worked at the Institute of Development (IDM) in Eswatini as a Head of Department (HOD) in the department of Business and Information Resource Management (BIRM). One of his duties as an HOD was to develop and facilitate tailor made corporate training programmes that addressed training needs of client organisations. He also worked at CIT College as a lecturer, Principal and curriculum developer. Dr Madlela conducts research and presents papers in international conferences, publishes journal articles and book chapters and contributes solutions to the body of knowledge. He is also a peer reviewer for some journals that are accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). Dr Madlela believes that if Africa is to prosper economically, its organisations in the public and private sectors should invest in training and development. His ideology centres round the African Philosophy, education with production for self reliance and the Spirit of Ubuntu.