Jesse Salah Ovadia is an associate professor at the University of Windsor, Canada. His research focuses on the political economy of oil, gas, and minerals extraction and development in Africa as well as sustainable energy transitions. He is the author of The Petro-Developmental State in Africa (Hurst 2016). Jesse has consulted for organizations such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and others. His academic research has been published in journals such as Third World Quarterly, New Political Economy, Resources Policy, Journal of Modern African Studies, Journal of Agrarian Change, and the Extractive Industries and Society.