Description: (Chess player)
Amon Simutowe is a Zambian chess grandmaster, known for being the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa and the third black chess grandmaster in history. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Science in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford. Simutowe is recognized for his remarkable accomplishments in chess, academic endeavors in economics, and efforts to advance chess in Africa and globally.