Charles is a Co-founder of the Tanzania Research and Conservation Organization (TRCO). He is a senior lecturer from the College of Economics and Business Studies at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania. He acquired a postdoctoral position for the management of the Trade Development and Environment (TRADE Hub) Project in Tanzania, which focuses on the assessment of the trade flow of wildlife products and wildlife trade policies. Charles completed his PhD in agricultural economics at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and his main professional expertise in international trade policy analysis, program impact assessment, agricultural commodity value chain development, business plan development, and project management. He completed MSc and BSc in Agricultural economics (MSc) in 2009 and 2007 respectively at the Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. Charles has been involved in the assessment of ethnozoological knowledge and attitude towards pangolins, in the Ruaha landscape, and the Pangolin Product Trade flow in Tanzania. Charles performed several consultant projects since 2010 and published multiple scientific articles.