Zainab Usman ƙwararriyar masaniya ce kuma masaniyar manufofin jama'a a bankin duniya da ke Washington DC Kwarewar nata ya shafi mulki da cibiyoyin kula da albarkatun ƙasa. A yanzu haka tana ofishin babban masanin tattalin arziki, Yankin Afirka a matsayin kwararriya, ta shiga bankin duniya a matsayinta na matashiyar kwararriya a fannonin zamantakewa, birane, kauyuka da juriya. Ita ce marubuciya a wani littafi mai suna "Economic diversification in Nigeria: Fractious politics and economy beyond oil" ita ce mawallafiyar wata kasida a Jami'ar Oxford ta Burtaniya "Nasarar da Rashin nasarar sake fasalin tattalin arziki a sasanta rikicin siyasar Najeriya bayan soja" An haifi Zainab a Najeriya. Ta halarci makarantar sakandaren Therbow da ke Zariya, sannan kuma ta yi karatun digiri na farko a fannin kimiyya a jami'ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya (2008), sannan kuma ta yi karatun digiri na biyu (M.Sc.) a fannin tattalin arzikin kasa da kasa na siyasa daga jami'ar Birmingham UK (2011) da Doctor na falsafa (Ph.D) a cikin ci gaban duniya daga Jami'ar Oxford (2017).