Martha Mutisi
Currently, Martha Mutisi is a Senior Programme Officer with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)’s Governance and Justice Programme. Based in IDRC’s East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), Martha oversees research projects in the region, focusing on promoting youth resilience to violence and vulnerability; promoting women’s roles in peace and security; strengthening women’s leadership […]
José Pascal da Rocha
José Pascal da Rocha was the Coordinator for the Training Unit. The Training Unit provides guidance and leadership in capacity-building and training related activities. In addition to providing expert support and assistance to the design, development, implementation, and measurement of training curricula, as well as cross-cutting services for ACCORD programme units, the Training Unit contributes […]
Gustavo de Carvalho
Gustavo de Carvalho is a Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA. He’s also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Global African Affairs at the University of Johannesburg. Gustavo has over 15 years of experience supporting policy development, capacity building and research processes in Africa, focusing mainly […]
Kwezi Mngqibisa
Kwezi Mngqibisa joined ACCORD in February 1999 as a Programme Officer in the Peacekeeping Unit. Mr Mngqibisa has studied at the University of the Western Cape and the Rand Afrikaans University. He holds a Bachelor of Administration degree, majoring in Public Administration and Political Science. Mr Mngqibisa represented ACCORD and participated in forums discussing peacekeeping […]
Seun Abiola
In April 2012, Seun Abiola joined ACCORD, as a Senior Programme Officer in the Peacekeeping Unit. She held this position until May 2014 when she left ACCORD. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Wadham College, Oxford University, (UK) and a Masters Degree in Anthropology and Development from the London School of […]
Abu Sherif
Abu Sherif was the Senior Programme Officer in the Peacebuilding Unit. He joined ACCORD in May 2012. He mainly worked on the Training, Policy Development and Research components of the Unit. Abu’s area of interests and expertise were Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Disarmament, Demobilisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) as well as contributing to other Peacebuilding […]
Martha Bakwesegha
Martha was promoted to Senior Programme Officer in the Peacebuilding Unit on 1 July 2010. She was with ACCORD from September 2006, first as a Programme Officer for the Angola and Burundi Programmes, then as a Programme Officer for the Interventions Department and thereafter as a Programme Officer in the Peacebuilding Unit. Her promotion to Senior […]
Zinurine Alghali
Zinurine Abiodu Alghali was Coordinator of ACCORD’s Peacekeeping Unit which implemented the Training for Peace (TfP) in Africa Programme. The programme aimed to strengthen African civilian capacity for peace operations on the continent. His was responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Unit and its initiatives to ensure the realisation of the goals […]
Jenny Theron
Jenny Theron grew up in Moorreesburg, in the Western Cape, South Africa. She joined ACCORD in January 2005 as an intern under the Training for Peace Programme, after which she was appointed as a Programme Officer in the Coordination Office in April 2005. In March 2006 she took up the position of the Coordinator of […]
Wolfe Braude
Prior to joining ACCORD as Communications Manager, Wolfe consulted with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on stakeholder management, content dissemination, new business development, and undertook economic diplomacy research. Wolfe is a Director at Emet Consulting, which he co-founded in 2002. Emet Consulting undertakes research and project management in the areas of trade, […]