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, […]
Wendy Coleman
Wendy Coleman acts as the librarian in ACCORD’s Resource Centre. She is responsible for all the materials in the Centre, ensuring that they are in the correct category, correctly classified and shelved. She assists colleagues in retrieving material, and has collaborated in setting up a computer system that is best suited to the needs of the […]
Samanta Deeplal
Samanta Deeplal joined ACCORD in May 2007 as the Finance Officer. She has 6 years working experience in the accounting environment. On completion of her National Diploma in Internal Auditing she joined a courier company as their debtors clerk then moved on to an Education institute as the accounts clerk. She is currently studying towards […]
Sabrina Ensenbach
Sabrina was Coordinator of ACCORD’s Knowledge Production Department (KPD) from August 2010 until leaving in July 2015, and was responsible for strategic planning and reporting, as well as managing finances, human resources and projects for the department. Sabrina also coordinated the production and dissemination of high quality publications and was responsible for content editing and […]