Nicholas Westcott
BA, MA and PhD (1982) from Cambridge University in History and African History. Publications on Africa and the Second World War and international relations. British and European diplomat 1982-2017. Currently also Director of the Royal African Society. Author of ‘Imperialism and Development: the East African Groundnut Scheme and its legacy’ (James Currey, 2020). Tweets: @NickWestcottRAS
Saliem Fakir
Prior to establishing the African Climate Foundation, Saliem served as the Head of the Policy & Futures Unit of WWF South Africa for 11 years. He has worked as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Planning and an Associate Director for the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy at Stellenbosch University. […]
Victor Ongoma
Victor is a meteorologist with specialty in climatology and climate change. He holds a PhD (Meteorology) from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China, attained in 2017. His PhD thesis focused on variability of extreme climate events over East Africa. Victor earned his MSc and BSc (Meteorology) from the University of Nairobi in Kenya […]
Portia Adade Williams
Dr. Portia Adade Williams works with Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI) in Ghana. She is a Research Scientist and Contributing Author (CA) for Chapter 09 (Africa Chapter) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. Portia’s current research involves assessment of feasibility […]
Marko Svicevic
Dr Marko Svicevic completed his BA(Law) majoring in Criminology, LLB and LLD (international law) degrees from the University of Pretoria. He was previously a doctoral candidate and research associate with the South African Research Chair in International Constitutional Law at the University of Pretoria. Dr Svicevic is currently a researcher with the Centre for International […]
Adam Randera
Adam joined ACCORD as an intern in August 2021 and has since become a Programme Officer in the Operations Division. He holds a Master of Philosophy in International Peace Studies from Trinity College Dublin, with a focus on African approaches to transitional justice. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Classical Studies, and Linguistics as well as […]
Mongi Henda
Mongi Henda is an Independent Researcher and consultant currently based in Hamburg, Germany. Mongi’s research interests lie in conflict resolution, public policy, and political risk in Sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on Southern Africa. Mongi has previously worked at the Institute for Security Studies, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and most recently within the International Relations Department of […]
Boemo Sekgoma
Ms Boemo Sekgoma is the Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF), which is the apex inter-parliamentary organisation in the Southern African region that regroups Parliamentarians from 15 SADC Member Parliaments. Ms Sekgoma has a staunch experience of over 14 years working with Parliaments, in particular by advancing SRHR and HIV/AIDS Governance from a UHC […]
Golda Keng
Golda Keng is a Cameroonian human security policy analyst, critical pedagogue and feminist with an extensive career in education, advocacy, peacebuilding and conflict resolution programming. She currently supports various initiatives as an independent expert. Prior to that, from July 2020 Keng supported the Lake Chad Basin Regional Stabilisation Strategy for areas most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, […]
Charles Ukeje
Professor Charles Ukeje, holds a doctorate in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University. He joined the University as a Graduate Assistant in 1992 and rose to the rank of University Professor in International Relations in 2008. He has held several research and teaching positions in leading institutions around the world. Notably, he was Fulbright Scholar […]