Malik Samuel
Malik is an Abuja-based researcher with the Regional Office for West Africa, the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). A trained investigative journalist, he has worked for Leadership Newspapers and the International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Before joining the ISS, Malik worked as Field Communications Manager for Doctors […]
Christabel Chanda Ginsberg
Luciano Pollichieni
Luciano Pollichieni is a Research Fellow at Critica and a Visiting-Research fellow at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on geopolitics of Africa and emerging security threats. He tweets at @lupollichieni
Menzi Ndhlovu
Menzi Ndhlovu is a Senior Country Risk and Political Risk Analyst at Signal Risk.
Ronak Gopaldas
Ronak is a Director at Signal Risk, a fellow at GIBS and the co-founder of Mindflux Training. He was previously the Head of Country Risk at Rand Merchant Bank, where he worked for almost a decade. He is a political economist, “pracademic”, writer and speaker. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, economics and […]
Tizie Maphalala
Tizie is a passionate educator whose experience in the field spans more than 35 years. Having started her career as a secondary school teacher, she went on to become a teacher educator first at a teacher’s college and then at the University of Swaziland for about 15 years. Feeling the urge to engage in education […]
Nothando Maphalala
Nothando Maphalala is a policy and advocacy specialist. She was the Femwise Mediation and Advocacy Officer at the African Union Mission in Juba, South Sudan. Her areas of interest are conflict transformation, gender justice and policy research.
Tandeka Nkiwane
Professor Tandeka Nkiwane is the Special Advisor to the CEO of NEPAD.
Ovigwe Eguegu
Ovigwe Eguegu is an Analyst with a special focus on geopolitics, diplomacy and international institutions. His thematic areas of expertise includes, African Union, Africa-China relations. He is frequently quoted in news media, and has appeared on or given commentary to a range of platforms including Al Jazeera English, CGTN, DW News, BBC radio, Bloomberg, and […]
Dr. Chika Charles Aniekwe
Chika Charles Aniekwe, PhD, is a senior leader in governance, peace, stabilisation, and development. He has over 20 years of experience, including 12 years in multilateral systems across various countries and contexts, in senior advisory roles in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin region, where he led the UNDP Lake […]