Michelle Mendi Muita
Michelle Mendi Muita is currently the Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist for the Regional Programme for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In this capacity, she is responsible for implementing the overall communications strategy and knowledge management processes for UNDP’s 30+ regional projects and initiatives in Africa. Prior to joining UNDP, Michelle was […]
Juliette Ovadia
Juliette Ovadia is a programme coordinator and research assistant for the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Zainab Usman
Zainab Usman is a senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Her fields of expertise include institutions, economic policy, energy policy, and emerging economies in Africa. Her forthcoming book, Economic Diversification in Nigeria: the Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy, is set to be […]
Roselyn Akombe
Roselyn Akombe is the Regional Governance and Peacebuilding Coordinator at the UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa in Addis Ababa. She has over twenty years of leadership experience including as a Commissioner with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya, the African Union and civil society organizations. She holds post-graduate and doctorate degrees in Global […]
Sizo Nkala
Sizo Nkala is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Africa-China Studies, University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu Natal. His research interests include China-Africa relations in the technology, media and economic spheres, African political-economy, immigration, and global politics.
David Monyae
University of Johannesburg Dr David Monyae is Co-Director of the UJCI. An international relations and foreign policy expert, he holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Witwatersrand. He previously served as Section Manager: International Relations Policy Analysis at the South African Parliament, providing strategic management, parliamentary foreign policy formulation, and monitoring and analysis […]
Reon van der Merwe
Reon van der Merwe is a final-year Masters in International Relations candidate at the University of Cape Town. He holds a BSocSc in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and an Honours in Development Studies. Reon serves as the youngest member elected to the board of the UN Association of South Africa, an affiliated chapter of the […]
Darren Olivier
Darren Olivier is a director at African Defence Review. He has nearly two decades’ experience in conflict analysis and is a frequent contributor to DefenceWeb, FlightCom, and other publications. Along with other senior staff from African Defence Review, he provides a free-of-charge fact check service for journalists seeking clarity on defence and conflict issues and […]
Adrian Chikowore
Adrian Chikowore is the Policy and Research Consultant in the International Public Finance (IPF) Thematic Area portfolio. His role includes providing policy intelligence and to coordinate the IPF portfolio policy inputs, research, campaigning and advocacy. He is committed to ensuring that AFRODAD policy products are usable at national, regional and international levels. Adrian has served […]
Halima Ahmed
Halima Ahmed is a former intern at ACCORD. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy and a Master’s Degree in International Development Studies. She wrote her Master’s thesis under her Development major, titled Contextualizing the Impact of Remittance Flows in Economic Growth and Development with a specific focus on the Eastleigh Community Business […]