Charles Ukeje

ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor

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 […]

Malik Samuel

ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor

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 […]

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 […]

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