Olusegun Obasanjo
Olusegun Obasanjo has been described as one of the greatest figures of the second generation of post-colonial African leaders. He received praise both for overseeing Nigeria’s transition to representative democracy in the 1970s and for his Pan-African efforts to encourage cooperation across the continent. He was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, during which […]
Zoe Mafoko
Zoe Mafoko is a former Intern at ACCORD. She has completed a Bachelor of Journalism (with Distinction), majoring in Communications, Politics and International Studies. Ms. Mafoko brings with her a wide-ranging professional history, having interned with the Mail & Guardian, the Daily Maverick, Carte Blanche, the South African Broadcasting Commission and Volume Africa. A member […]
Savannah Wilmot
Savannah is a Senior Programme Officer within the Programmes Department. She joined ACCORD in September 2020. Savannah holds her Master of Arts degree in Politics from the University of Cape Town. Savannah also holds her Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Political and International Relations from Rhodes University, where she also obtained her Bachelor of […]
Pindai Sithole
Dr Pindai M. Sithole is a Programmes Coordinator at the Africa Leadership and Management Academy (ALMA), an Affiliate College of the National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Blessing Makwambeni
Dr Blessing Makwambeni is a Senior Lecturer in the Journalism and Media Studies Department, Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Adeoye O. Akinola
Dr Adeoye O. Akinola is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg. He obtained a doctorate in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. He was a Lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Nigeria, a Post-Doctoral […]
Velomahanina Tahinjanahary Razakamaharavo
Dr Velomahanina Tahinjanahary Razakamaharavo is the Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Transformations at the Hochschule für Politik München at the Technical University of Munich. She is also a Scientific Collaborator at Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. She obtained her Ph.D. in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies […]
David Beasley
As Executive Director of the World Food Programme, David Beasley continues his life’s work bridging political, religious and ethnic boundaries to champion economic development and education. At WFP, Mr. Beasley is putting to use four decades of leadership and communications skills to mobilise more financial support and public awareness for the global fight against hunger. […]
Wamkele Keabetswe Mene
Wamkele Mene was elected as the first secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 10 February 2019 at the 33rd African Union Summit. Prior to being elected to this position, he was South Africa’s chief negotiator for the AfCFTA. He also represented his country at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Owen Mangiza
Owen Mangiza is a lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. He is also a PhD student in history at the University of Venda, South Africa. He holds a Master of Arts in African History. His research interests include ethnicity, electoral history, liberation war history, and has recently […]