Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She was sworn into office on 19 August 2013 and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this position, having devoted her career to issues of human rights, equality and social justice. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka has worked in government and civil society, and with the […]
Linda Akua Opongmaa Darkwa
Linda Darkwa is the coordinator of the Training for Peace Programme, a Norwegian funded capacity support programme to the African Union Commission, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy. Her research interests are in the areas of peace and security with particular focus on the implications of global […]
Maureen Sigauke
Maureen Sigauke is a social justice and labour activist, an organisational change management and sustainability consultant, and a 2018-19 Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. She tweets at @Maureenashleigh.
Aya Chebbi
Aya Chebbi, is the first African Union Youth Envoy and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. She is the founder of multiple platforms such as Youth Programme of Holistic Empowerment Mentoring (YPHEM) coaching the next generation to be positive change agents, Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), one of Africa’s largest Pan-African youth-led […]
Temitayo Isaac Odeyemi
Mr Temitayo Odeyemi teaches Political Science at Obafemi Awolowo University, where he obtained a Bachelors degree (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) and a Masters degree (Political Science). His areas of research interest are comparative politics, digital governance and sustainable development.
Harrison Adewale Idowu
Harrison Adewale Idowu is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Political Science at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, and a PhD Student at the Department of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Odunayo Salmot Ogunbodede
Ms Odunayo Ogunbodede is a graduate of Political Science at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
John Narh
Mr John Narh holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Geography and Resources Development from the University of Ghana and Master of Science in Natural Resources Management, Geography from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is currently an independent researcher.
Geoffrey Harris
Prof Geoffrey Harris is at the International Centre for Nonviolence, Durban University of Technology. He is an economist by training, and has current research interests in restorative justice, demilitarisation and the relationship between economic inequality and interpersonal violence.
Noel Kansiime
Dr Noel Kansiime is a Lecturer in the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Gollis University, Hargeisa, Somaliland, and a Researcher in the International Centre for Nonviolence at the Durban University for Technology, South Africa. His doctoral research focused on strengthening traditional conflict resolution practices in western Uganda, using an action research approach.