Edknowledge Mandikwaza
Dr Edknowledge Mandikwaza is the Programme Director of Africa Engagement and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Mediation in Africa.
Conor Foley
Conor Foley has worked in over 20 conflict and post-conflict zones for a variety of UN and non-governmental human rights and humanitarian organisations. He is a Visiting Professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Catí³lica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC Rio), in Brazil.
Christopher Zambakari
Dr Christopher Zambakari is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Zambakari Advisory. He is the Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellow and the assistant editor of The Bulletin of the Sudan Studies Association.
Tamasang Tangie Willy

Tamasang Tangie Willy joined ACCORD in May 2016, as a Research Intern in the Knowledge Production Department. His duties included conducting research and assisting with monitoring and tracking of current developments on conflict in Africa. Tamasang was doing a Bachelor of Social Science Masters in Conflict Transformation and Peace studies, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where […]
Brown Odigie
Brown Odigie is Program Officer, Capacity Building, Mediation Facilitation Directorate, Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), ECOWAS Commission, Abuja.
Karim Hafez
Karim Hafez is a researcher at the CCCPA.
Adriana Abdenur
Adriana Abdenur is a Fellow at Instituto IgarapeÌ in Rio de Janeiro.
Viola Gaba
Viola Gaba is Programme Administrator of ACCORD’s South Sudan Initiative.
Precious Ngcobo
Nicky Hay

Ms Nicky Hay joined ACCORD in 2002 and worked at both a programme implementation and coordination level. She initially worked as a Programme Officer for the Training for Peace (TfP) Project in the Peacekeeping Unit, and in 2004 moved to the Coordination Office and was the Co-ordinator for Operations. Ms Hay currently works in the […]