Kapinga Yvette Ngandu
Yvette Ngandu is currently the Coordinator of the UN- AU-RECs cooperation project in mediation, and of the Secretariat of the Panel of the Wise, with the African Union Commission’s Peace and Security Directorate. She holds an M.A. in Public Administration and International Relations from Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. She has previously been a […]
Kruschen Govender
Kruschen Govender is a freelance researcher who worked in collaboration with the Knowledge Production Department (KPD) at ACCORD. He holds an M.A. in Development Studies from the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
Alida Kok Engelbrecht
Alida Kok Engelbrecht is a political scientist and a resident of Pretoria, South Africa. Having worked as lecturer, researcher, analyst, communications profiler, project manager and programme manager in the academic, private, non-governmental and government sectors, she has recently joined UNISA’s Department of Political Sciences as junior lecturer to again build a career as an academic […]
Themba M. Sokhulu
Themba M. Sokhulu is an independent elections consultant based in Durban.
Absalom Mutere
Dr. Absalom Mutere is a lecturer at the University of Nairobi and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Media Council of Kenya (MCK).
Michelle Small
Michelle Small is a lecturer in International Relations at Monash South Africa.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Professor Dr. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth.
Jo-Ansie van Wyk
Dr Jo-Ansie van Wyk is Professor of International Politics at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa. She has published on African politics, political leadership on the continent, and African diplomacy and diplomatic practice. She is the co-editor of the South African Foreign Policy Review (Volume 4, forthcoming 2022). She is a guest lecturer at the […]
Kemi Ogunsanya
Working throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Kemi Ogunsanya was a conflict prevention, mitigation, and response adviser with the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). After beginning her career in negotiation and mediation, Ms. Ogunsanya expanded her work to include conflict and prevention, democracy building, and human rights work. She trained Congolese women to participate […]
Daniel Bendix
Daniel Bendix is conducting research on security sector reform in a project funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF). He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Manchester’s Institute for Development Policy and Management.