Former Technical Committee Members

  • Baylie Damtie, Former President of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
  • Martha Mutisi,International Development Research Centre, Kenya.
  • Melvis Mbinohonyui, Department of International Law, Institute of International Relations, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon.
  • Tassew Woldehanna,Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer/Associate Professor of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
  • Raheemat Momodu,Head of the ECOWAS Liaison Office to the African Union
  • Abdul Mohamed,Chief of Staff and Senior Political Advisor of the AU High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan
  • Alex de Waal,Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA
  • Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Head of the Crisis Management and Post Conflict Reconstruction Division, AUC
  • Charles Akelyira Abugre,Development Economist, Ghana
  • Khabele Matlosa,Director of the Department of Political Affairs, AUC
  • Markus Koerner, Managing Partner, African Crossroads, Germany
  • Charles Ukeje, Department of International Relations at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
  • Martha Cumbi, Economist
  • Rahel Kassahun,Founder and CEO, Africa Unbound, Ethiopia
  • Sheila Bunwaree,Former Director, Research Department of the Council of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Senegal
  • El-Ghassim Wane, Chief of Staff, AUC
  • Alioune Sall,Founder and Executive Director of the African Futures Institute, a Pan-African think-tank established in 2004 and specialized in foresight exercises, research and capacity development
  • Cedric de Coning, Senior Researcher with the Peace Operations and Peacebuilding Research Group at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a Senior Advisor on Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding for ACCORD
  • Solomon Dersso, PhD,Founding Director, Amani Africa; Chairperson (2019-21) and Current member, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Ethiopia
  • Theo Sowa, CEO, African Women’s Development Fund, Ghana
  • Mehari Taddele Maru, International Consultant on African Union affairs, and a Research Fellow at the NATO Defence College
  • Semiha Abdulmelik, Senior Political Affairs Officer at the Peace and Security Department, AUC
  • Haja Saramba Kandeh, Legal and Gender Associate, AIDS-Free World
  • Hesphina Rukato, Development Consultant and Board for Great Dyke
  • Timothy Murithi, Head of the Justice and Reconciliation in Africa  Programme, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
  • Dr Noha Bakr, Professor  Adjunct Faculty, Political Science Department, American University in Cairo
  • Hafsa Mahboub Maalim, Partnership & Resilience Advisor, UNDP Africa (nominated by the PAPS Commissioner to be the point of contact between the PAPS Commission and the Institute)
  • George Mukundi, CEO, Maendeleo Group
  • Hannah Tsadik, Head of Policy and Though Leadership, Master Card Foundation
  • Jide Okeke, Head of the UNDP Regional Programme for Africa, UNDP Regional Service Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia