Former Technical Committee Members

  • Dr. Baylie Damtie, PhD, former President of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
  • Dr. Martha Mutisi, International Development Research Centre, Kenya.
  • Dr. Melvis Mbinohonyui, Department of International Law, Institute of International Relations, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon.
  • Dr. Tassew Woldehanna, Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer/Associate Professor of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
  • Ms. Raheemat Momodu, Head of the ECOWAS Liaison Office to the African Union.
  • Mr. Abdul Mohamed, Chief of Staff and Senior Political Advisor of the AU High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan.
  • Prof. Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA.
  • Dr. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Head of the Crisis Management and Psot Conflict Reconstruction Division, AU Commission.
  • Mr. Charles Akelyira Abugre, Development economist, Ghana.
  • Dr. Khabele Matlosa, Director of the Department of Political Affairs, AU Commission.
  • Mr. Markus Koerner, Managing Partner, African Crossroads, Germany.
  • Prof. Charles Ukeje, Department of International Relations at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
  • Dr. Martha Cumbi, Economist.
  • Dr. Rahel Kassahun, Founder and CEO, Africa Unbound, Ethiopia.
  • Prof. Sheila Bunwaree, Former Director, Research Department of the Council of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Senegal.
  • Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Chief of Staff, African Union Commission.
  • Prof. 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.
  • Dr. 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.
  • Dr. Solomon Dersso, PhD, Senior Analyst, Peace and Security / Commissioner, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Ethiopia.
  • Dr. Theo Sowa, CEO, African Women’s Development Fund, Ghana.