Our International Advisory Board

  • Hon. Dr. Gertrude I. MONGELLA – Former President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) – Pretoria (South-Africa)
  • Mr. Ahmedou OULD-ABDALLAH – Former Special Representative of the United Nations for Somalia – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania – Naïrobi (Kenya)
  • Mr. Babacar FALL – Director-General of the Pan-African News Agency (PANA) – Dakar (Sénégal)
  • Mr. Amadou Mahtar BA – President of AllAfrica Global Media (AllAfrica.com) – Washington (USA)
  • Mr. Blaise MISTLER – Head of Institutional Relations at Sacem – Former Head of External Relations of Canal Overseas – Paris (France)
  • Ms. Melissa MILBURN – Deputy-Director, Media Relations of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Seattle (USA)
  • Mr. Robert SKINNER – Associate Director of United Nations Foundation’s New York Office – New York (USA)
  • Ms. Katy CRONIN – Communications Director of The Elders – London (United Kingdom)
  • Mr. Sanjay ACHARYA – Chief, Media Relations and Public Information of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Miss Tina MUSOKE – Media Relations Manager of Africare – Washington (USA)
  • Mr. Christophe LECUREUIL – Consultant at LEIDAR, International Communications, Switzerland
  • Ms. Aminata D. TRAORE – Former Minister of Culture of the Republic of Mali – Author – Bamako (Mali)
  • Ms. Rutendo KAMBARAMI – Outreach Officer of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) – Harare (Zimbabwe)
  • Mr. Jon LIDEN – Head of Communications for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – Genève (Switzerland)
  • Maître Robert BOURGI – Lawyer – Paris (France)
  • Ms. Vanessa VALLEE – Communications Manager of the Africa Partnership Forum Support Unit – Paris (France)
  • Mr. Reed BRODY – Spokesperson of Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  • Mr. Jacques GODFRAIN – Former Minister of Cooperation of the French Republic – Millau (France)
  • Ms. Cécile SPORTIS – Diplomat – Former Director of the World Food Program office in Paris (WFP) – Paris (France)
  • Mr. Samuel MIKENGA – Programme Coordinator, Media, at Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP-EU (CTA) – Wageningen(Netherlands)
  • Mr. Eric MGENDI – Regional Communications Co-ordinator for Africa of ActionAid International – Nairobi (Kenya)
  • Mr. Pascal DROUHAUD – Geopolitical Expert – Area Manager for Latin America of Alstom – Paris (France)
  • Mr. Damien AMADOU – Press officer of France 24 – Paris (France)
  • Ms. Sarah BEL – Communication and Information Officer of the Micro Insurance Innovation Fund ( ILO)– Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Mr. Bill ANDERSON – Director of African Development Information Services Ltd (AfDevInfo) – London (United Kingdom)
  • Mr. Ahmedou OULD-ABDALLAH– Former Special Representative of the United -Nations for Somalia – Former Minister of Foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania – Naïrobi (Kenya)
  • Mr. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF – African Union Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) – Secretary-general of the Presidency of the Republic of Chad – Former Ambassador of the African Union near the European Union and the ACP Group of State in Brussels – N’Djamena (Chad)
  • Mr. Jim BOUMELHA – President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) – Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  • Mr. Kaizer KGANYAGO – Spokesperson for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) – Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • Mr. Dominique GUIHOT – Director-General of Africa N°1 – Paris (France)
  • Ms. Ayoko MENSAH – Director of Africultures – Paris (France)
  • Ms. Heidi SINCLAIR – Former Director of communication of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Seattle (USA)
  • Ms. Julie HAYES – Africa Regional Director at the Open Society Institute in New York (Soros Foundation Network) – New York (USA)
  • Ms. Risha CHANDE – Communications Officer of The Mo Ibrahim Foundation – London (United Kingdom)
  • Dr Ekwow SPIO-GARBRAH – Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation – Former Minister of Communication of the Republic of Ghana – Former Head of Communication of the African Development Bank Group – London (United-Kingdom)
  • Mr. Kenneth WALKER – Africa Communications Manager of CARE International – Johannesburg (South-Africa)
  • Ms. Lucia GRENNA – Head of the Unit of the Communications for Development of the World Bank – Washington (USA)
  • Mr. Patrick LUCAS – President of the African Committee of MEDEF International and PDG of Gras Savoye – Paris (France)
  • Ms. Frances Anne HARDIN – International Independent Consultant – Former Senior Press Officer of the International Monetary Funds (IMF) – Washington (USA)
  • Mr. David BARNARD – Executive Director of the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT) – Gauteng (South-Africa)
  • Mr. Nicholas BRAY – Head of Media Relations at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – Paris (France)
  • Mr. Normand LAUZON – Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) of the OECD
  • Mr. Esben Q. HARBOE – Head of Communication of the Africa Commission – Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • Mr. Geert SCIOT – Vice President Communication – Extrenal Communication of Brussels Airlines – Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  • Mr. Peter BALLANTYNE – Director of the Europe’s Forum on International Cooperation (Euforic) – Maastricht (Netherland)
  • Mr. Rigobert EMILE-FONGNI – Communication officer of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (EMUWA) – Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso)
  • Mr. Joris ZYLBERMAN – Director General at ActuAsia, Beijing Correspondent at France 24 – Beijing (China)
  • Ms. Marie-Laure de BERGH – Former Program Officer at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – Maastricht (Netherland)
  • Mr. Dapo LADIMEJI – Executive Member of the Free Software and Open Source Fundation for Africa (FOSSFA) – London (United-Kingdom)
  • Ms. Lucine HAPI LE MOAL – Consultant, Investment Climate Reform Program at International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
  • Mr. Wole ADAMOLEKUN – Secretary General of the Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA) – Abuja (Nigeria)