Dr Teklehaymanot Weldemichel (Tekle)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Teklehaymanot Weldemichel (Tekle) Dr. Teklehaymanot Weldemichel (Tekle) has a PhD in Human Geography and is currently a Lecturer in Environment and Development at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. His research examines social and environmental justice, the politics of violence, humanitarianism, and conservation, with a focus on how policy and power shape lives in contested […]
Dr Collins Brobbey Adu-Bempah
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Collins Brobbey Adu-Bempah Dr. Collins Brobbey Adu-Bempah is a Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, Integrated Social Sciences and a Traditional Sub-Chief from the Asante Royal Oyokuo Clan, He has formerly served as the Acting Deputy Rector, Dean of School of Graduate Studies and Research, GIJ branch president of the University Teachers’ Association […]
Mdumiseni Nxumalo
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Mdumiseni Nxumalo Mdumiseni Nxumalo is the Coordinator of the IKS Documentation Centre (IKSDC) project of the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI), contracted under the University of Zululand. He coordinates the documentation of local traditional medicine and food security essential Indigenous knowledge from among rural communities of Northern KZN. He holds a Diploma in […]
Mduduzi Sylvester Dlamini
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Mduduzi Sylvester Dlamini Mduduzi Sylvester Dlamini is community member who is passionate in changing the social wellbeing of the community. For the past years, he has been serving as Ward Committee member, heading the portfolio of Education and Professionals. Also he is serving in the Mkhwanazi Traditional Council. This has given him […]
Letlhogonolo Mfolo
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR Letlhogonolo Mfolo hogonolo Mfolo is a Research Assistant and Executive Manager in Prof King Costa’s office. He is a current student of the Programme in Research Methods offered at Postgraduate Level in Association with South Valley University, where he is also studying for a Master of Philosophy in Business Leadership. He is also […]
Prof King Costa
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR Prof King Costa Prof. King Costa is the co-founder of the Global Centre for Academic Research and Costa Research Institute. He is the Chancellor of AMADI University college based in Swaziland, while also holding the office of Pro-Vice Chancellor for South Valley University’s international students managed by GCAR. He is the author of […]
Dr Konosoang Sobane
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR Dr Konosoang Sobane (preferred name Connie) Dr Konosoang Sobane is a Chief Research Specialist at the HSRC. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stellenbosch University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science Communication. She has worked intensively in the fields of evidence-based policymaking, convening science-policy dialogues, and communicating science for policy across all […]
Prof Nisi Thusi
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Prof. Nisi Thusi Prof. Nisi Thusi. Associate Research Professor at Global Centre for Academic Research @ South Valley University (Zambia) and AMADI University College (Swaziland). Dr Nisi is also a full time academic in the Department of Accounting at the University of Johannesburg. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the […]
Lindokuhle Patiwe
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Lindokuhle Patiwe Lindokuhle Patiwe is a Cape Town based social justice activist and independent researcher. He holds a B.Soc.Sci Hon degree in African Studies from the University of Cape Town where he led the #RhodesMustFall movement. Patiwe’s research interests are in African Philosophy, Political Theory and Critical Race Theory. Patiwe is currently doing […]
Rogers Orock
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Rogers Orock Rogers Orock is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Lafayette College. He is a political anthropologist with research interests in the elites, morality, leadership, rumors, sexuality, conspiracy theories, and political imagination in postcolonial West Africa. He is the co-author, with Peter Geschiere, of Conspiracy Narratives in Postcolonial Africa: Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and […]