AWEI Community
Members of the AWEI Community of practice are contributing actively to thought leadership, stakeholder engagement, and professional development.
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Dr Francis Vorhies
AWEI Director -
Dr Wiseman Ndlovu
AWEI Postdoctoral Fellow & Programmes Manager -
Dr Hayley Clements
AWEI Senior Researcher -
Ms Emily Taylor
AWEI Communications Officer -
Mr Crespen Ndlovu
AWEI Development Officer -
Mr Thapelo Brilliant Lebopa
AWEI Programmes Assistant -
Ms Francine Barchett
Postgraduate Fellow -
Dr Richard Fergusson
Standards & Certification Advisor -
Mr Steven Johnson
Training Fellow -
Dr Biandri Joubert
Research Fellow -
Mr Joseph Goergen
Postgraduate Fellow -
Mr Ali Kaka
Senior Advisor - East Africa -
Dr Tariro Kamuti
Research Fellow -
Prof Urs Kreuter
Research Fellow -
Ms Roseline Mandisodza-Chikerema
Senior Advisor - Zimbabwe -
Prof Joseph Mbaiwa
Research Fellow -
Dr Victor Muposhi
Research Fellow -
Dr Michael Musgrave
Research Fellow -
Mr Reinhard Bonke Nyandire
Senior Advisor - Kenya -
Dr Taddeo Rusoke
Senior Fellow -
Mr Michael 't Sas-Rolfes
Postgraduate Fellow -
Ms Catherine E. Semcer
Postgraduate Fellow -
Ms Basilia Andoroone Shivute
Research Fellow -
Mr Thabang Rainett Teffo
Teaching Fellow -
Ms Deborah Vorhies
Operations Advisor & Fellow -
Dr Jane Wiltshire
Research Fellow -
Ms Beverley Wynne
Wildlife Business Advisor -
Lydia Daring Bhebe
Postgraduate Fellow
Fellows
AWEI Fellows are academics and professionals who contribute to the Institute's programmes of impactful research, stakeholder engagement, and capacity development.
Advisory Board
The AWEI Advisory Board provides strategic guidance to the Institute as an academic think tank at Stellenbosch University.
The AWEI Director, Prof Francis Vorhies, is an ex officio member of the Board.
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Prof Danie Brink
Advisory Board Member -
Prof Brian Child
Advisory Board Member -
Prof Kennedy Dzama
Advisory Board Chair -
Prof Louw Hoffman
Advisory Board Member -
Prof Alison Leslie
Advisory Board Member -
Dr Cyrie Sendashonga
Advisory Board Member
AWEI Alumni
AWEI Alumni have previously been engaged in Institute activities.
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Mr Abdulai Barrie
AWEI Intern (2022) -
Dr Julia Baum
Programmes Manager & Partnerships Advisor (2021-2023) -
Mr Xolani Nicholus Funda
Senior Advisor (2019-2022) -
Ms Carla Glen
Communications Manager (2022-2024) -
Ms Elizabeth Gitari-Mitaru
Research Fellow (2020-2022) -
Ms Sungeni Ruth Karonga
Intern (2023) -
Ms Mara Glas
Intern (2022) -
Ms Caitlin Graaf
Research Fellow (2018-2020) -
Dr Tuqa Jirmo
Senior Advisor (2020-2022) -
Prof Andrea Lane
Training Fellow (2021-2023) -
Ms Hollie M'gog
Teaching Fellow (2021-2023) -
Mr Fundisile Mketeni
Advisory Fellow (2019-2020) -
Prof Elizabeth Pienaar
Research Fellow (2019-2021) -
Ms Aro Ny Aina Ratolojanahary
Intern (2023) -
Ms Mame Diarra Sarr
Intern (2022) -
Ms Savanna Strauss
Junior Operational Officer (2022-2023) -
Mr Hennie de Villiers
Senior Advisor (2020-2022) -
Dr Jako Volschenk
Advisory Board Member (2018-2023)
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