Meet our team

VEDASTE NDAHINDWA

Director - Medical Research Unit (Rwanda Deputy Coordinator)


Dr. Vedaste Ndahindwa is a lecturer at the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, and the Director of the Medical Research Unit and the Coordinator of ...

FREDRICK MANANG

Lecturer in Economics (Tanzania Coordinator)


Dr. Fredrick Manang is currently a lecturer in Economics at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania. He obtained his PhD and M.A. in Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS...

REMIDIUS RUHINDUKA

Lecturer in Economics (Tanzania Deputy Coordinator)


Dr. Remidius Ruhinduka is lecturer and research fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania, and holds a PhD in Environmental and Development Economics from the Univers...

KIZITO OMALA

Head of Department of Statistical Methods and Actuarial Science (Uganda Coordinator)


Dr. Kizito Omala holds a PhD in Applied Statistics, a Masters of Statistics, and a BSc. Mathematics & Physics with Education from Makerere University, Uganda. Kizito is the Head of Department of S...

JOHN BOSCO ASIIMWE

Senior Lecturer and Head of Department (Planning and Applied Statistics) (Uganda Deputy Coordinator)


Asiimwe John Bosco holds a PhD in Statistics from Makerere University and he also holds a Masters Degree in Statistics from the same University. John Bosco was a Visiting Scholar at the University of ...

DAGIM BELAY

Postdoctoral Researcher


Dagim Belay is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His main area of interest focus on using impact evaluation tools to infor...

SHIBIRU AYALEW

Senior Lecturer


Shibiru Ayalew Melesse is currently a PhD candidate in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior at Seoul National University, South Korea. He has received a Master of Business Administrat...

GETACHEW MULLU

Postdoc Fellow -Johns Hopkins University


Dr. Getachew Mullu Kassa completed his PhD in Reproductive Health Sciences from the PAN African University Life and Earth Science Institute, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He also obtained his Mast...

TEWODROS ASSEFA

Associate Researcher


Tewodros Tesemma is a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Tesemma is also an Associ...

APOLLO MAIMA

Associate Professor


Apollo Maima is a Kenyan registered Pharmacist who holds a PhD in Community Health and Development from Great Lakes University of Kisumu. Maima is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmacy in t...