Meet our team

CHRISTINE SIMIYU

Senior Lecturer (Kenya Coordinator)


Christine is an Economist (PhD) with Statistics background. She is currently a senior lecturer and head of Economics Department at KCA University, Nairobi, Kenya. She has vast experience in economic r...

SAMUEL MUHULA

Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Manager (Kenya Deputy Coordinator)


Samuel Muhula is the Senior Manager Learning and Impact at AMREF Health Africa. He was a 2018 spring semester visiting research fellow at the University of California Berkeley, under the East Africa S...

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...

MICHEAL MBATE

PhD Candidate


Michael Mbate is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. His fields of research include public finance, governance, and the evaluation of public policies using quasi-experimental designs. P...

MUTHONI NG’ANG’A

Assistant Professor


Muthoni Ng’ang’a (Ph.D) is an Assistant Professor at the Wilfrid Laurier University. She attained her PhD  in Economics from the University of Nairobi. She is an East Africa ...

Laura Barasa

Senior Lecturer - Department of Economics and Development Studies at UON


Laura Barasa holds a PhD in Economics from Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Barasa is a Senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi, Department of Economics and Development Studies....

Peter Otieno

Researcher at African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)


Peter Otieno is a Researcher at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Nairobi, Kenya and a PhD fellow in Epidemiology and Public Health at Amsterdam University Medical Center, N...

Caroline Sitienei Koech

Senior lecturer at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology.


Caroline Sitienei Koech is a senior lecturer at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in Kenya. She holds a PhD in Business Management with a focus on strategic management and ma...