On January 3, 2023, the Africa Program on the Wilson Middle formally welcomed Ms. Oge Onubogu as its new Director.
Onubogu most just lately was the Director of the West Africa Program at america Institute of Peace (USIP), the place she led the strategic growth and enlargement of USIP’s portfolio in Nigeria and Coastal West Africa. On this place, she oversaw the design and implementation of initiatives to mitigate violent battle, promote inclusion, and strengthen community-oriented safety by partnering with African and U.S. policymakers, civic leaders, and organizations.
“Africa’s financial, social, and political panorama is altering quickly. The continent’s rising strategic significance can now not be ignored, as most of the options to a few of at this time’s most urgent international challenges will be present in Africa. “As america and different international gamers embrace this shift, growing commerce relations and significant partnerships based mostly on mutual respect and shared values with Africa and its folks should be prioritized.” -Oge Onubogu
Oge brings to this position intensive expertise on Africa and U.S-Africa relations, in addition to experience in governance and democracy help. She was Program Supervisor on the Nationwide Democratic Institute (NDI) the place she oversaw a multi-country program to strengthen ladies’s political participation in Southern Africa, and managed elections help packages in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Botswana, and South Africa. She was additionally Program Officer on the Nationwide Endowment for Democracy (NED) the place she led help to civil society organizations in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Cameroon. She has consulted on a variety of governance and elections initiatives in Africa with the World Financial institution, Freedom Home, and the Carter Middle.
Onubogu holds a credential in Public Management from the Harvard Kennedy Faculty, a grasp’s diploma in Worldwide Growth from the Heller Faculty at Brandeis College, and an undergraduate diploma in Worldwide and Space Research from the College of Oklahoma.
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