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Officers and Committees of AfAS

AfAS Executive Committee

President Thebe Rodney Medupe
Vice-President

Naomi Asabre Frimpong

  Elizabeth Naluminsa
  Alemiye Mamo Yacob
  Mirjana Pović
  Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana
  Sthabile Kolwa
Immediate Past President Jamal Mimouni
Head of Secretariat Charles Takalana
Ex-officio (DSI Representative) Takalani Nemaungani
Ex-officio (Advisor) Kevin Govender
Ex-officio (Advisor) Yunus Manjoo

 

AfAS Sub-Committees

Outreach Committee

  • Sally Macfarlane, co-chair
  • Duduzile Kubheka, co-chair
  • Abdelmajid Benhida
  • Kingsley Ahenkora-Duodu
  • Musa Mishamo Musa
  • Micheal Nnaemeka Ihenacho
  • Sivuyile Manxoyi  
  • Daniel Cunnama 
  • Anton Binneman 
  • Simphiwe Madlanga
  • Finbarr C. Odo
  • Jamal Mimouni
  • Sinenhlanhla Sikhosana
  • Alemiye Mamo
  • Kevin Govender
  • Tshiamiso Makwela
  • Niruj Mohan Ramanujam
  • Joyful Mdhluli
  • Samuel Nyangi
  • Zodwa Tiki
  • Mike Simmons
  • Albert Kuntu Forson
  • Nikhita Madhanpall

Science committee

  • James Chibueze, chair (NWU)
  • David Buckley (SAAO)
  • Charles McGruder (NSBP)
  • Somaya Saad (NRIAG/Kottamia)
  • Reneé C. Kraan-Korteweg (UCT)
  • Shazrene Mohamed (SAAO & Miami)
  • Zara-Nomena Randriamanakoto (SAAO)
  • Yin-Zhe Ma (UKZN)
  • Zouhair Benkhaldoun (Oukaimeden Observatory/Arab Astronomical Society)
  • Mirjana Povic (ESSTI, IAA)
  • Jamal Mimouni
  • Sthabile Kolwa (UJ)
  • Kevin Govender (OAD)
 

African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)

Chairperson Mirjana Pović
(ESSTI, Ethiopia; IAA-CSIC, Spain)
Member Vanessa McBride (Office of Astronomy for Development-IAU, South Africa)
Member Priscilla Muheki (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda)
Member Carolina Ödman
(University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
Member Somaya Saad (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt)
Member Nana Ama Brown Klutse
(University of Ghana, Ghana)

 

Communications Committee

Chairperson

Thembela Mantungwa (SAAO, SA)

Member

Charles Takalani (AfAS head of Secretariat, SA)

Member

Zara Randriamanakoto (Madagascar)

Member

Oruche Chidimma (Nigeria)

Member

Priscilla Muheki (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda)

Member

Zeyneb Aissani

Member

Madambi Rambuda (African Science Stars, SA)

Fundraising Committee

Chairperson

Takalani Nemaungani (DSI, SA)

Member

Charles Takalani (AfAS head of Secretariat, SA)

Member

Yunus Manjoo (AfAS Project Manager, SA)

Member

Kevin Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, SA)

Member

Genevieve Marshall (International Astronomical Union, Netherlands)

Member

Declan Kirrane (AERAP, Belgium)

Member

Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana)

Member

Solomon Tessema (Ethiopia)

 

Membership Committee

Chairperson

Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana)

Member

Charles Takalani (AfAS head of Secretariat, SA)

Member

Yunus Manjoo (AfAS Project Manager, SA)

Member

Kevin Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, SA)

Member

Makram Ibrahim (Egypt)

Member

Youssef Moulane (Morocco)

Member

Augustine Chukwude (Nigeria)

Member

Chukwujekwu Nworah Ofodum (Nigeria)

Member

Susan W. Samwel (Egypt)

Member

Getachew Mekonnen (Ethiopia)

 
 
 
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