Officers and Committees of AfAS

AfAS Executive Committee

President	Amare Abebe Gidelew
Vice-President	Yin-Zhe Ma
Young Astronomer Representative	Youssef Moulane
	Kenda Knowles
	Benedicta Woode
	Joyful Mdhluli
	Yasser A. Abdel-Hadi
	Patrician Ann Whitelock
Immediate Past President	Thebe Medupe
Acting Head of Secretariat	Nombali Qodi
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
Moloko Makwetja

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)
Secretary	Moloko Makwetja (African Astronomical Society, South Africa)

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)
Fundraising Officer	Ahmien Van Der Walt (South Africa)

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)
Secretary	Moloko Makwetja (South Africa)

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