Dr Iman Abuel Maaly Abdelrahman

Dr Iman Abdelrahman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Sudanese Research and Education Network and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Khartoum. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering obtained from the University of Khartoum. She previously headed the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; and before that she was the First Planner in the Department of Planning of Sudatel. She has been on the Board of the Alliance since 2009 and served as Deputy Chairperson.

Dr Boubakar Barry

Dr Barry holds a PhD in Nuclear Physics and a Masters Degree in Nuclear Electronics. He is the Head and Coordinator of the Research Education Network Unit at the Association of African Universities in Ghana. He is also a Lecturer of Computer Networks and Electronics at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), and Chairman of the Network Information Center (NIC) of Senegal, the one that manages the country-code Top Level Domain.sn. He has been on the Board of UbuntuNet Alliance since 2011.

Professor Dibungi Kalenda

Professor Kalenda holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is a Professor and conducts research on medicinal plants at the University of Kinshasa in DRC. He is also the Chief of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Coordinator of Eb@le, the Congolese, a National Research and Education Network from 2007 to date. He has been on the Board of the Alliance since 2009.

Mr Duncan Greaves

Duncan Greaves is the Chief Executive Officer of TENET, the South African National Research and Education Network. He joined TENET in 2003 and worked in various positions including being the Executive Officer: REN Services and Public Relations and Executive Officer Capacity Development Programmes before appointed as the CEO. He has a Masters Degree in Political Science which he obtained from University of Natal, Durban.

Eng Dr Francis F. Tusubira - CEO (ex oficio)

Dr Tusubila is the Chief Executive Officer of UbuntuNet Alliance.  He holds a PhD in Telecommunication Engineering from Southampton, UK. He is a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK and Chartered Engineer a Fellow, Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers and a Registered Engineer. He was elected as a Director of UbuntuNet Alliance in 2007 before being appointed as CEO of the Alliance in 2008.  He a member of the Board of TENET, the research and education network of South Africa; a member of the Advisory Panel to the Research and Education Networking Unit of the Association of African Universities; a member of the Board of the Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation; and a member of the Board of the Global Development Learning Network.

Professor Meoli Kashorda

Professor Kashorda is the Executive Director of Kenya Education Network (KENET) and Professor of Information Systems at the School of Science and Technology of the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya. He holds a PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Essex. He has been on the Board of the Alliance from 2008. He is a Member and Kenya Representative of COMESA Innovation Council. His affiliations include Membership of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET).

Professor Nelson Ijumba

Professor Ijumba holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde. He is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a Professor of Electrical Engineering. His affiliations include, Professional Engineer, Registered Engineer in both Kenya and Tanzania, Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET), and also a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has served on various positions in higher education in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.

Professor Stephen Simukanga

Professor Simukanga has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zambia since 2007. He holds a PhD in Process Metallurgy from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. He is Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council of the United Kingdom.  He is also a Fellow of both the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Engineering Institution of Zambia.  He served as Registrar of the Engineers’ Registration Board of Zambia from 2000 to 2010.  He sits on various Boards both locally and internationally, including ZAMREN, which he chairs.