Amy Niang
Amy Niang is Senior Programme Officer and Head of the Research Programme. She is specialised in African Political History and Political Thought. Her work also examines Africa’s International relations and the geopolitics of security in the Sahel. Amy is the author of The Postcolonial African State in Transition: Stateness and
Patricia Gomes
Patrícia Alexandra Godinho Gomes is originay from Guinea-Bissau. Before joining CODESRIA, Patricia Alexandra Godinho Gomes acted as Associate Professor, level 4, according to Brazilian national academic system, at the Post-Graduate Program on Ethnic and African Studies, at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. She graduated in International Relations at the
Dr. Samuel Fongwa
Dr. Samuel Fongwa is a Program Officer within the Training, Grants and Fellowships programme. Prior to joining the Council, he had spent about seven years at the Human Sciences Research Council where he joined as a Post doctoral Fellow and exited as Senior Research Specialist. Dr Fongwa is a category
Bertha Kibona
Bertha is a Programme Manager for Training, Grants and Fellowship Programme at CODESRIA. She holds a PhD in Development Studies, specifically in Higher Education studies and Human Development from the University of the Free State, South Africa. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance and a Master’s
Assane Diouf
Headquarter and Maintenance Staff Assane Diouf is a cleaner in the CODESRIA secretariat, Dakar. Assane is Senegalese
Mouhamed Diallo
Headquarter and Maintenance Staff Mouhamed Diallo is a cleaner in the CODESRIA secretariat, Dakar. Mouhamed is Senegalese
Dominique Sambou
Bilingual Administrative Assistant Dominique Sambou hails from Congo – Brazzaville. She is Bilingual Administrative Assistant in the Training, Grants and Fellowship Programme. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Law and proceeded to work in a law firm then as legal consultant. With this experience and her interest for development of african
Ndéye Aïssatou Ndiaye
Administrative and Bilingual Assistant Holder of a Master’s degree in International Business, Ndéye Aïssatou Ndiaye attended her training at the Ecole Normale Supérieure Polytechnique in Dakar called ENSTP today. She has joined the Council as mails and Receptionist Assistant and also assistant at CODICE, now she is at the Research Program as
Mamay Jah
Program Assistant Mamay Jah joined CODESRIA in 2012 as a Bilingual Administrative Assistant. Since 2017, she has been promoted to the position of Program Assistant in the Research Program. Prior to joining the Council, she worked with commercial firms in the UK, Gambia and Senegal. Mamay holds a bachelor’s degree in Foreign
