Speakers

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  Benard Ojwang

  Director of Environment, Kisumu City

  Benard Ojwang

  

  Director of Environment, Kisumu City

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  Hastings Chikoko

  Regional Director for Africa at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

  Hastings Chikoko

  

  Regional Director for Africa at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

  Hastings Chikoko is the Regional Director for Africa at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. He serves on the Advisory Board for the African Centre for Cities (University of Cape Town). His work with local authorities started at the City of Blantyre and later at the Ministry of Local Government in Malawi working with Mchinji District Council. Prior to joining C40, Hastings had a long career with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) where he served in leadership roles in Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa and Switzerland; including being the Regional Director for East and Southern Africa (ad Interim) and Head of IUCN in South Africa. He has also been one of the International Development Research Center’s (IDRC) African Mentors for policy think-tanks in Africa; and a member of the Regional Technical Committee for the Global Water Partnership (Southern Africa). Besides an MSc degree in Cities from the London School of Economics (LSE Cities), he also holds an MSc degree in Strategic Management (University of Derby, UK), Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Diplomacy - specializing in Green Economy (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and a BSc degree in Economics (University of Malawi). He has had focused training in Climate Change Diplomacy and Bilateral Diplomacy at the Diplo Foundation, Switzerland.

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  Irene Namuyiga,

  Senior Engineer, Directorate of Engineering, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)

  Irene Namuyiga,

  

  Senior Engineer, Directorate of Engineering, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)

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  Manuel de Araújo

  Mayor Quelimane, Mozambique

  Manuel de Araújo

  

  Mayor Quelimane, Mozambique

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  Mr Samuel Oe-Amseb

  President of ALAN

  Mr Samuel Oe-Amseb

  

  President of ALAN

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  Mr Shitta -Bey

  Deputy Director: Corporate and Investment Planning. LAMATA

  Mr Shitta -Bey

  

  Deputy Director: Corporate and Investment Planning. LAMATA

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  Ms Judy Bala

  City Planner, Kisumu County Government

  Ms Judy Bala

  

  City Planner, Kisumu County Government

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  Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o

  Governor of Kisumu County, Republic of Kenya

  Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o

  

  Governor of Kisumu County, Republic of Kenya

  Honourable Professor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o is the Governor of Kisumu County, Republic of Kenya. Prior to his election as Governor, he was the Senator of Kisumu County from 2013 to 2017. Professor Nyong’o served as the Minister for Medical Services of the Republic of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. Before then, he was Minister for Planning and National Development from 2003 to 2005. As Planning Minister, Professor Nyong’o led the formulation of the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERS); the economic transformation blueprint credited for the positive turn in Kenya’s development under the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) government. An accomplished academic, he holds a M.A and PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Political Science & Philosophy from Makerere University College, Kampala – Uganda. He has published a number of books, articles in refereed journals as well as edited volumes on diverse issues in international politics and development. He is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), where he was also Head of Programmes, before moving to the African Research and Resource Forum (ARRF) as founding Director. Professor Nyong’o is an avid writer and editor. He edited New Path: Journal of African Intellectual Thought (African Research and Resource Forum, Nairobi) and was a member of the International Editorial Committee, Estudios de Asia y Africa, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico D.F and the International Advisory Board, Development and Change, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. From October to December 2013, Professor Nyong'o was a Brundtland Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In this role, he taught a course in the Department of Global Health and Population titled "Leadership Development in Global Health and Policy-Making in Kenya”. He has served in a number of international committees and Boards including the Africa Monitor; The Nelson Mandela Institute for Science Technology and the Advancement of Knowledge; and the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA). For his accomplishments, Professor Nyong’o has won two distinguished awards, namely the 1995 German-African Award for contribution to scholarship and democratization and the 2005 Africa Brain Gain Award by the Kenyan American Professional Association and Career Nation for contribution to reversing Africa’s brain drain.

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  Prof Edgar Pieterse, South Africa

  Prof Edgar Pieterse, South Africa