Prof. Quinton C Kanhukamwe (Chairman)

Quinton C Kanhukamwe has over 30 years of experience in higher education. He has progressed from lecturer to professor, serving as department chairman, faculty dean, director of Techno Park at the National University of Science and Technology Zimbabwe, and vice chancellor at the Harare Institute of Technology. He is a member of AAU and where he has served as an alternate board member. For 15 years, he has been part of the Zimbabwe Universities Vice Chancellors Association and is currently its chairman. He has led numerous collaborative projects, including the Zimbabwe Research Network. Quinton is a two-time presidential CEO of the Year award recipient (2022 & 2023).

Prof. Ketlhatlogile Mosepele

Ketlhatlogile Mosepele is Vice Chancellor of the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN). A distinguished academic in wildlife and aquatic sciences, he specialises in fisheries biology and management and has produced more than 100 research outputs, including journal articles, books and book chapters. With a career spanning more than three decades, he has held several academic and leadership roles in Botswana and internationally, including at the University of Botswana and the Okavango Research Institute. He holds PhD and MPhil degrees and a postgraduate diploma in Fisheries Biology and Management from the University of Bergen, Norway, a BSc in Agriculture from New Mexico State University, and completed executive training at Stellenbosch University.

Dr Christine Phiri Mushibwe

Christine Phiri Mushibwe is the vice chancellor at Unicaf University Zambia. She holds a PhD from the University of Huddersfield, UK, where she is also a visiting research fellow. Christine has taught in China and worked as an associate lecturer at Leeds Trinity University. She has held various academic and leadership roles in the UK and Zambia. Named ‘Africa’s Most Influential Woman in Business and Government’ by CEO Global in 2017 and 2018/19, Christine founded Training Teachers for Community Schools in Zambia and Lusaka Open Business College. She chairs the Advisory Body at Campaign for Female Education and is a board member of COLD and GARA. She authored several acclaimed books, is a corporate trainer, and a keynote speaker.

Prof. Deresh Ramjugernath

Deresh Ramjugernath is the 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University. He previously served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation, Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He boasts extensive board and governance experience, having served on several company and organisation boards. An internationally recognised chemical engineer specialising in chemical thermodynamics and separation technology, he became Africa’s youngest full professor in his field at age 31. He also served as the DST/NRF South African Research Chair (SARChI) for Fluorine Process Engineering and Separation Technology until 2018. Prof. Ramjugernath has supervised more than 130 master’s and PhD graduates and over 20 postdoctoral fellows and has published more than 350 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Prof. Samson Sajidu

Samson Sajidu holds a PhD in Chemistry from UNIMA, completed through a sandwich programme with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He earned an MPhil in Material Chemistry from Cambridge University and a BSc with distinction from UNIMA. He has attended several significant courses, including the DAAD International Deans Course (IDC) Africa 2013/14 held in Germany, Kenya and Ethiopia, focusing on university governance, management and leadership. He also completed a fundraising course in higher education by USAID in 2013, in-house corporate governance training at the Malawi Institute of Management, and university leadership training in RSA, organised by DAAD and SARUA, in 2016.