Staff Directory

Office of the Director

Dr. John N. Nkengasong, MSc, PhD

Director, Africa CDC

Ahmed Ogwell Ouma

Deputy Director, Africa CDC

Executive Office

Mahlet Kifle Habtemariam MD, MPH

Principal Programme Officer

Muthoni Kahuho

Administrative Officer

Ambe Laura Ngumama’anwi

Administrative Officer

Mariam Hassan

Public Health Fellow

Science and Programme Office

Stephanie Jane Fazekas Salyer

Senior Advisor, Technical Strategy & Partnerships

Wang Xiochun

Senior Advisor, Disease Control

Division of Policy, Health Diplomacy and Communication

Benjamin Djoudalbaye

Head, Division of Policy, Health Diplomacy and Communication

James Ayodele

Principal Communications Officer

Nekerwon Gweh

Public Health Fellow, Information & Communication

Thomas Joly Ngbonga

Communications and Web Officer

Godwin Oloche Ondoma

Graphic Designer

Division of Management and Administration

Agnes Asele

Technical Officer (Public Health Project and Grants Management)

Theresa Madubuko

Programme Management Officer

Angeth Acol De Dut

Senior Human Resources Officer

Christine Fortunate Rebecca Mutesi

Public Health Fellow

Edigar Olumbe

Public Health Fellow

Felix Ingabire

Public Health Volunteer

Division of Surveillance and Disease Intelligence

Justin M. Maeda

Head, Division of Surveillance & Disease Intelligence

Ashley Sharp

Senior Public Health Advisor (Public Health England)

Emily Atuheire

Programme Lead, Mortality Surveillance

Akhona Tshangela

Programme Manager, Mortality Surveillance

Yewande Alimi

AMR Programme Coordinator

Bethelhem Tibebu

Public Health Volunteer

Kyeng Mercy Tetuh

Event-based Surveillance Coordinator

Division of Laboratory Systems and Networks

Yilma Makonnen

FAO Advisor Lab Division

Yenew Kebede Tebeja

Head, Division of Laboratory Systems & Networks

Aytenew Ashenafi

Programme Manager, Laboratory Systems and Networking Division

Sofonias Kifle Tessema

Implementation Science Expert

Seth Chekata Inzaule

Implementation Science Expert

Donewell Bangure

Epidemiologist

Herilinda Joseph

Epidemiologist

Jean Pierre Imanishimwe

Public Health Fellow

Chimwemwe Waya

Public Health Fellow

Said Halifa Mbae

Public Health Volunteer

Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response

Merawi Aragaw Tegegne

Head, Division of Emergency Preparedness & Response

Wessam Mankoula

Lead of Africa CDC Emergency Operations Center

Guy Kouame

Epidemiologist

Mallion Kangume

Public Health Fellow

Serge Batcho

Public Health Volunteer

Radjabu Bigirimana

Public Health Volunteer

Division of Public Health Institutes and Research

Raji Tajudeen

Head, Division of Public Health Institutes and Research

Haftom Taame

Epidemiologist

Faith Nekabari

Public Health Fellow

Farha Abdalla

Public Health Fellow

Division of Disease Control and Prevention

Adelard Kakunze

Public Health Fellow

Thaddee Niyoyitungira

Public Health Fellow

Nafiisah Chotun

Public Health Fellow

Mohammed Abdulaziz

Head, Division of Disease Control and Prevention

Central Africa Regional Collaborating Centre

Dzety Nadjombe

Public Health Fellow

Anne-Marie Antchouet

Interim Coordinator

Marguerite Loembe

Senior Laboratory Advisor

Sharon Adema Lidoroh

Public Health Fellow

Carine Joelle Alemoka

Public Health Fellow

Abdoul-Rachid Alou Beidou

Public Health Fellow

Eastern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre

Addis Mhiraf

Public Health Fellow, Information & Communication

Michael Boluwatife

Public Health Fellow

Hiwot Moges

Public Health Volunteer

Southern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre

Lul P. Riek, MD, MSPH

Coordinator

Yahya Kandeh

Public Health Fellow

Ezinne Victoria Chinemerem Onwuekwe

Public Health Fellow

Western Africa Regional Collaborating Centre

Denis Bunyoga

Public Health Fellow