Each year, the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program selects a new cohort of fellows for its highly competitive fellowships. 

This year, the APN awarded 17 scholars with Individual Research Fellowships (IRF), 6 researchers with 1 Collaborative Working Group Fellowship (CWG), and 1 scholar with the Research Policy Fellowship (RPF); while Next Gen awarded 34 scholars with Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships, including: 8 Dissertation Proposal fellowships, 14 Dissertation Research fellowships, and 12 Dissertation Completion fellowships. 

For more information on the fellowships, please visit our main pages for APN and Next Gen.

Meet Our 2024 Fellows

2024 African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Fellows

APN IRF FELLOWS

  • Issahaku Adam | University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Sani Yakubu Adam | Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
  • Benyin Akande | University of Calabar, Nigeria
  • Gloria Longba’am-Alli | University of Jos, Nigeria
  • Justine Ayuk | University of Buea, Cameroon
  • Madinatu Bello | University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Fadzai Chipato | Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe
  • Thembani Dube | University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Angela Kavishe | The Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy, Tanzania
  • Aleu Garang Aleu Kuek | University of Juba, South Sudan
  • Malephoto Lephoto | National University of Lesotho, Lesotho
  • Sean Maliehe | National University of Lesotho, Lesotho
  • Thatshisiwe Ndlovu | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Sebastian Paalo | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and  Technology, Ghana
  • Zaid Sekito | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Rosette Sifa Vuninga | University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Yilkal Ayalew Workneh | Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia

APN RPF FELLOW

  • Ernest Bagson | SD Dombo University, Ghana

MEMBERS OF THE APN COLLABORATIVE WORKING GROUP

  • Nicolette Roman | University of Western Cape, South Africa (Team Leader)
  • Joshua Mugumbwa | Makerere University, Uganda 
  • Moses Mutua Mutiso | Moi University, Kenya 
  • Anja Human-Hendricks | University of the Western Cape, South Africa 
  • Edna Masita | Moi University, Kenya
  • Proscovia Nalwadda | Makerere University, Uganda

2024 Next Generation Social Sciences (Next Gen) Fellows

NEXT GEN PROPOSAL FELLOWS

  • Kehinde Adebayo Afolabi | United States International University – Africa, Kenya
  • Robert Birungi | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Lameck Kachena | University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Patrick Mutinda | Kenyatta University, Kenya
  • Clemente Ntauazi | University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Alloice  Salex Okumu | University of Nairobi, Kenya
  • Sasha Claude Rai | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Patience Shawarira | University of Cape Town, South Africa

NEXT GEN RESEARCH FELLOWS

  • Tamia Botes | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Nyasha Blessed Bushu | University of The Free State, South Africa
  • Freweini Tekle Kidane | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Stanley Elias Kiswaga | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Kgomotso Komane | University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Olivia Komuhangi | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Jacinta Mwongeli Matheka | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Kagiso Nko | University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Lerato Nkosi | University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa 
  • Kenechukwu Nwachukwu | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Nicholas Odoyo | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Zuko Sikhafungana | University of Western Cape, South Africa 
  • Ham Ssenoga | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Freedman Delali Woledzi | University of Ghana, Ghana

NEXT GEN COMPLETION FELLOWS

  • Milcah Abasabyona | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Asasira Simon Rwabyoma | The Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
  • Maryline Chepngetich | Moi University, Kenya
  • Stephanie Effevottu | University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Marie Grace Kagoyire Gasinzigwa | Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Olive Lomokol | Makerere University, Uganda
  • Silindile Mlilo | University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Medina Moosa | University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Matseliso Motsoane | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Japhet Ringo | Ardhi University, Tanzania
  • Tyne Williams | University of Pretoria, South Africa

Posted September 6, 2024
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