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Work in finance, Saffa living in Switzerland, still not competent in French after 12 years. Home cook, make Biltong, Boerewors and Chilli sauces. Braai a lot and use recipes from Nagi, Kenji and Nigella.
Absolutely adore my wife of 33 years.
Tax the rich
@verenaw.bsky.social
Economist at IFC | Uni Oxford Econ PhD | working on firm networks, trade, structural transformation | https://verena-wiedemann.github.io/
@novafrica.bsky.social
Knowledge center at NovaSBE. Producing and disseminating rigorous evidence to promote economic development in Africa and around the globe. 📍 Lisbon, Portugal 🔗 www.novafrica.org
@oscarmateos.bsky.social
Conflict analysis I Critical peace and security studies I Global Governance I Africa I Global South. Professor @Blanquerna-URL. Coordinador/investigador @Globalcodes. Posant granet de sorra a @ICIP i @CIDOB. More: https://tinyurl.com/268cr2qr
@mikejennings101.bsky.social
Prof of Global Development in Africa: history & politics of dev; NGOs, FBOs, local dev orgs; religion & global dev; global health & dev. Keen photographer. My links: https://linktr.ee/mikejennings101
@kvlassen.bsky.social
Director of Conflict Research Group • Professor at Ghent University • civil war • armed groups • international intervention • cycling
@kenaseka.bsky.social
Newsman▪️ Editor-in-Chief http://thekenyatimes.com ▪️ Ex-Editor (Kenyans.co.ke ▪️ KTN News KE ▪️ Metropol TV KE) ▪️Ex-Reporter Citizen TV KE ▪️ Fact-checker ▪️ Google Analytics 📈📊Trainer ▪️ Audience Analyst▪️
@simonturneranthro.bsky.social
Professor of Social Anthropology, Lund University. Political anthropology, crisis, migration, anticipation, humanitarianism. Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya. Embarking on a project on preppers in Sweden.
@080daniele.bsky.social
European of Italian and British nationality 🇪🇺 Intelligence, Sahel, and llamas 🦙🌍
@thaliagerzso.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at @uoypolitics.bsky.social I study African politics, democracy, and political institutions (mainly courts and legislatures) www.thaliagerzso.com
@smburchard.bsky.social
Covered in toddlers at the moment (probably), otherwise occupied by questions about elections, violence, security, WPS, and Africa. Adjunct prof at GWU.
@mbohlund.bsky.social
Sovereign debt for REDD Intelligence, ex-Africa Economist for Bloomberg, IHS. Interests in Africa, governance, macroeconomics.
@africom.bsky.social
AFRICOM is responsible for military relations with nations & regional organizations in Africa. Follows/reposts ≠ endorsements
@deacurtis.bsky.social
Global politics, peace and conflict studies, African politics, peace interventions, African Great Lakes. At POLIS, the Centre of African Studies and Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
@drstephenhurt.bsky.social
Reader #InternationalRelations at Oxford Brookes University. Research interests: pol econ of #SouthAfrica; #EU #trade #development policy; Post- #Brexit #UK trade. https://internationalpoliticsfromthemargin.net/
@virginiebaudais.bsky.social
Dir. Sahel and West Africa programme SIPRI, Mali and Niger, security and governance.
@satoumbodj.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Mali, Sénégal, France. Popular culture, languages, media esp. radio.
@gillianmathys.bsky.social
Historian of Great Lakes | Associate Professor African history @ugent | Editor @CJAS_RCEA | Academic mom. I got very lucky. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivus-borderlands/28EE1FFBB2BDDA8814964DD39656B959
@jeromemellon.bsky.social
Head of Policy & Operations Team at Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Department of Peace Operations, United Nations, posting about peace, security & governance in #Sahel, #WestAfrica, #CentralAfrica, #Africa; views are my own
@hpn4tigray.bsky.social
A volunteer non-profit of {mostly} health professionals that aims to heal & rebuild communities in Tigray & beyond. IG, GB, LinkedIn, Youtube: @hpn4Tigray
@hornofafrica.bsky.social
Reports and insights on conflicts and geopolitical dynamics in the Horn of Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea. Tracking developments in security, politics, and regional alliances in one of Africas most strategic hotspots.
@mbekezeli.bsky.social
Digital Comment Creator. Human Rights Lawyer. M&G 200 Young SA 2023. Allround good guy. Words in: @GroundUp_News, @mailandguardian, @SundayTimesZA & @BDliveSA
@hennievanvuuren.bsky.social
Open Secrets | Open Sesame Stop: graft/grift/greed. For secure messaging and tipoffs - pls contact me on Signal. www.opensecrets.org.za
@matthewtpage.bsky.social
Author of 'Understanding #Kleptocracy' (OUP, 2025). Chatham House fellow focused on #corruption worldwide. Longtime #Nigeria watcher. Ex-State Department, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mainer. Views mine. More: https://www.matthewtaylor.page
@lukeglowacki.bsky.social
Anthropologist at Boston University. PI Human Systems and Behavior Lab. Co-Director of the Omo Valley Research Project.
@thabanisere.bsky.social
Lecturer: African Studies and International Development @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social | International Development | Migration | African Diaspora | Displacement | Transnationalism | Belonging | Citizenship | African Politics.
@humauct.bsky.social
HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa is an interdisciplinary research institute based in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town (UCT) https://humanities.uct.ac.za/huma
@rafj.bsky.social
Interested in: Haiti, (West) Africa esp Ghana, migration, discrimination, racism, diversity, fascisme, extreme right, LGBTQ, civic integration (inburgering), PvdA, governance and my town The Hague in Dutch or English (or in comment so you can read all)
@harunmaruf.bsky.social
VOA journalist, writer, #Arsenal fan, community-level soccer player
@atieno9.bsky.social
International Environmental Law & Sustainable Development Researcher. I'm also a world explorer.
@iomsomalia.bsky.social
Working with and for migrants, refugees and displaced communities in Somalia, and supporting the Government of Somalia build climate resilience and tackle climate mobility.
@drinnert.bsky.social
Head, Political & Governance Team, British High Commission Kigali. Past: 🇰🇬🇺🇿🇹🇯🇿🇼🇲🇼🇲🇩. Also: Dad, husband, Caribbean music DJ & board game enthusiast.
@belindadodson.bsky.social
Semi-lapsed academic. Research interests in migration, gender, and development; mainly Southern Africa. Lives in Ottawa, Canada. Previously Eswatini, Zambia, South Africa, UK.
@joeasunka.bsky.social
CEO at Afrobarometer Research. African politics. Development. Public policy
@benedetta-lerva.bsky.social
Researcher at the World Bank on the economics of agriculture, education, social protection. Now mainly thinking about structural transformation in African agriculture 🌽🍍🥭
@stuarterussell.bsky.social
Political scientist disguised as an economist at the World Bank. Mainly interested in the intersection of politics and bureaucracy, especially in West Africa. www.stuarterussell.com.
@jenbrass.bsky.social
Interested in all things NGOs, aid, electricity, energy, development, Kenya, parenting, universities, teaching, climbing, political science, public affairs, African studies, and so on. Professor by day. Duck duck gray duck.
@moniango.bsky.social
Journalist & Documentary Filmmaker| Published on National Geographic, The Guardian, NowThis, Africa Uncensored, The Continent, Rest of World & others | Columbia Journalism School alum | Journalism Fellow ‘22 Reuters Institute | 📍NY/NBO
@anansoms.bsky.social
Professor @Uclouvain, climate change, natural resource conflicts, rural & environmental transitions, central Africa, research ethics
@angazainstitute.bsky.social
Angaza Institute - Conflicts and Governance Research & Analysis Centre | Centre de Recherche & d'Analyse des Conflits & de la Gouvernance. #ArmedGroupsDynamics #ResearchEthics #NaturalResources #UrbanRuralDynamics #ClimateChange - www.angazainstitute.ac.cd
@mehler.bsky.social
Politics, Africa, restitution governance, power sharing, democracy-autocracy and more...