Africa

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Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Cosimo Sidoti

Cosimo Sidoti

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime

Eleanor Beevor

Eleanor Beevor

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Karla Mendes

Karla Mendes

Brazil Contributing Editor, Mongabay

Victor Akpan

Victor Akpan

Lorenzo Vertemati

Lorenzo Vertemati

Visiting Professional, University of Glasgow

Charity Monareng

Charity Monareng

TB HIV Care

Julius Kaka

Julius Kaka

Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova

Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova

Founder & Director, Do Bold

Rune Henriksen

Rune Henriksen

Forsetyr Ltd

Kingsley Madueke

Kingsley Madueke

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Romi Sigsworth

Romi Sigsworth

Institute for Security Studies

Mr. Stephen Asare Abankwah

Mr. Stephen Asare Abankwah

Economics and Finance Lead, Dataking Research Lab, Dataking Consulting

Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

PhD. candidate with specialization in Political Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa

Dr Clemence Rusenga

Dr Clemence Rusenga

Research Associate, University of Bristol

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Peter Stoett

Dr Peter Stoett

Ontario Tech University

Borislav Gerasimov

Borislav Gerasimov

Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Dr Freedom Onuoha

Dr Freedom Onuoha

Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

El Hadj Djitteye

El Hadj Djitteye

Founder & Executive Director of the Timbuktu Center fro Strategic Studies on the Sahel

Dr. Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

Dr. Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

Analyst, GITOC

Rumbi Matamba

Rumbi Matamba

GITOC

Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema

Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema

Youth Intra Dialogue on Europe and Africa (Y-IDEA)

Danielle Marais

Danielle Marais

Stellenbosch University

Nikita Hiralal

Nikita Hiralal

Centre for Development Studies, University of Cambridge

Vusumzi Pikoli

Vusumzi Pikoli

Africa Board member and Senior Advisor - GITOC

Talks

Drugs and development debate in Africa - Drugs and Development Hub

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Dr Reychad Abdool John Collins Anine Kriegler Maria-Goretti Loglo Bernice Auma Apondi Anna Paus

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Marie Jauffret-Roustide Déborah Alimi Karine Bertrand Laurie Wdowiak

Organized environmental crimes

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Yuliya Zabyelina Willis Okumu Juneseo Hwang Meredith Gore

Nigerian organized crime

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
Jude Roys Oboh Augustine B. Aboh Dany Franck A. Tiwa Tiwa Stefano Becucci

The Stories Within: Encounters with South African prisons and its people

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
Lin van Schalkwyk Nanine Steenkamp Sigrid Raets Judy-Ann Cilliers

The illicit mining and trade of extractives in Africa

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Oluwole Ojewale Mohamed Daghar Abdelkader Abderrahmane Kiran Pereira

Organized crime in Africa

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM
Mohamed Daghar Stephen Musau Abdelkader Abderrahmane Derica Lambrechts King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA Erzuah Nvidah

Trading life: Organ trafficking, illicit networks, and exploitation

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM
Seán Columb Guadalupe Correa Cabrera Mary Young

Devolution, urban growth role and the surge of gangs in Kenya

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Willie Oeba Mohammed Mwinyi Beatrix Chepkoech

Africa and drugs: Rewriting the tale? Presenting the forthcoming JIED Special issue on drugs markets and policies in Africa

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM
Bernice Auma Apondi Déborah Alimi Daniel Brombacher Charity Monareng Clemence Rusenga

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Lyes Tagziria Eleanor Beevor Kingsley Madueke Mouhamadou Kane Freedom Onuoha

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Delon Omrow Karla Mendes Julius Kaka Peter Stoett

Cocaine hoppers: Nigerian international cocaine trafficking

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Jude Roys Oboh Stefano Becucci Damián Zaitch Victor Akpan

Organized crime in Africa

14 October 2022, 04:00 AM
Brittany VandeBerg Sara Mariella Lambertini Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi Romi Sigsworth Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

COVID-19 and organized crime

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Anna Laskai Marco Dugato King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA Cosimo Sidoti Lorenzo Vertemati Stephen Asare Abankwah

Emerging transatlantic maritime threats - converging flows and actors

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM
Martin Verrier Sasha Jesperson Marija Atanaskova Rune Henriksen

Nuancing the conflict/crime nexus: Illicit Economies that fuel conflict in West Africa

18 October 2023, 08:30 PM
Lyes Tagziria El Hadj Djitteye Gideon Ofosu-Peasah Rumbi Matamba

The illicit Blue Economy in Africa

19 October 2023, 08:30 AM
Derica Lambrechts Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema Danielle Marais Nikita Hiralal

PAGAD vigilantism and South Africa state capacity to respond to Organized Crime

19 October 2023, 01:00 PM
Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Vusumzi Pikoli Mark Shaw Elrena Van Der Spuy Etannibi Alemika

Human Trafficking and Exploitation in the Context of Armed Conflicts: Perspectives from Africa, Europe and Latin America

30 October 2024, 01:00 PM
Borislav Gerasimov Luigi Achilli Mónica Hurtado Daniel Ogunniyi

Rethinking the Regulatory Approaches Taken Towards Organized Crime in the Global South Region - 1

30 October 2024, 01:00 PM
Tabitha Agaba Simeon Igbinedion Brian Omondi, Kartini Makmur Maureen Bansah Folashade Adeyemo Lovina Otudor

The Different Expressions of Women and Organized Crime in Africa

31 October 2024, 05:30 AM
Derica Lambrechts Assal Abdurrahman Janelle Matthee Laura-Jane Watkins

Organized Crime and Wildlife

31 October 2024, 07:00 AM
Dina Siegel Anna Saito Orsolya Johanna Sziebig Csaba Zsigmond

Human Trafficking of Malawian Domestic Workers

31 October 2024, 11:30 AM
Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova Sari Heidenreich