List of the members of the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization

(4/15/2008) 

 

• Hon. Dr. Gertrude I. MONGELLA – President of the Pan-African Parliament  (PAP) – Pretoria (South-Africa)
  
• M. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF – Ambassador of the African Union near the European Union and the ACP Group of State in Brussels  – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chad – Former Chief of staff of the President of the Republic of Chad – Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  
• M. Ahmedou OULD-ABDALLAH - Special Representative of the United -Nations for Somalia – Former Minister of Foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania - Naïrobi (Kenya)
  
• M. Jiuma ABULKHER – Director-General of external information of the Libyan Arab Socialist People’s Jamahariya – Tripoli (Libya)
  
• M. Jim BOUMELHA – President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) – Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  
• M. Babacar FALL – Director-General of the Pan-African News Agency (PANA) – Dakar (Sénégal)
  
• M. Amadou Mahtar BA – President of AllAfrica Global Media (AllAfrica.com) – Washington (USA)
  
• M. Dominique GUIHOT – Director-General of Africa N°1 – Paris (France)
  
• M. Franck SALIN – Editor-in-chief of Afrik.com - Paris (France)
  
• Mrs Ayoko MENSAH - Director of Africultures – Paris (France)
  
• Mrs Heidi SINCLAIR – Director of communication of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Seattle (USA)
  
• Mrs Jacquelline FULLER - Head of Advocacy and Communications of Google.org – Mountain View (USA)
  
• Mrs Katy CRONIN - Media Manager of DATA (Debt • AIDS • Trade • Africa) – London (United Kingdom)
  
• Miss Tina MUSOKE - Media Relations Manager of Africare - Washington (USA)
  
• M. Elroy BOS - Senior Manager, Communications & Advocacy Program of The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) – Geneva (Switzerland)
  
• Mrs Lucia GRENNA – Head of the Unit of the Communications for Development of the World Bank – Washington (USA)
  
• Mrs Aminata D. TRAORE – Former Minister of culture of the Republic of Mali – Author – Bamako (Mali)
  
• M. Patrick LUCAS - President of the African Committee of MEDEF International and PDG of Gras Savoye – Paris (France)
  
• Mrs Frances Anne HARDIN – International Independent Consultant – Former Senior Press Officer of the International Monetary Funds (IMF) – Washington (USA)
  
• M. Jon LIDEN – Head of Communications for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – Genève (Switzerland)
  
• M. David BARNARD - Executive Director of the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT) – Gauteng (South-Africa)
  
• Maître Robert BOURGI – Lawyer – Paris (France)
  
• M. Nicholas BRAY -  Head of Media Relations at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – Paris (France)
  
• M. Normand LAUZON -  Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) of the OECD
  
• M. Reed BRODY – Spokesperson of Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  
• M. Jacques GODFRAIN – Former Minister of Cooperation of the French Republic  – Millau (France)
  
• Mrs Cécile SPORTIS – Diplomat – Former Director of the World Food Program office in Paris (WFP) – Paris (France)
  
• M. Peter BALLANTYNE – Director of the Europe’s Forum on International Cooperation  (Euforic) – Maastricht  (Netherland)
  
• M. Samuel MIKENGA – Communications Manager of the NEPAD e-Africa Commission – Pretoria (South-Africa)
  
• M. Rigobert EMILE-FONGNI –
  Communication officer of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (EMUWA) – Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso)
  
• M. Eric MGENDI – Regional Communications Co-ordinator for Africa of ActionAid International – Nairobi (Kenya)
  
• M. Joris ZYLBERMAN – Representative of Radio France Internationale (RFI) in Shanghai – Shanghai (China)
  
• M. Pascal DROUHAUD – Geopolitical Expert - Area manager for Latin America of Alstom – Paris (France)
  
• M. Frédéric GOMEZ - Paramedic – Tarbes (France)
  
• Mrs Marie-Laure de BERGH - Program Officer at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – Maastricht (Netherland)
  
• M. Damien AMADOU – Press officer of  France 24 – Paris (France)
  
• M. Michel ALI – Informatic Consultant – Toulouse (France)
  
• M. Dapo LADIMEJI – Executive Member of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) – London (United-Kingdom)
  
• M. Blaise MISTLER – Head of International Relations of the Groupe Canal+ - Former adviser to the Prime-Minister of the French Republic - Paris (France)
  
• Mrs Sarah BEL – Communication officer of the Technical Centre for Rural and Agricultural Cooperation (CTA) – Wageningen
  (Netherland)
  
• Mrs Lucine HAPI – Program Co-ordinator  of Avenir Nepad International UK – Londres (United Kingdom)
  
• M. Mathieu ROCHAT – Director-General of Weboconference – Sao-Paulo (Brasil)
  
• M. Bill ANDERSON – Director of African Development Information Services Ltd (AfDevInfo)
  – London (United Kingdom)
  
• M. Wole ADAMOLEKUN - Secretary General of the Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA) - Abuja (Nigeria)