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Network governance

The Afrobarometer Board is responsible for overseeing the mission and purpose of the organization. The complementary role of Afrobarometer’s International Advisory Council’s is to provide intelligence, foresight and influence to support and promote AB internationally.

Board of Directors

Amal Mustafa Medani
Board member

Amina Oyagbola
Board member

E. Gyimah-Boadi
Chairman of the board of directors

Lara Taylor-Pearce
Board member

Michael Bratton
Board member

Nozipho January-Bardill
Board member

Peter Lewis
Board member

International Advisory Council (IAC)

Abdoulie Janneh
Member of the IAC

Johnnie Carson
Chairman of the international advisory council

Attahiru Muhammadu Jega
Member of the IAC

Bhekinkosi Moyo
Member of the IAC

Desmond Henry Browne
Member of the IAC

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Member of the IAC

Frank Mwiti
Member of the International Advisory Council

Gerard Salole
Member of the IAC

Riva Levinson
Member of the IAC

Larabi Jaïdi
Member of the IAC

Larry Diamond
Member of the IAC

Margot Wallström
Member of the IAC

Nic Cheeseman
Member of the IAC

Peter Kellner
Member of the IAC

Thomas Sheehy
Member of the IAC

Vera Songwe
IAC member

Willy Mutunga
Member of the IAC

Zeinab Badawi
Member of the IAC

Senior advisers

Nafissatou Ndiaye Diouf
Senior communications adviser

Robert Mattes
Professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde and co-founder of Afrobarometer