The Team

The SIFA FC Fund Management Team (FMT) and Internal Fund Management Team (iFMT) work together as one, combining technical, financial and implementation expertise to drive high‑impact skills investments across Africa in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063.


Gemechu Berhanu Kusa

Principal Programme Officer, 

AUDA NEPAD

Norman Khoza

Senior Program Officer,

AUDA-NEPAD

Mary Nyaga

Program Officer, 

AUDA NEPAD


Harald Habermann

Team Leader,
Germany

Stephan John

Deputy Team Leader,
United Kingdom

Lifuo Molapo

Deputy Team Leader,
South Africa

Abbati Muhammad

Country Coordinator,
Nigeria

Alain Tsemogne Sado

Country Coordinator,
Cameroon

Ayele Gizachew

Country Coordinator,
Ethiopia

Dzigbodi Ahuma

Country Coordinator,
Ghana

Frank Asiimwe

Finance Expert,
South Africa

Gregory Pearn

Procurement Expert Services,
Germany

Heba Saleh

Communications Expert,
Egypt

James Wamwangi

Country Coordinator,
Kenya

Kader Lazoumar 

Civil Engineering Expert,
Niger

Kodjo (Magloire) Agbegnido 

Country Coordinator,
Togo

Lena Schindler

MERLA Expert,
Germany

Martyn Head 

Procurement Expert Works,
Spain

Maurizio Pieroni 

Architecture Expert,
Kenya

Mildred Lesole 

Finance Expert,
South Africa

Piele N'Bou Lidao Betema 

Grants Management Expert & MERLA Expert,
Ireland

Ruediger Wolf 

Equipment Expert,
Namibia

Rumbidzai Muserere

Acting Country Coordinator,
South Africa

Sharon Emvula 

Grant Management Expert,
Namibia

Sofia Bahri 

Country Coordinator,
Tunisia

Winnie Osoti 

Procurement Equipment Expert ,
Kenya