Academics, practitioners and community leaders across Africa, the Americas and Europe, united to break the cycle of generational dependency and all forms of deprivation.
The Global Institute is led from its global headquarters in Chicagoland, USA, and its African headquarters in Uyo, Nigeria. Country Directors develop and deliver programmes with local teams, while programme directors and partners bring specialist expertise in entrepreneurship, manufacturing, agribusiness, trade, technology and education.
Professor Margaret King, fondly described as an academician-practitioner, is the Founder and President/CEO of the Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development. She holds a PhD in Public Policy Analysis in Urban Planning and Development, concentrating in International Community Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, an MA in Geography (Urban/Neighbourhood Development) and a BSc in Geography and Regional Planning. Having lectured, researched and provided professional services at numerous universities in Africa and the USA, and directed the International Studies Program at Chicago State University for several years, she is committed to bridging the gap between classroom principles and the practical implementation of real-world solutions.
Through the Global Institute's African Diaspora-Continental collaborations, she takes demand-driven, hands-on education, trade, investment, professional services and local raw material-based manufacturing and construction entrepreneurship with microfinance to the communities that need them most, with the aim of alleviating the dependency mindset and all forms of deprivation, including poverty, hunger, homelessness and the digital divide.
As a public policy analyst working with elected officials, she has helped rebuild declining municipalities and businesses, improve fair housing and job creation, and open development and construction procurement to minority contractors. As the State of Illinois Governor's New Immigrants Policy Counselor, she helped create the New Americans Policy, which produced the For the Benefit of All publications later replicated by other states.
Prof. King was the U.S. Midwest Regional Chair of Economic Development and Global Trade and National Co-Chair of President Clinton's National Summit on Africa, which developed the US-Africa preferential trade policy, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). She hosted delegates from all fifty US states and African Heads of State to write the white paper that guided the US Congress to pass the bill. She has mentored President Obama's Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), now the Mandela Washington Fellows, and, with United Nations sponsorship, hosted several African Presidents at international economic summits.
Each year she organises the Trade-Investment Mission and Entrepreneurship Development Conference, taking Diaspora Africans to Africa to leverage AGOA with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for mutually beneficial trade and investment. Her recent work focuses on transforming African higher education through a strong funding base and demand-driven curricula linked to the private sector. Through the Global Youth and Students Association (GYSA) and Global Institute Women for African Development (GIWAD), she promotes youth leadership and women's engagement.
A US Government certified AGOA advisor, Moderator of the United Nations African Trade Summit (2021), keynote presenter at the African Universities International Women's Day (2021) and recipient of the African Union / Association of African Universities Keynote Presenter Award (2019), Prof. King is a Fellow of the Institute of Operational Research and Management Sciences and of the Development and Leadership Institute, a Council on Foreign Affairs international educator, a subject matter expert witness and a published author. She has written grants and secured contracts of over $6 billion for minority projects and sits on the boards of universities and corporations.
mking@globalinstitutepsd.org
Prof. Idorenyin Augustine Etukudo is the Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs of the Global Institute, a role he has held since December 2018 at the Institute's African headquarters in Uyo, Nigeria, and where he received his professorial award in December 2022.
A native of Ikot Akpa Edem, Afaha Obong, in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, he studied at the University of Calabar, earning a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics/Statistics (1990), an MSc in Statistics (2002) and a PhD in Statistics (2008), specialising in optimal designs of experiment and operations research. He won the best graduating student awards in Mathematics/Statistics and the Akwa Ibom State Postgraduate Scholarship.
After about five years in banking, he joined the University of Calabar in 1997 as a Graduate Assistant and rose to Senior Lecturer in 2012, before moving to Akwa Ibom State University in 2015, where he served as Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His university service includes Assistant Examination Officer, Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator and Coordinator of Introduction to Computer Science and Computer Applications. He is currently Chairman of the Governing Council of Mainland College of Technology, Anyanganse, Cross River State.
Prof. Etukudo is National President of the Institute of Operational Research and Management Science of Nigeria (IORMS), Vice President of the Peace Interdisciplinary and Innovative Research Institute (PIIRI) and Editor-in-Chief of the PIIRI Journal of Interdisciplinary and Innovative Research. He is a member of the Nigerian Statistical Association, the Nigerian Mathematical Society and INFORMS (USA), and an American-trained AGOA Advisor. He has published more than 26 papers and presented at international conferences including the INFORMS Computing Society Conference in South Carolina, USA, and the INFORMS International Conference at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He developed OptdeSolver, software that solves operations research problems with optimal design methods.
Dr. Gale B. Frazier is the Advisory Chairperson, Vice President of Technical Operations and an Entrepreneurship Development Professor at the Global Institute. She is an educator, civil engineer, social entrepreneur, conference speaker, author, certified clinical trauma professional and ordained minister.
She is President and CEO of Construction Management Consortium LLC, a consulting group specialising in workforce development training, job readiness, construction trades, STEM and youth leadership development, and the founder of The Daughters of Sarah International Outreach Ministries.
Dr. Frazier is a former Illinois NAACP Youth and College Advisor and former Illinois Representative for the National Council on Educating Black Children, a finalist for the National Juvenile Justice fellowship, Chairperson of the National Black Agenda Consortium and National Dean of the US Minority Contractors Association. She is a Fulbright Scholar and was inducted into Who's Who in Black Chicago in 2014.
She holds a BS in Civil Engineering, a Master's in Project Management and a Doctorate of Education, with certificates in Urban Principal Leadership from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and from the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education.
Alhaji Abubakar Barau Abdullahi is the Global Institute's Vice President, Programs, Director of African Agripreneurship Development (AAD) and instructor of its Greenhouse Cultivation training. He is Chairman and Founder of AIDA Group of Companies and was for 20 years Marketing and Sales Director, Deputy Managing Director and CEO of Mentholatum Nigeria Ltd.
A professional marketer with 40 years' experience, beginning in the pharmaceutical industry, he served as Secretary and Research Executive of the Pharmaceutical, Perfumery, Toiletries and Cosmetics sub-group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (1983–1994) and as a marketing consultant to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank and the Leasing Company of Nigeria. He is a Fellow and former Chairman of the Board of Fellows of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, a Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (London). He holds a Master's degree in Management, Business Policy and Strategy from Bayero University, Kano, where he lectured at the Postgraduate School from 1984 to 1993.
His career also spans construction and logistics, including Managing Director/CEO of Coastal Dredging and Construction Ltd, Port Harcourt (2002–2012). He is Chairman of Ocean Mint Consortium Ltd, Lagos, which supplies agricultural production and agro-processing technology, and for the past nine years has focused on horticulture and controlled-environment agriculture. In 1993 the Zuru Emirate Council conferred on him the traditional title of Danmadamin Zuru.
Saviour Umoren is the Global Institute's Vice President of Finance, responsible among other things for coordinating grant fundraising and management. An Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and of the Institute of Management, he has over 20 years' banking experience and holds a BSc and an MBA in Business Administration.
At Union Bank of Nigeria Plc he held key positions in consumer banking, international banking, marketing, treasury management and human resources, rising to Group Head, Forex Treasury. He is currently Managing Director/CEO of Flyright Nigeria Limited.
Entrepreneur and producer who leads the Institute's investment portfolio from the United States.
Dr. Onesmo Mumba is the Global Institute's Dean of Studies. He is the Founder and Project Lead of the Zambia Medical Device Manufacturing Campus, a national strategy for medical device manufacturing and export growth, and of Originatti LLC / Diskava Zambia Limited.
Professor Athanase Gahungu is a founding member of the Global Institute Board of Directors and serves as its Professor of Grant Writing Training. He is Coordinator of Principal Preparation and Professor of Educational Leadership at Chicago State University, where he spearheaded the University's first doctoral programme and served as its first director.
A graduate of the University of Burundi with a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University, he was principal investigator of four federally funded research projects at NAU's Institute for Human Development and grant writer and assessment coordinator for Chicago State University's African Education Initiative, which developed teaching and learning materials for South Africa and Ghana. He has been a fiscal officer on grant programmes for over two decades and has taught proposal development since 2001.
His awards include the Global Ambassador Award for Chicago State University, the Distinguished Educator Award, the Global Impact Award and the 2019 College of Education Educator of the Year. He serves on the Executive Board of the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (ICPEL).
Dr. Lydia Monaana Moeng, the Global Institute's Africa Ambassador, is an author, businesswoman and pastor from Tlokweng village near Rustenburg, South Africa. Since 2008 she has written and published more than 60 books; she founded her own publishing house in 2018, has since produced over 35 authors and trains other writers. Her work has been recognised with multiple awards, including African Authors' Awards.
Her training and development company is accredited by South Africa's Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) for more than ten programmes covering management and administration, skills, health and wellness, and farming and food security. An international speaker who has addressed audiences in over 30 countries on spirituality, leadership, entrepreneurship and women's affairs, she also serves with Africa's Time, the Greater Rustenburg Pastors' Forum and the South African Christian Ministers Council, and founded Hephzibah Women of Destiny, empowering women around the world.
Master community organiser and transformation leader; research and development specialist and proposal and policy development strategist.
Prof. Gideon Chinedum Onuekwusi facilitates Sustainable Rural and Urban Agriculture and Entrepreneurship courses for the Global Institute and has been a regular conference speaker at the Institute in both the US and Africa.
He is Professor of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension at Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, where he was Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Studies (2012–2016) and is currently Director of Information and Communications Technology. He spearheaded the establishment of the University's entrepreneurship centre, was one of the national pioneers of the Federal Government policy on entrepreneurship in Nigerian universities, and has changed the mindset of thousands of students towards becoming job creators rather than job seekers.
agric@globalinstitutepsd.orgDr. Titilayo Remilekun Osuagwu is the Global Communications Director of the Global Institute. She facilitates Business Communications and Public Speaking training and is an executive member of the Grants and Proposal Writing Team.
She is a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where she earned her PhD in 2016. Her research covers development communication, gender and communication, new media, indigenous communication, political, business and organisational communication, and public speaking. She is a member of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria, the African Council for Communication Education, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the National Communication Association and the International Communication Association.
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Dr. Ifreke Denteh is Director of the Global Institute's Cosmetology and Natural Pharmaceuticals Department. With a Doctor of Pharmacy and a BA in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and hands-on studio training expertise, she facilitates the Cosmetology – Natural Beauty Care Products Manufacturing programme and manages the production laboratory, both as a learning studio and as a production facility packaging finished products for online shelves.
Drawing on her Nigerian roots, research visits across Africa studying natural beauty plants and her pharmacy career in the US, she combines traditional chemistry with natural remedies to recreate favourite beauty products without harmful ingredients. She is co-founder of KA Essentials, a beauty line made from authentic African organic raw materials, and an executive member of the Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce Team. Her aim is to create beauty entrepreneurs who improve their economic wellbeing doing what they enjoy.
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Ms. Faith Evans is the Director of Global Trade for the Global Institute and is highly experienced in African entrepreneurial initiatives and trade. The Global Trade/AGOA desk supports members with growth planning, standard operating procedures, packaging and shipping, regulatory and environmental protection, marketing and networking, and cross-cultural communication, in line with local and international trade rules.
In 1993 she accompanied the late Princess Diana on her humanitarian visit to a leprosy centre in Zimbabwe. In 1995 she chaired the Southern African Widows Association, promoting the welfare of the families of Zimbabwe's freedom fighters, and in 1997, as a member of the Southern African Women Business Organization, she worked with the late Winnie Mandela in South Africa. She is a Board Member of Women Business Entrepreneurs in California and a member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.
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Ms. Tian Taylor is Director of the Global Youth and Students Association (GYSA) and an Instructor for the Institute. She graduated magna cum laude with a BA in International Relations from Chicago State University, where she was deeply involved in the Global Students Association.
She has more than seven years' experience in customer service, retail, global corporations and management, and three years in higher education administration and instruction. She volunteered with Heartland Alliance and as an editor with the UN Young Professionals programme, and travelled to South Africa to volunteer with an NGO. Believing that education is the key to success, she supports students in GYSA across Africa and Global African institutions and communities.
gysa@globalinstitutepsd.org
Andrew Kakaire is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate thereto, and the Legal Compliance Officer for the Global Institute. He is Assistant Managing Partner of M/s Alaka & Co. Advocates, practising mainly in corporate and commercial law, international law and public interest litigation.
He holds an LLB (Hons) from Makerere University (2017) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, and was admitted to the Uganda Bar in 2020. He is a member of the East African Law Society and the Uganda Law Society.
legal@globalinstitutepsd.org
Provides IT audit consulting to the Institute and has served as a panellist and conference coordinator at its US-Africa trade events.
Queen Bunmi Ajibade took part in the first cohort of the Global Institute's Chicago entrepreneurship programme in 2019 and is now the Institute's Entrepreneurs Coordinator and an Associate of the Institute. She is Vice President of Xtreme Care, Inc., which provides personal and home health care, and is a musician, entertainer and Nollywood actress. Her investment interests are in entertainment and in home care and maintenance.
admin@globalinstitutepsd.orgMrs. Grace Umoebe is the Global Institute's Women Entrepreneurship Development Coordinator. A retired school teacher, she now directs culinary activities for a major events-planning and catering outfit and is engaged in farming and community development services.
Nsibiet Sunday Evanson is the Entrepreneurship Development Project Manager at the Global Institute in Nigeria. Working directly with the Program Coordinator, he has implemented several projects that benefit participants, especially young entrepreneurs and women, contributing to life transformation and community development. He brings several years of experience as a church secretary and holds a Higher National Diploma in Office Technology and Management (Data Processing).
Joshua Peprah Mintah Koomson is the Global Institute's Ghana Country Director. He is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in IT, facility management and international development, and brings a wealth of knowledge to lead the team in self-advancement and the sustainable development of communities.
Narh-Rich Isaac is the Global Institute's Ghana Co-Director: a dedicated Ghanaian educator, educational psychologist and administrator with an MEd in Educational Psychology and over ten years' experience in educational training and administration. His expertise covers teaching, leadership development, human capacity building, mentorship and institutional administration. He is a National Youth Leader, conference facilitator and Master of Ceremonies, and has taken part in transformational leadership and entrepreneurship programmes.
Pastor Dorcas Moola Kakoma was appointed Country Director of the Global Institute Zambia on 26 March 2026. She works directly with the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the African headquarters in Uyo, Nigeria, to coordinate and motivate team activities, and leads the Zambia team in implementing the Institute's mission of cross-cultural education, applied research, customised training and sustainable entrepreneurship.
She is the founder of Touch of Friends, a community initiative focused on counselling, healing and empowerment. A licensed counsellor, pastor and public speaker, she supports trauma survivors through counselling, her books, motivational speaking and international outreach, and hosts the popular Hot Coffee Chat Show with Dorcas.
Dr. Sally Chemutai Bett, from Uganda, is Co-Director of the Global Institute Zambia. She is a distinguished educationist and quality-assurance expert with over 25 years' professional experience across Kenya, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Eswatini and Namibia, strengthening academic standards, accreditation processes and teaching and learning practice.
She holds a Bachelor's degree from Moi University, a Master's from the University of Botswana and a PhD in Business Management from North-West University. As Co-Director she works closely with the Country Director to ensure high-quality programme delivery and institutional excellence.
CEO of ET Lifestyle Concepts and a member of the Global Institute Zambia executive.
Prof. José Leopoldo Nhampossa is the Global Institute's Mozambique Director and has spoken at Institute events. He is an Associate Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Oslo.
At UEM he has served as Director of the Academic Registry, head of the IT Section and Director of the degree course in IT. At the National Science and Technology Parks Company (ENPCT, E.P.) he was Director of Training, Research and Innovation and is currently Executive Administrator in the Science, Technology and Innovation portfolio. He is also President of the General Assembly of the NGO MOASIS.
Leads the Global Institute in Namibia, home of its cosmetology and chemicals manufacturing training.
Dr. Molyn Mpofu is the Global Institute's Country Director for Eswatini. With hands-on studio training expertise, she facilitates the Institute's Youth Entrepreneurship programme and manages its production laboratory, both as a learning studio and as a factory packaging finished products for global, community and online shelves. She is an executive member of the Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce Team.
She holds a PhD from the University of Venda, South Africa, and lectures in Consumer Science Education and Community Development at the University of Eswatini, where she has supervised 17 undergraduate research projects and 8 Master's dissertations. Her research looks at the effect of diet on academic performance, the nutritional contribution of indigenous foods in Southern Africa, and food security.
Tinashe Kubwalo is the Global Institute's Zimbabwe Director. She holds a BA in Business Administration and a Diploma in Business Management from the University of Zimbabwe, and trained with the YALI Regional Leadership Center for Southern Africa (Business and Entrepreneurship Development) and Empretec.
Her skills span administration, team building and leadership, project management, networking, training development, presentation and facilitation, proposal writing, needs assessment and community planning. She has served as a National Board Member and 2015 Local President of Junior Chamber International (Zimbabwe) and is a graduate of the 2013 JCI Africa and the Middle East Leadership Academy.
Peter Kibanyi is the Global Institute's Uganda Director. He holds Master's degrees in Molecular Genetics from Howard University and in Global Health from The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
He is co-founder and CEO of Kiungo One Stop Marketing (KOSMA) in Uganda and a malaria lead project manager with the Center for Private Health and Social Adjustment (CEPRIHESA) in Entebbe, which focuses on rural malaria prevention and elimination through innovative, cost-effective and sustainable natural solutions. He was previously Executive Director and co-founder of 1HeartArt Inc., a Chicago prison-art ministry. A native of Uganda and an American citizen, he divides his time between Africa and the USA.
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Jude Musoke Tadeo is Co-Director of the Global Institute Uganda and facilitates its Business Canvas Model (BCAM) course. He has 15 years' multicultural experience in social research, community development, digital financial inclusion, environmental and social safeguards, climate action, women's and youth economic empowerment, policy advocacy and banking.
He is Managing Partner of Halend Enterprises Ltd, co-founder of the USAID Feed the Future-funded Young Farmers Coalition of Uganda (YOFACO), and an environmental and social safeguards contractor on the World Bank-funded Albertine Regional Sustainable Development Project. His experience includes work with TOTAL/CNOOC, the Mastercard Foundation, UN Women, the Grameen Foundation, Stanbic Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, the Global Fund and Makerere University. He is a fellow of the Uganda Youth Network Leadership Academy and of climate-smart agriculture programmes at MASHAV (Israel) and Wageningen University (Netherlands).
ugandaoffice@globalinstitutepsd.org
Annick Niyibizi is Co-Director of the Global Institute Burundi and an executive member of the Grants and Proposal Writing Team, working for the sustainable development of Burundians. She speaks English, French and Swahili professionally, alongside her native Kirundi.
Since 2016 she has worked at the Tanzanian Embassy as interpreter, translator and social secretary. Before that she worked in a national youth employment programme (2012–2016) and taught English and French in secondary schools (2008–2012).
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Leads the Global Institute in Liberia, where the Institute runs pastry and food preservation training.
Leads the Global Institute in Guinea-Bissau and coordinated the 2023 homecoming conference there.
Leads the Global Institute in Côte d'Ivoire and is a regular panellist at its trade and investment forums.
Coordinates the Global Institute in Sierra Leone, including its cassava production and processing project.
Evelyn Castro directs the Global Institute's executive teams for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and teaches its Cosmetology – Beauty Care Manufacturing programme, specialising in organic products for specific skin types. She is the Founding President of the Global Youth and Students Association and a founding member of the Global Institute at Chicago State University.
She holds a BA in International Studies (International Business and Economics) from Chicago State University and an Associate in Arts from the City Colleges of Chicago, and completed the A2 French course at the Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis. Fluent in Spanish, English and French, she trains beauty-care entrepreneurs from different world regions to start and grow their businesses.
ecastro1@globalinstitutepsd.org
Blessing Sunday is the Global Institute's Administrative Associate and its Conference Coordinator for Southern Africa, and has spoken on investment opportunities in Africa at the Institute's global trade events.
A Master Property Practitioner, she founded La Grace Properties, Grace Health Tourism and Bels Virtual Agents, and serves on the boards of companies, NPOs and NGOs. Passionate about empowering youth and women, she counsels women who have experienced rejection and abuse and, as co-founder of the Work of Love Foundation's "We Care Project", mentors girls and boys in schools. She is a registered religious practitioner, a trained spiritual health consultant, medical and community chaplain and auxiliary nurse, a committee member of the South Africa Council of Business Women and winner of SACBW Warrior Women 2023 Mpumalanga.
Coordinates administration across the Institute's global network.
Ms. Ekemini Etim Ikot is the Global Institute's Executive Associate, reporting directly to the President/CEO. She holds a BSc in Statistics, is completing a Master's in Statistics and has a Professional Diploma in Education. A data analyst skilled in Minitab, SPSS, R, TORA and Microsoft Office, she previously worked with MacGeorge & George Ltd in Cross River State and taught mathematics at Sani Dingyadi Unity Secondary School, Sokoto State, and Gate of Royalty Secondary School.
eikot@globalinstitutepsd.orgMr. Ifiok William King is the Global Institute's ICT Coordinator, in charge of the Institute's computer management. He also teaches computer classes, organises the technical library and handles social media. A computer technician and data analyst proficient in Microsoft Office and CorelDraw, he holds an Ordinary National Diploma and is studying for a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. He previously taught computer science at Adiahaobong Nursery/Primary School, Etinan (2015–2018).
Supports administration at the Institute's African headquarters in Uyo.
Dr. Oluwakemi Olurinola is a researcher and consultant in Educational Technology, with expertise in learning science, digital pedagogies and the integration of Artificial Intelligence in education. She lectures in the Department of Science and Technology Education at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria.
She founded Exquitec Empowerment Network and is lead consultant of Exquitec Education Technology. As a Microsoft Global Training Partner she has led capacity-building collaborations with UNESCO MGIEP, Tech4Charities and government bodies. She created the Educators Artificial Intelligence Literacy (EDAIL) programme and its AI Integration Framework, through which she has trained over 6,000 teachers in AI pedagogy. She is Head of Research & Development in Digital Pedagogy and Africa Coordinator at Esybee AB, and serves on advisory boards including the African Leadership University Library Advisory Board.
Her honours include the Google Academic Research Award for her work on AI in education, the Jacobs Foundation/MIT Solve LEAP Research Fellowship and fellowships with PhET Global and Thinkering Collectives. She is an associate of the Digital Citizenship Institute (USA), a Certified Management Consultant and a long-standing mentor for Tony Elumelu Foundation programmes.
Bishop Dr. Peter Tanda Mulenga is the Global Institute's Natural Resources Partner. He is President of the Hands of Compassion Foundation and Presiding Bishop of Christian Word Center International.
A businessman with over eight years in the mining sector, he is a director and board member of Midstream Capital and Cousins Mining, working in metal extraction, mineral processing and international trading, and consults mainly in the extractive industry. He holds a BA in Conflict Management and Resolution from ICOF Global University College, Lusaka, and a Doctorate in Theology and Transformational Leadership from Joseph Global University, Virginia, USA. He is based in Lusaka, Zambia.
Brother Shaka Barak is a scholar and researcher on the life and works of the Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA). He holds an Associate degree in Liberal Arts from Olive-Harvey College and a Bachelor's in Behavioral Social Science from East-West University, and is a graduate of the School of African Philosophy.
In 1992 he co-founded, with his wife Qamar M. Barak, the Marcus Garvey Institute, whose exhibit of photographs, books and documents covers Garvey and other leaders and movements in Africa and its Diaspora. He has held annual Garvey commemorations and African Diaspora festivals, hosted podcasts and cable shows, and spoken at schools, colleges and universities. He has served the UNIA as Mid-West Region Commissioner, Minister of Education and 3rd Assistant President General, and is currently 1st Vice President of the Garvey/Nkrumah Memorial Progressive Division 429 in Chicago.
Founder of EdPro and the Institute's partner for educational services.
Dean at the International University of Sarajevo who partners with the Institute on its journal and publications.
Director of the Eskolta Network and the Institute's partner for K-12 curriculum.
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