Expertise Area: Customary Land Rights Expert
Loretta Alethea Pope Kai
Loretta is a Liberian activist with extensive experience in forestry, environmental education, conservation, fundraising, and community organizing. She has over 15 years of experience in the natural resource management sector, where she has consistently promoted gender justice and inclusive governance.
Over the years, Loretta has been a strong advocate for improved forest management and land tenure reforms, contributing to the passage of Liberia’s Land Rights Act and the establishment of the Women’s Land Rights Task Force. She has worked closely with communities to develop Community Forestry Management Plans, with a strong focus on women’s inclusion in decision-making processes.
Her work emphasizes how benefits from natural resources can serve the collective interests of communities, support rural livelihood development, and advance sustainable outcomes through integrated land-use planning and collective customary land formalization.
KLEMENS MUWAMBU KAMWANGA
I am passionate in land administration-related fields, such as land rights, Tenure, valuation, survey, land use planning, spatial planning, GIS (Geographical Information System), and LIS (Land Information System)
Bankolay Theodore Turay
Bankolay is a researcher in land governance, urbanization, and women’s rights, a PhD candidate and curriculum developer. He currently supports the World Bank-funded Sierra Leone Land Administration Project with Medici Land Governance, supporting the customary land recording, mapping, and registration.
Sharon Nakaluzwe Mulenga
I am a valuation Surveyor with vast experience in administration, infrastructure development and Project Management. I have over a decade of experience advancing customary and statutory land rights, policy implementation and stakeholder coordination across Government and private sector programs to strengthen tenure security, development outcomes and sustainable land use.
Mor N’Doye Diop
J’ai 11 dans la gouvernance foncière et la sécurisation des droits du patrimoine fonciers des communautés locales.
La conduite des projets de développement relatifs au foncier, à l’agro écologie et la consolidation de la paix
Marvees Weah
5 years of experience working in Forestry, Land, and Natural Resource Management
Chikondi Mphamba
I am currently a lecturer in the Department of Land Surveying and Physical Planning at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). Between 2019 to 2021 and 2021 to 2023 I held the positions of Deputy Head and Head of the department of Land Surveying and Physical Planning, respectively. Beyond my professional role, I am a founder of Jane Mphamba foundation, an organization which through fundraising activities support less privilege girls.
Federica Acquaviva
Currently working as UN Habitat’s Inclusive Land Governance Expert for strengthen regulatory frameworks and building digital LIS in Somalia.
Adv. Matseliso Mota
I am a Legal practitioner with over a decade’s experience in the public sector and civil society in Lesotho. I am currently in the employ of Land Administration Authority, delivering legal and policy advisory services in land governance and administration, legislative drafting, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution and land tenure reform.
Habtamu Semahagne
I am an Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University’s Institute of Land Administration with advanced degrees in law, land policy, and resource management. I research and publish on land governance, rights, federalism, migration, displacement, and women land rights.