Expertise Area: Land Rights Expert

PAULO KITOSI

Meet Mr. Paulo Samweli Kitosi – a skilled Urban Planner, Urban Designer, and GIS expert. Currently, he is employed at the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Human Settlement Development in Tanzania\\\’s capital city of Dodoma. Mr. Kitosi holds two postgraduate degrees, a Master of Architecture (Urban Design) from Ardhi University in 2016, and a Master of Science in Geographical Information Systems (MSc. GIS) from the University of Dar es Salaam, which he obtained in 2023. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from Ardhi University, which he earned in 2014.

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.

Marvees Weah

5 years of experience working in Forestry, Land, and Natural Resource Management

Mengistu Tessema Berasa

Mengistu Tessema worked as Program Manager in Land for Life Ethiopia. Has work experience in both governmental and NGOs in different capacities. Has vast experience in the different sectors focusing on land governance, agricultural land investment, program planning, implementation, monitoring and Evaluation, SME, Agricultural credit and marketing …

Rodrigue Bazame

Currently I am the Manager of B2 Immobilis Consulting ltd and an asssociate lecturer in Real Estate management, Real estate valuation, Real estate marketing, housing policies in several public and private universities in Burkina Faso. Previously I acted as a technical assistant for the West African Monetary and Economic Union’s project Centre of Excellence for Housing.

Abebaw Abebe Belay

Abebaw Abebe has over a decade of experience in land governance, serving as a land law expert and team coordinator, contributing to law drafting, leading research on land governance and women’s land rights, and actively engaging in land policy platforms.

Djomba Mara

Land rights in mining sector

Land governance policy and environmental management

Stakeholder engagement

project management and development

Gebeyehu B. Shibeshi

I am a land administration and land management expert specializing on land use planning, registration, catastrophic and land information system. Experienced in land administration system development and policy review.

Anteneh Wondimu Eshetie

I have over 14 years of professional experience in land governance, responsible agricultural investment, land use planning, landscape restoration, and integrated livelihood development. I have worked with national and international NGOs to implement community-based programs, strengthen local institutions, and promote sustainable land and livelihood systems. I hold a Master’s degree in Environment and Land Resource Management, which provides a strong academic foundation for my work in sustainable land use and governance.

Girma Mulu Alemu

I have served as a public servant as a sociologist and urban planner in local government offices from 2010-2015. Currently, I have been serving as a lecturer and researcher in higher education institutions since 2015 in Ethiopia