Networking Council
“A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.” ― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
BEN-Africa leadership recognizes the diverse wealth of knowledge and expertise in Africa, thus the formation of BEN Africa Networking Council (BANC) in 2020 whose mandate is to support the Executive Committee of BEN Africa by offering strategic guidance on the implementation of BEN Africa’s activities across Africa and to act as resource points on ethics related issues to BEN Africa members within their respective countries.
Yvonne is the founder and managing Director of BrandPro Consulting in Kenya (www.brandpro.co.ke), an integrated consulting firm specialized in Market research and Monitoring and Evaluation. She is an adept trainer and consultant in public and private sector leadership, organizational ethics and management, women empowerment, and leadership. Yvonne is a certified Ethics officer by The Ethics Institute.
Zahra, originally from Somaliland, is a world travelled entrepreneur, self-starter, result driven woman who has extensive experience in Business development, international procurement, and logistics expert with more than 20 years of professional experience in the Canada, South Africa and in Somaliland.
Malik is currently the CEO of MTN Sudan. He is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the banking and telecommunications industry. He is skilled in leading people, strategy, sales, customer focus, and has much experience on ethics and compliance issues. He has worked in eight African countries in which he has overseen business transformation and built a strong African network.
Azelle is a qualified legal practitioner and has been practicing in corporate practice in the fields of legal, compliance, anti-money laundering and ethics. She is currently the ethics officer for the Capricorn Group Ltd. Azelle is a certified Ethics Officer by The Ethics Institute
Symphorien Ntibagirirwa holds a doctorate degree in Philosophy from Pretoria University, South Africa 2012 and a Post-doctorate from the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA. Currently, he lectures Leadership Ethics, Foundations of Governance and Governance of Economic Development at the International University of Burundi, (ILU-Burundi), Governance in the history of law at the University of Ngozi, Burundi, and Contemporary philosophy a Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Rwanda. Ntibagirirwa is the Chief-editor of Revue Ethique et Société (Ethics and Society, since 2004), a journal of the Dominican Fathers of Burundi. He also heads the Institute of Development and Economic Ethics (IDEE), a project of the Dominican Fathers of Rwanda and Burundi which deals with the ethics of development and the economy. His current research interest covers such issues as corporate governance, Business integrity, Illicit financial flows, leadership ethics, economic ethics from the perspective of the philosophy of Ubuntu. He resides in Kigali, Rwanda.
Joe, MSG Chairperson, CoST Malawi, Board Chairperson of Malawi Roads Authority, and member of Malawi’s National Integrity Platform, is an advocate for good governance for the private sector.
Naiole Cohen Dos Santos has more than 20 years of work experience in public and private sector. Naiole´s long-term concern and focus has been Corporate Governance as she sees it as the other side of compliance and Business Risks and one of the main reasons for weak foreign investments in her home country of Angola. Therefore, she Co-founded the Angola Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) with a mission to help change mentalities.