Shuvai Busuman Nyoni

Executive Director

Shuvai Busuman Nyoni is the Executive Director of the African Leadership Centre. The ALC is a research and training initiative that focuses on nurturing next generation African leaders, thinkers and practitioners within the peace, security and development sector.

Shuvai is a Gender, Peace and Security practitioner researcher and has worked extensively with a range of regional and national policy makers, civil society actors and academics in post-conflict and transitional countries on the African continent. Her work also includes investigation and documentation of sexual and gender based violence in conflict settings.

Prior to joining the Centre, Shuvai worked as the Director of Interventions and before that Regional Advocacy Specialist for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in Johannesburg South Africa. She has worked extensively with a range of regional and national policy makers, civil society actors and academics in post-conflict and transitional countries on the African continent.

Through her work she has engaged with issues pertaining to post-conflict reconstruction, governance, social and economic justice, transitional justice, reconciliation, and national and community healing. Shuvai also works as a gender advisor and investigator for sexual and gender based violence as crimes in conflict and serves on the UN Women/ Justice Rapid Response Roster. Shuvai has worked for various regional organizations addressing issues of conflict, violence, reconciliation and gender equality at local, national and regional levels.

Shuvai is an alumna of the ALC’s Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Women 2009-2010 cohort and is currently pursuing a PhD in Leadership and Security Studies at the University of Pretoria.

 

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Africa Week Opening Keynote and Open Debate

Africa Week Opening Keynote and Open Debate

02 March 2024

Is African Agency for sale, for hire or self-renewal? How can Africa shape the UN Summit of the Future? The African Leadership Centre (ALC) invites you to the King’s Africa Week 2024 (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/africa-week) opening Keynote and Open Debate titled: “Is African Agency for Sale, for hire or self-renewal? How can Africa shape the UN Summit of the Future?” Time: 17:30 to 20:00 GMT Date: 4 March 2024 Venue: Bush House, Central Block 8th Floor, Strand...

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