lLocal Organising Committee|International Scientific Program Committee

African Research Advisory Panel (ARAP)

In order to make the congress truly representative of the diversity of the African continent, and to ensure adequate representation of the priority scientific concerns and professional activities of behavioral science in the various nations of Africa, a regional consortium of about 8-10 leading developmental scientists has been formed to act as an advisory panel for the scientific committee. It includes representativesfrom the following six institutions, which have hosted the African regional workshops of the Society since 1992:

University of Yaounde, Cameroon (1992, 2003)

University of Zambia (1996)

University of Namibia (1998)

Makerere University, Uganda (2000)

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (2006)

Maseno University, Kenya (2009)

The African Research Advisory Panel (ARAP)

Dr Esther Akinsola, University of Lagos , Nigeria

Prof Peter Baguma, University of Makerere , Uganda

Prof Oumar Barry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Prof Andrew Dawes, University of Cape Town

Prof Terussew Teferra, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Dr Mambwe Kasese-Hara, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Prof Elias Mpofu, formerly of the Universities of Zimbabwe and Botswana,
      and now at the University of Sydney, Australia

Prof Bame Nsamenang, University of Yaounde, Bamenda, Cameroon

Dr Paul Oburu, Maseno University, Kenya

Prof Robert Serpell, University of Zambia

Prof Leickness Simbayi, HSRC, South Africa

Prof Therese Tchombe, University of Buea, Cameroon

Prof Roderick Fulata Zimba, University of Namibia