Wandile Sihlobo, an agricultural economist by training, is Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz). Sihlobo was appointed as a member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council in 2019 after serving on the Presidential Expert Advisory Read More
Professional Officer: Climate Change, Energy and Resilience Vanessa Tshite is a young climate change, energy and resilience professional officer, who is passionate about the environment and sustainability. Her educational background is on Environmental and water Science, as well as Integrated Water Resources Read More
Project Manager, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ngoanathari currently works as a project manager for the Industrial Energy Efficiency Program. In this role, she works with industry, government, policy makers and financial institutions to implement and mainstream energy efficiency, renewable Read More
Dr Meggan Spires, leads the climate change, energy and resilience work as part of ICLEI Africa’s Senior Management Team. The unit she manages serves ICLEI Africa’s network cities in over 25 African countries, in terms of supporting their journeys towards climate resilience. Read More
Emmanuel Kasese is the programme manager of the Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) at GreenCape. He has masters and undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering from Wits University. Since joining GreenCape in 2014, Emmanuel has been focusing on helping the chemicals and Read More
Chris Burgess has been the editor-in-chief of Landbouweekblad and Landbou.com since 2011. Under his editorship, the Landbouweekblad brand has been successfully diversified to include platforms such as television, conferences and events. Cutting-edge topics like regenerative agriculture have also become a major editorial focus for the brand. Chris Read More
Chetan Mistry is Xylem South Africa’s Strategy & Marketing Manager, a role that encompasses several key areas within the leading provider of water technology and solutions. He oversees strategy, marketing, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) for Xylem South Africa, working with different Read More
Tamara Bullock is an experienced corporate and public affairs leader with almost 20 years of practice both on the consulting and corporation side. She has spent seven years in MEA region running operations of one of the largest corporate and public affairs Read More
Xperien: Head of ITAD Bridgette Vermaak is Head of ITAD department at Xperien, she has vast skills and experience in IT Asset Disposition (ITAD). Her passion has always been to improve the lives of others, both humans and animals, initially considering a Read More
Manager: Urban Systems, ICLEI Africa Paul Currie is Manager of the Urban Systems Unit at ICLEI Africa. He is a researcher of African urban resource and service systems, with interest in connecting quantitative analysis with storytelling and visual elicitation. His research and Read More












