Our Leaders

Sikwindi S. Situla

PRESIDENT

Sikwindi S. Situla is a Politician/ Civil Society Activist in Zambia.

Presidential Campaign Strategist, Deputy Secretary General and Coordinator of International Affairs UPND. Assistant Secretary General of the PF in Zambia.

Southern Africa Representative for the Afro-Afrab NGOS.

He is now the President of State 55.

Kevin Tse Anye

DEPUTY PRESIDENT – CENTRAL AFRIKA

Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions; Civil Society Activist; Managing Director (ISIC Cameroon) International Students Identity Card Association(www.isic.org), Manager/Founder Career Library (www.careerlibraryafrica.com), Founder and President ISIC-Cameroon FOOTBALL CLUB.

Working with many local and international institutions worldwide in different capacity. Pan African Activist.

Now Deputy President State 55

Thelma Munhequete

DEPUTY PRESIDENT – SOUTHERN AFRIKA

Thelma Munhequete serial entrepreneur, with 20 extensive years in the hospitality arena underpinned by training in Germany and South Africa.

Of great excitement has been of the performance of Africa Foundation, Mozambique since 2010. Setup and running Africa Foundation offices in Maputo, Mozambique.

AFSD provided mentoring and coaching over 3 year’s period while establishing AFSD, Mozambique a Regional Non Government Organization with focus areas on Climate Smart Agriculture, Biodiversity , Renewable Energy ,Land degradation and Climate change and Gender

Affiong L. Affiong

SECRETARY GENERAL

Born in Nigeria, Affiong’s political life began as a frontline student union activist at the University of Ibadan, where she graduated with a BSc Hons degree in Political Science. She obtained a second degree in Law from the University of Lagos, where she developed her work as a student leader and political organizer in the Students Representative Council (SRC) and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the umbrella organisation of the student movement.

A delegate to the Senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students Assembly at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, she was arrested and incarcerated with other student leaders by the military government for challenging and mobilising mass support against the regime’s attempt to ban the vibrant and independent student union movement.

Forced into exile, Affiong relocated to London, where she organised as a frontline campaigner in the UK based pro-democracy movement against military dictatorship in Afrika and the struggle to return Nigeria and other Afrikan nations to democratic rule in the 90’s.

She worked within the Black community in London as a grassroots campaigner and national advocate on immigration, reparations, race relations and amnesty for unregistered migrants.

Within the British human rights community, she actively campaigned against Western backed anti-people regimes in Afrika, SHELL Petroleum’s exploitation of the Niger Delta and the UK government’s financing of the deadly arms trade.

On a Pan Afrikan level, she mobilised to bring contemporary struggles for Afrikan liberation on the Continent into the public domain and political agenda in Europe as a leading activist and organiser of the Afrikan Liberation Support Campaign (ALISC).

In 1998 Affiong moved to Ghana, to head the Afrika Secretariat of the Jubilee 2000 Coalition, a global campaign against 3rd world debt slavery working to expose the role of Western financial institutions in Afrika’s economic crisis and advocate for the unconditional cancellation of the so-called debt.The Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign called for the repudiation of odious debts by Afrikan governments and reparations for the atrocities of slavery and colonialism by Western powers.

Co-founder of Moyo wa Taifa, a Pan Afrikan Women’s Network created to establish links between Afrikan women on the Continent and in the Diaspora, Affiong is Executive Director of the Moyo Pan Afrikan Solidarity Centre.

The Solidarity Centre is a foundation for developing group, organisational and institutional capacities to facilitate the re-emergence of autonomous Afrikan people’s institutions. The Centre promotes awareness and knowledge on the wealthy legacy of Afrika’s contribution to world history and human development.

She is a researcher and historian on Afrika’s anti-colonial struggles, with a focus on the life, legacy and era of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. She is also an international advocate on human and people’s rights including women’s rights, reparations, debt repudiation, social justice and development.

A dynamic speaker, political organizer, cultural ambassador and public interest advocate, Affiong is a revolutionary Pan Afrikanist dedicated to the struggle and victory of genuine liberation and unification of Afrika and her global diaspora under a Sovereign Union of Afrikan States.

Pramier Shikanda

DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL

Pramier Mpimpa Shikanda did her tertiary education at the University of Zambia where she studied Public Administration.

Whilst at the University she got involved in student leadership activities and eventually politics. After Graduating from University she worked briefly at the Mumbwa Local Authority. She is currently working for a Telecommunication Company.

She’s passionate about good governance and seeing a better Africa where those in power use their positions for the well being of the people.

Professor PLO Lumumba

SPOKESPERSON

Prof. PLO Lumumba is an Associate Professor of Public Law, Founding Dean, Kabarak University School of Law and an Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanzania. He is a former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya School of Law. He is the Founding Trustee of the African Institute for Leaders and Leadership (AILL) and founding Chairman of the Association of the Citizens Against Corruption (ACAC). He is a former lecturer at the University of Nairobi, the United States International University (Africa), Widener University USA (Nairobi Summer School). He is also a former Secretary of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and former Director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), (Now Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)).

He holds Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Nairobi and a LL.D (Doctor of Laws) on the Law of the Sea from the University of Ghent, Belgium. He is also a holder of the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a Member of the Kenya Institute of Management (MKIM) and a Certified Mediator.

Currently, Prof PLO Lumumba is actively involved in running his Foundation, Law Firm and Pan Africa activities.

Ade M. Oseni

Chairperson – Mass Mobilisations and Campaigns

Ade OSENI, a successful Business Administrator with a working career spanning about 35 years both in the Government Service, private Real Estate and Airline/Aviation sectors. He is passionate about the empowerment of the Black People and the emancipation of the African Continent.

He graduated with HND in Business Administration.

Sheikh Al Moustapha Kouyateh

DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON

Sheikh Al moustapha KOUYATEH is a Liberian businessman, political activist, a passionate and strong believer in Pan Africanism. He works with many Pan African groups and leader of a Proposed Pan African political system known as African Patriotic Union that was formerly African National Union.

Due to his intellectual curiosity, Hon. Sheikh Al moustapha KOUYATEH has been involved with young people of Liberia aiding them through scholarships, Sports management, civil society organizations and Each One Save One International, an NGO he founded to attend to the well-being of mankind. He had been a senior student of the University of Liberia studying Public Administration and Management since 2013. He couldn’t complete his studies due to his consistent disagreement with previous government of Liberia headed by former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He was always on the run for his life.

Hon. KOUYATEH who participated in the senatorial election of Montserrado County with President GEORGE M. WEAH in 2014, joined the Coalition for Democratic Change that ascended President WEAH from senator to President of Liberia on January 22,2018.

Sheikh Al moustapha KOUYATEH is the President of Farafina Investment Group, Inc. FIG is a holding company in varieties of businesses in Africa and its Chairman is Professor PLO Lumumba. He is also member of over 20 Pan African, humanitarian, social and political groupings. He’s married and has many children.

Lorato Moalusi

Chairperson for Women’s Affairs at State 55 Afrika

Lorato Moalusi is a Social Worker with over 20 years experience in direct Social Work practice with individuals and families experiencing a variety of problems; working at community level – organizing communities, analyzing needs of the community and developing interventions in response to those needs; extensive clinical Social Work practice in hospital settings, working with chronic and terminal patients (with cancer, diabetes, HIV and AIDS, High Blood Pressure) and their families; working with survivors of Gender Based Violence since 2005; organizational leadership; and capacity building for women in politics.

Her other trainings are in Development Practice, Quality Auditing of Health services/programs, Monitoring and Evaluation of Nutrition, Health and Population Programmes, Understanding and Responding to Gender Based Violence in Development Contexts as well as training in Gender Responsive Economic Policy Management.

Key competencies/skills

– Transformational leadership
– Lobbying and advocacy as well as
– Public speaking and training
– Motivational speaking and person-centred skills geared towards character building of individuals and groups

Elvis Mugari

DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON FOR YOUTH AND STUDENT AFFAIRS

Elvis Mugari is a human rights defender, pro-democracy, socioeconomic and political activist who is passionate about constitutionalism and the rule of law in Africa.

He also contested for the Zaka West Parliamentary seat in the Zimbabwe 2018 harmonised elections as an independent. He was born on the 27th of September 1990 in Zaka Masvingo Province.

Elvis Mugari is a holder of a Diploma in Global Governance from the LONDON INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 2017. And he is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Peace and governance. Elvis Mugari is a human rights defender passionate about equality, democracy, inclusion and economic and political freedom for marginalized groups of society.

Elvis received an accolade for being an outstanding Human Rights defender of the year 2018 from 1873 FM(South Africa) in conjunction with BOAF (banking on Africa’s future) Initiative.

To compliment his vision for sustainable development not only in Zimbabwe, but the whole of Africa, he is also an entrepreneur who utilizes his skills to educate aspiring young people to venture into income generation projects so that they can be economically independent and to alleviate poverty in Africa.

Elvis Mugari can be contacted through following Platforms

Twitter: @Hon E Mugari
LinkedIn: Elvis Mugari
Skype: live.elvismugari
Cell: +263774511613
Email: elvicymugari@gmail.com

Maungo Tiny Mooki

CHAIRPERSON FOR FINANCE AND RESOURCE MOBILISATION

Maungo Mooki is a Commercial and Central Banker turned Media and Development Practitioner; currently Continental President of Civic Commission for Africa-CCfA, a Pan African CSO set up to lobby and advocate on all intercontinental co-operations aimed at Africa’s sustainable development in the areas ODA, FDI, Trade Negotiations and Facilitation and other such frameworks; working with TICAD and its Co-organizers (Gov’t of Japan, AUC, UNOSAA, World Bank and UNDP and other such frameworks as the TICAD.

A Motswana who has worked in the East/SADC/West Africa and the Caribbean as a Management and Skills Training Consultant for MaST International; a Consultant Producer for CDC Atlanta-USA on MARCH Projects (MARCH – Modelling and Reinforcement to Combat HIV/AIDS) and in development specializing in Policy, Sustainable Development, Poverty, extensive advocacy work on EU’s EPAs, WTO and Trade Facilitation.

Maungo delivers all this armed with Diplomas in Finance & Banking; PRISA; IMM-UK and Broadcast Management for Radio and Television. She is also an ‘intermediary’ or ‘Policy Entrepreneur’/ Knowledge-Broker from training on Behaviour Change Communication and Cognitive Theory by CDC Atlanta. Recently she completed a number of certificate programmes on Policies for Growth; Citizen Engagement; International Leadership and Organizational Behaviour; PPPs etc; and she is trained in and certified as a Governance and Democracy Assessor.

Lutombi Kawana

ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND EXCO

Lutombi started his career as a banker and progressed to the position of Resident Vice President at Citibank Zambia Limited.

His 20 year banking career enabled him to venture into the microfinance industry as CEO of PRIDE Zambia and later as Managing Director of the Copperbelt Development Foundation Ltd.

Lutombi’s leadership in the financial services sector, risk management, audit and operations at a senior level brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to State 55 as Group Chief Executive Officer for State 55 Group