The Current Board Members

The Board Members of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption are elected by the African Union Executive Council ministerial meeting during AU Summit in either January or July. The Council, by delegated authority, automatically and simultaneously appoints the members after election.
The Advisory Board on Corruption is composed of eleven (11) members elected by the Executive Council from among a list of experts of the highest integrity, impartiality, and recognized competence in matters relating to preventing and combating corruption and related offences, proposed by the State Parties. Board Members serve for a term of two (2) years renewable only once.

The Bureau

Jean Louis Andriamifidy

Chairperson

Jean Louis Andriamifidy, from the Republic of Madagascar is a Master II holder in International Law from the University of Limoges. He has also Diploma of Advanced Studies in Judicial Law (IEJ) from ...

Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhate

Vice Chairperson

Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhate, from the Republic of Senegal is currently the Chairperson of National Office for the Fight against Corruption (OFNAC). Previously she served as a Counselor at the Supreme ...

Jean Claude Bizimana

Rapporteur

Jean Claude Bizimana, is from the Republic of Burundi. He has a Masters in Business Law and he is currently the Director in charge of legal and administrative questions at the special anti-corruption ...

Members

Samuel Kimeu

Board Member - Hon. Kimeu

Mr. Samuel Kimeu, from the Republic of Kenya is currently serving as the Executive Director of Africa’s Voices Foundation and is also a Board Member at the National Tax-Payers Association. He has ...

Tarek Mustafa M Elhatab

Board Member - Hon. Tarek

Tarek Mustafa is a director of the Libyan Audit Bureau, Tripoli branch. He has previously worked as General Director of the General department for Evaluating the Performance of Companies and Banks at ...

Pascoal Antonio Joaquim

Board Member - Hon. Joaquim

Pascoal António is currently the Deputy Attorney-General of Angola. He has previously served as Member of the Great Lakes Regional Committee, Focal point of the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation ...

Francis Ben Kaifala

Board Member - Hon. Kaifala

Francis Ben Kaifala, is the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone. Before now, he was Senior/Managing Partner in the Firm Kaifala, Kanneh & Co., a private law firm in Freetown ...

Al-Zahraa Kamal Khaled

Board Member - Hon. Al-Zahraa Kamal Khaled

Al-Zahraa Kamal Khaled is the counselor vice president of administrative prosecution, also a member of the Technical Office of the Head of the Examinations and Investigations Authority Seconded ...