Meeting of Experts and Stakeholders for the Implementation and Resource Mobilization Plan for the Integrated
African Strategy on Meteorology (Weather and Climate Services)
10 - 12 February 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PARTICIPANT LIST
Name Title Organisation
African Centre of Meteorological
Dr. Benjamin Lamptey , PhD Deputy Director General
Application for Development (ACMAD)
Director, Rural Economy and
Dr. Gabriel Abebe African Union Commission
Agriculture Department
Head of Division, Rural Economy
Dr. Khalil Timamy African Union Commission
and Agriculture
Dr. Janet Edeme Head, Rural Economy Division African Union Commission
Mr. Albert Ndayifwyeko PO African Union Commission
Project Coordinator, Rural
Dr. Jolly Wasambo African Union Commission
Economy and Agriculture
Senior Policy Officer, Rural
Ms. Olushola Olayide Economy and Agriculture African Union Commission
Department
Dr. Gilles Ogandaga-Nidaye African Union Commission
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Name Title Organisation
Director General, Agrhymet
Dr. Seyni Salack AGRHYMET Centre, Niger
Regional Center
AMCOMET Bureau Chair, Zimbabwe
Mr. Elliot Bungare International Relations Manager
Meteorological Department
Director, Regional Office for Africa
Dr. Joseph Mukabana AMCOMET Secretariat
and Least Developed Countries
Ms. Jay Wilson Senior AMCOMET Liaison AMCOMET Secretariat
Mr. Stephen Njoroge Senior Consultant AMCOMET Secretariat
Commission de la Communauté
Mr. Isidore Embola Chef des Projets Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique
Centrale (CEMAC)
Mr. Cheikh Kane Consultant Consultant
Directeur de la Météorologie de
Mr. Daouda KONATE Cote d’Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Direction de la Météorologie
Mr. PHILIPPE Richard Director
Nationale, Cameroon
Mr. John Mungai Senior Meteorologist, EAC East African Community (EAC)
Economic Community of Central
Mr. Dominique KUITSOUC Climate Change Adaptation Expert
African States (ECCAS)
Mr. George Waife ECOWAS-MESA Director ECOWAS
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Diriba Korecha Dadi AMCOMET Focal Point to the AUC
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Fetene Teshome Director General
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Tesfaye Gissila MESA Director
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Hailu Wudineh Public Relations
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Ahmendi Abdul Karem Public Relations
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Hirut Alemu Pulbic Relations
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Kinfe Haile Mariam Meteorologist
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Tsegae Ketema Meteorologist
Agency
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Kassa Fekadu Meteorologist
Agency
Mr. Vincent Gabaglio International Relations Officer EUMETSAT
Programme Manager, Climate IGAD Climate Prediction and
Mr. Atheru Zachary
Dignostics & Prediction Applications Centre (ICPAC)
Mr. Jean Paul Gaudechoux Regional Technical Assistant Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
Dr. Bradwell SADC Climate Service Centre (SADC-
Coordinator
GARANGANGA CSC)
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Name Title Organisation
Dr Abdalla Khyar ABDALLA Director General Sudan Meteorological Authority
Team Leader, GFDRR Hydromet
Mr. Vladimir Tsurkinov World Bank
Programme
Dr. Michel Legrand Saah Consultant World Meteorological Organization
Mr. Mohammad Kadi Consultant World Meteorological Organization
Senior Programme Manager,
Mr. Al-Hamndou Dorsouma Resource Mobilization and World Meteorological Organization
Development Partnerships
WMO Representative
Mr. Elijah Mukhala World Meteorological Organization
for Eastern and Southern Africa
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and Stakeholders for the Implementation and Resource Mobilization Plan for the Integrated
African Strategy on Meteorology (Weather and Climate Services)
10 - 12 February 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PARTICIPANT LIST
Email Address
bllamptey@gmail.com
abebeg@africa-union.org
timamyk@africa-union.org
edemej@africa-union.org
albert.ndayifyeko@gmail.com
wasamboj@africa-union.org
olusholao@africa-union.org
ogandagaG@africa-union.org
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Email Address
s.salack@agrhymet.ne
ebungare@gmail.com
jmukabana@wmo.int
jpwilson@wmo.int
snjoroge@wmo.int
iembola@yahoo.fr
tawenafa@gmail.com
daouda_konate@yahoo.fr
bangawa2001@yahoo.fr
mungai@eachq.org
dkuitsouc61@gmail.com
waifeg@ug.edu.gh
dkorecha@yahoo.com
fetenekoket@yahoo.com
tesfayegissilu@gmail.com
forhailuwpro@yahoo.com
yabdulkerim@gmail.com
tiyukiyu@gmail.com
knife_hm@yahoo.com
tsegayeketema@gmail.com
k_fekodoule@yahoo.com
vincent.gabaglio@eumetsat.int
zatheru@icpac.net
jeanpaul.gaudechoux@coi-
ioc.org
bgaranganga@sadc.int
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Email Address
info@ersad.gov.sd
vtsurkinov@worldbank.org
mlsaah@yahoo.com
kadi_metdz@yahoo.com
adorsouma@wmo.int
emukhala@wmo.int
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Meeting of Experts and Stakeholders for the Implementation and Resource Mobilization Plan for
the Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology (Weather and Climate Services)
10 - 12 February 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PARTICIPANT LIST
Name Title Organisation
African Centre of Meteorological
Dr. Benjamin Lamptey , PhD Deputy Director General
Application for Development (ACMAD)
Commission de la Communauté
Mr. Isidore Embola Chef des Projets Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique
Centrale (CEMAC)
Mr. Vincent Gabaglio International Relations Officer EUMETSAT
Programme Manager, Climate IGAD Climate Prediction and
Mr. Atheru Zachary
Dignostics & Prediction Applications Centre (ICPAC)
SADC Climate Service Centre (SADC-
Dr. Bradwell GARANGANGA Coordinator
CSC)
WMO Representative
Mr. Elijah Mukhala World Meteorological Organization
for Eastern and Southern Africa
Mr. Jean Paul Gaudechoux Regional Technical Assistant Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
Dr. Michel Legrand Saah Consultant World Meteorological Organization
Mr. Mohammad Kadi Consultant World Meteorological Organization
World Meteorological Organization,
Mr. Al-Hamndou Dorsouma Senior Programme Manager Resource Mobilization and
Development Partnerships
Director, Regional Office for Africa
Dr. Joseph Mukabana AMCOMET Secretariat
and Least Developed Countries
Mr. Stephen Njoroge Senior Consultant AMCOMET Secretariat
Ms. Jay Wilson Senior AMCOMET Liaison AMCOMET Secretariat
Team Leader, GFDRR Hydromet
Mr. Vladimir Tsurkinov World Bank
Programme
Director General, Agrhymet Regional AGRHYMET Centre, Niger (to be
Dr. Seyni Salack
Center confirmed)
Mr. Cheikh Kane Consultant Consultant
Directeur de la Météorologie de Côte
Mr. Daouda KONATE Cote d’Ivoire
d'Ivoire
Direction de la Météorologie
Mr. PHILIPPE Richard Director
Nationale, Cameroon
Mr. John Mungai Senior Meteorologist, EAC East African Community (EAC)
Economic Community of Central
Mr. Dominique KUITSOUC Climate Change Adaptation Expert
African States (ECCAS)
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Name Title Organisation
Dr Abdalla Khyar ABDALLA Director General Sudan Meteorological Authority
Mr. Elliot Bungare International Relations Manager Zimbabwe Meteorological Department
Emmanuel Petros Interpreter
Mesfin Wolde Giorghis Interpreter
Oladipo Johnson Interpreter
Project Coordinator, Rural Economy
Dr. Jolly Wasambo African Union Commission
and Agriculture
Senior Policy Officer, Rural Economy
Ms. Olushola Olayide African Union Commission
and Agriculture Department
Government of Zimbabwe (to be
Dr. Andrew MUTETWA Zimbabwean Ambassador to Ethiopia
confirmed)
Dr. Timamy African Union Commission
AU - HRST Department African Union Commission
AU - Peace and Security African Union Commission
AU - Infrastructure and Energy African Union Commission
EU delegation to the AU European Union Delegation to the AU
EU delegation to the AU European Union Delegation to the AU
EU delegation to the AU European Union Delegation to the AU
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Diriba Korecha Dadi AMCOMET Focal Point to the AUC
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Fetene Teshome Director General
Ageny
Senior Water Resources and Climate
Dr. Seleshi Bekele UNECA / ACPC
Specialist
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Hailu Wudineh
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Ahmendi Abdul Karem
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Hirut Alemu
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Kinfe Haile Mariam
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Tsegae Ketema
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Tesfaye Gissila
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Kassa Fekadu
Ageny
Ethiopia National Meteorological
Mr. Diribu Adera
Ageny
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Meeting of Experts and Stakeholders for the Implementation and Resource Mobilization Plan for the I
Meteorology (Weather and Climate Services)
10 - 12 February 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organisation Name Title
African Centre of
Meteorological Application Dr. Benjamin Lamptey ,
C
for Development PhD
(ACMAD)
Senior AMCOMET
C AMCOMET Secretariat Ms. Jay Wilson
Liaison
Director, Regional
Office for Africa and
C AMCOMET Secretariat Dr. Joseph Mukabana
Least Developed
Countries
C AMCOMET Secretariat Mr. Stephen Njoroge Senior Consultant
C AUC Dr. Jolly Wasambo
C AUC Ms. Olushola Olayide
C Cameroon PHILIPPE Richard
Commission de la
Communauté
C Économique et Monétaire Isidore Embola
de l'Afrique Centrale
(CEMAC)
C Consultant Mr. Mohammad Kadi Consultant
C Consultant Mr. Cheikh Kane Consultant
Dr. Michel Legrand
C Consultant Consultant
Saah
C Cote d’Ivoire Mr. Daouda KONATE
East African Community
C Mr. John Mungai
(EAC)
Economic Community of
C Central African States Dominique KUITSOUC
(ECCAS)
C Ethiopia NMA Mr. Fetene Teshome Director General
AMCOMET Focal Point
C Ethiopia NMA Mr. Diriba Korecha Dadi
to the AUC
International Relations
C EUMETSAT Mr. Vincent Gabaglio
Officer
IGAD Climate Prediction
C and Applications Centre Atheru Zachary
(ICPAC)
Indian Ocean Commission
C Jean Paul Gaudechoux
(IOC)
SADC Climate Service Bradwell
C
Centre (SADC-CSC) GARANGANGA
Dr Abdalla Khyar
C Sudan
ABDALLA
C Tunisia Mr. Abdelwaheb NMIRI
Senior Water
C UNECA / ACPC Dr. Seleshi Bekele Resources and Climate
Specialist
C UNECA / ACPC Ms. Tatiana Arevalo
WMO Representative
C WMO Mr. Elijah Mukhala for Eastern and
Southern Africa
Senior Programme
Manager, Office for
Mr. Al-Hamndou
C WMO, RMDP Resource Mobilization
Dorsouma
and Development
Partnerships (RMDP)
C World Bank Mr. Vladimir Tsurkinov
International Relations
C Zimbabwe Mr. Elliot Bungare
Manager
AGRHYMET Centre, Kouamé Guy Marcel
Niger BOUAFOU
Arab Maghreb Union
(AMU)
L’Union de Maghreb
Arabe
Comité Permanent Inter-
Etat de Lutte Contre la
Secheresse dans le Sahel
(CILSS)
Economic Community of
West African States Dr. Johnson BOANUH
(ECOWAS)
European Commission
Inter-Governmental
Authority on Development
(IGAD)
Namibia Mr Franz UIRAB
Southern African
Development Community
(SADC)
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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