Professor Goski Alabi is an accomplished academic, practitioner and entrepreneur with experience in academia, consultancy, and regulations. She is a Professor of Quality Management and Leadership and holds B.Sc. in Chemistry and a Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, an M. Phil. in Food Science from the University of Ghana, Legon, a Doctor of Business Administration from the Swiss Management Centre, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Central University of Nicaragua. Prof. Goski is currently the Dean of the Centre for International Education and Collaboration at the University for Professional Studies, Accra and served as the Founding Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University. As the Founding Dean she grew the School from zero to 1000 students in six short years. She is a Quality Management professional of the highest order. She is a Chartered Quality Professional (CQP) from the Chartered Quality Institute, UK. She has consulted widely, and has published over 70 scholarly journal articles, books conference and technical papers. Prof. Goski Alabi proposed and facilitated the establishment of the Otumfuo Centre for Traditional Leadership and the Drolor Centre for Strategic Leadership, two leadership centres of excellence in Ghana. Prof. Goski is passionate about open supported teaching and learning and is the co-founder of Laweh Open University College.

Prof. Isaac Njuguna Kimengi is a professor of Moi University and the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of (Academics, Research and Extension). Prior to his appointment Prof. Kimengi has served the University in various capacities: Head of Department Educational Foundations, Dean, School of Education, Director Academic Programmes Odera Akang’o Campus, Acting Principal at Odera Akango Campus College and the Coordinator, Mama Ngina University College. Prof. Kimengi has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, and current serving member of the Moi University Secondary school Management Board. He is a Professor of Sociology of Education. He received secondary education at Kapsabet Boys High School (“O” level) and Mangu High School (“A”) level. He Studied Bachelor of Education (Science) at the University of Nairobi and graduated with First Class Honours in 1980. In 1985 he was awarded a M.A in Educational Foundations (Sociology of Education) at University of Nairobi. In 1992 he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Kenyatta University.

Is the Executive Director of ANIE and is thus responsible to the Board for the implementation of ANIEs programs and activities. Prof. Simwa is a senior lecturer and Chair of Department, Educational Foundations in the School of Education at Moi University. He earned his Ph D at University of Johannesburg, South Africa in 2013. His area of specialisation is History of Education. Prof. Simwa started his professional career as a teacher educator in Moi University in 1996 and to date, he has a quarter a century of work experience. In addition to teaching and supervision of undergraduate students, he is actively involved in supervision of Masters and PhD candidates in addition to undertaking various research projects. He is an experienced researcher who has published several journal articles and book chapters. Among other professional organisations he is affiliated to is the American Association of Educational Researchers (AERA) and African Network on Internalisation of Education (ANIE). He aspires to enhance the research and knowledge generation role of ANIE, strengthen the capacities of international offices, foster the development of early career researchers in different disciplines and create platforms for scholarly exchanges on internationalization of education in Africa.

Dr. James Otieno JOWI is the Founding Executive Secretary of ANIE and is a member of the ANIE Board. Currently he is the Ag. Executive Secretary to the East African Kiswahili Commission and has been serving as the Principal Education Officer of the East African Community (EAC) for the past five years during which he has been responsible for the coordination and development of regional educational policies, programs and frameworks for the seven EAC countries. Prior to this, he was teaching Comparative and International Education at the School of Education, Moi University, Kenya.He studied at University of Twente (Netherlands) University of Oslo (Norway) and Moi University (Kenya). He has published extensively on internationalization of higher education in Africa. He also sits on the boards of several international education organizations.

With over 20 years of experience in higher education, Huba Boshoff has dedicated her career to fostering global perspectives through student development, leadership, programme accreditation, quality assurance, and internationalisation.

As Manager of the Center for Partnerships and Internationalisation at Stellenbosch University, she led partnership management, strategy development, and programme accreditation, while also coordinating quality assurance processes to enhance institutional excellence.

Her expertise expanded further as Director for Nuffic in Southern Africa, where she focused on developing innovative internationalisation models and strengthening collaborations between South Africa, other African nations, and the Netherlands. Her leadership played a key role in advancing localisation efforts and international development initiatives.

Beyond institutional leadership, she has been deeply committed to student engagement and leadership development. She established the Unit for Multiculturalism at Stellenbosch University, restructured student leadership frameworks, and designed interventions that empower students both inside and outside the classroom. Her contributions to the sector were further recognized through her role as a board member of the International Education Association for South Africa (IEASA) from 2013 to 2019.

In 2022, she founded TheKnowledgeCollab, a consultancy built on trust, creativity, and impact-driven collaboration. Through this platform, she continues to drive knowledge-sharing and meaningful partnerships that create lasting change in education and international development.

Dr. Alfred Kiiza is a Public Sector Management specialist and with long experience and skills in Project Planning and Management. He holds a PhD in Education Management, Policy and Law from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, a Master’s in Management Studies, a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Public Administration and Management, and another PGD in Project Planning and Management from Uganda Management Institute (UMI). In addition, he has a  Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University.  He has over 30 years’ experience in Public Sector Management. Since 2009 to date, Kiiza has been working at UMI as a lecturer and Center Manager Mbarara branch. Currently he is the Head of Department, Government Studies and Senior Lecturer. He has been engaged with various organizations including Save the Children Fund, UNICEF, UNHCR, World Bank and African Development Bank and ANIE. Currently, he also serves in the Boards of Sir Tito Winyi Secondary School, and Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU) as vice Chairperson and its Chairperson of the Policy and Planning committee.

Dr. Kiiza has hands on knowledge, skills and competence in leadership, teamwork, Strategic planning, designing work pans and budgets, problem-solving, lobbying and networking, among others. He is versed in policy /project design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review; policy analysis; corporate governance; organizational capacity assessment and development; and developing project proposal among others.