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AFD & BIOFUND Create An Endowment On Climate Disasters
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25Jun

AFD & BIOFUND Create An Endowment On Climate Disasters

On March 3 2021, a financing agreement was signed between the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND) for the project designated Organizing Nature-based
The Mozambique Biodiversity Exhibition
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08May

The Mozambique Biodiversity Exhibition

“Visiting the exhibition was a unique opportunity to complement my knowledge about the biodiversity of Manica and Mozambique, with particular emphasis on the endemic species of flora,” said Chilasse Salvador

Dr Théophile Zognou

Théophile Zognou holds a PhD in international environmental law from the University of Limoges, France. Lecturer at various universities, Dr. Zognou is the Executive Director of the Sangha Tri-National Trust Fund (FTNS) which has an endowment capital of 65 million euros, positively impacting the TNS region that covers the Central African Republic, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is the author of the book entitled “The Protection of the Marine and Coastal Environment in the Gulf of Guinea Region” and several legal articles in the field of the environment. Dr. Zognou was once a banker for about 8 years before joining the environmental field.

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Dr Tuli Msuya

1. Dr. Tuli Salum Msuya is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tanzania Forest Fund (TaFF), holding a PhD in Forestry Governance. TaFF is a government based sustainable financial Institution charged with financial resources mobilization and providing support to forest protection, conservation, management, development and sustainable use of forest resources in Tanzania.

2. Dr. Tuli Msuya has worked as CEO of Tanzania Forest Fund for 11 years (since May 2013). Before that, she worked with Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI) for 18 years as Forest Researcher.

3. For the period of working as CEO of TaFF, Dr. Tuli Msuya managed to increase TaFF financial resources from USD 1,495,338 in June, 2013 to USD 27,088,015 by June 2024.

4. Through her leadership, the number of TaFF supported projects increased from 85 in 2013 to 1,037 in June, 2024; TaFF has organized 13th CAFÉ General Assembly in Tanzania in collaboration with EAMCEF, and TaFF has established South-South collaboration with Bolivian Private Environmental Fund called FUNDESNAP.

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TAPIWA MAKIWA

Tapiwa Makiwa is the CEO of the Community Conservation Fund of Namibia (CCFN) a CTF charged with the mandate to ensure sustainable funding to Namibia’s Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme. A lover of nature, Tapiwa is a Chartered Accountant (CA) by qualification, affiliated with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (ICAN). In addition to this professional qualification/accreditation, he also holds amongst others an Honours Degree in the Theory of Accounting and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Having completed his accounting articles with KMPG Chartered Accountants and Auditors he has worked in the audit, mining, and hospitality, retail, and manufacturing sectors of business. Immediately before his current role as Chief Executive Officer of the Community Conservation Fund of Namibia, he served as Chief Finance and Business Development Officer for a Namibian group of companies with interests in retail, hospitality, catering, and manufacturing. He has +/-17 years of progressive work experience in the financial field (audit, tax, accounting) and business and strategic management experience in the exploration, retail, hospitality, and tourism sectors with both international and local companies. Tapiwa carries with him a wealth of governance, business, and financial skills and together with his passion for people and wildlife has the balance required for operational and financial oversight of a CTF. He currently serves as the Vice-President of the Consortium of African Funds for the Environment, helping derive the objectives of the consortium forward.

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DR FANNY N’GOLO

Name : Dr Fanny N’golo

Position : Executive Director

Organisation : Foundation for Parks and Reserves of Côte d’Ivoire (FPRCI)

Veterinarian, Ecologist

--More than twenty-five years of experience in natural resource management and biodiversity conservation / management of development projects
--Establishment of a sustainable financing mechanism for national parks
--Evaluation of the management effectiveness of protected areas
--Management of wildlife and protected areas
--Environmental education
--Monitoring and evaluation of development projects of environmental impact studies
--Coordination of participatory natural resource management projects
--Planning and management of development projects
--Strategic communication of development projects
--Reform of protected area management systems
--Mobilization of financing

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Guillaume de Rouville

Executive Director of the Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the DRC since June 2019, Guillaume is a former business lawyer who worked in the finance sector until 2000, then in biodiversity since 2001, first with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), then with the NGO Pro-Natura International in Brazil. He also has extensive experience in micro-finance and in the start-up sector, for which he raised funds when running an incubator he set up with associates passionate about innovation issues, particularly in the field of clean energy.

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Mr Luis Honwana

Mr Luis Bernardo Honwana is the Executive Director of BIOFUND of Mozambique.

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Mr Alfred Allogninouwa

Mr Alfred Allogninouwa is the Executive Director of the FSOA Trust Fund of Benin. FSOA operates in these three countries: Benin, Niger and Burkin Faso.

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