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Africa Commission
ICC created the Africa Commission to build capacity in the region and enhance awareness of, and access to, ICC’s dispute settlement know-how and globally reputed services.
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The Commission aims to strengthen the arbitration infrastructure throughout the continent while engaging with a range of stakeholders to promote ICC Arbitration, as well as ICC’s alternative disputes resolution services.
Chaired by Thierry Ngoga, a member of the ICC Court and a managing partner at Legal Line Partners, the Commission will work to raise awareness of the ICC Court as the leading institution for resolving disputes, while ambassadors will act as the voice of ICC in each African jurisdiction.
The Commission’s objectives include:
Building
capacity of African practitioners specialising in dispute resolution
Engaging
with a range of stakeholders across the continent to identify how ICC can expand its services to meet the needs of business in Africa
Highlighting
the benefits of dispute resolution via events throughout the region, with the aim of promoting ICC’s reputation as the world’s most preferred arbitral institution
ICC AFRICA COMMISSION MEMBERS
| Commission chair | Thierry Ngoga, Managing Partner, Legal Line Partners, Rwanda |
| Commission secretary | Diamana Diawara, Regional Director for Africa, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, Mali |
| Commission members | Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Partner, Zulficar and Partners, Egypt |
| Ahmed Abdourahman, Lawyer, Cabinet Abayazid & Abdourahman, Djibouti | |
| Babatunde Ajibade, Lawyer, S.P.A Ajibade & Co., Nigeria | |
| Laura Alakija, Arbitrator, Primera Africa Legal, Nigeria | |
| Karim Anjarwalla, Managing Partner, Africa Legal Network, Kenya | |
| Sylvie Bebohi Ebongo, Arbitrator, HBE Avocats, Cameroon | |
| Lino Diamvutu, Professor, Agostinho Neto University, Angola | |
| Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, Lawyer, Emmanuel Ugirashebuja – Independent, Rwanda | |
| Guled Yusuf, Lawyer, Allen & Overy, Somalia | |
| Mouhamed Kebe, Lawyer, Geni & Kebe, Senegal | |
| Won Kidane, Professor, Seattle University Law School, Ethiopia | |
| Jimmy Kodo, Independent Arbitrator, Benin/France | |
| Namaala E. Liebenthal, Lawyer, AMW & Co. Legal Practitioners, Zambia | |
| Jimmy Ngoy Tshamala, Lawyer, Barreau de Kinshasa Matete, Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Partner, Foley Hoag, Zimbabwe | |
| Eunice Shang-Simpson, Arbitrator, Shangress Limited, Ghana |
ICC AFRICA COMMISSION AMBASSADORS
| Girgis Abd El-Shahid, Lawyer, Shahid Law Firm, Egypt | |
| Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Arbitrator, Abdel Raouf Law Firm, Egypt | |
| Sabrina Aïnouz, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Algeria | |
| Martial Akakpo, Lawyer, Martial Akakpo & Associes, Togo | |
| Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, Lawyer, Lithur Brew & Company, Ghana | |
| Sana Bellaid, In-house Counsel, Cisco Systems Canada Co., Tunisia | |
| Affef Ben Mansour, Lawyer, Cabinet D’Avocat Affef Ben Mansour, Tunisia | |
| Joachim Bile-Aka, Arbitrator, Bile-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| Aïcha Brahma, Partner, Cabinet Aicha Brahma, Morocco | |
| Bobson Coulibaly, Lawyer, SCP Yanogo Bobson, Burkina Faso | |
| Nadine Ahouefa Dossou-Sakponou, In-house Counsel, SCPA Robert M Dossou, Benin | |
| Njeri Kariuki, Arbitrator, Njeri Kariuki Advocate, Kenya | |
| Azzedine Kettani, Founder and Partner, Kettani Law Firm, Morocco | |
| Madeline Kimei, Arbitrator, iResolve, Tanzania | |
| Mamadou Konaté, Arbitrator, Jurifis Consult, Mali | |
| Salim Moollan QC, Brick Court Chambers, Mauritius | |
| Achille Ngwanza, Arbitrator, Jus Africa, Cameroon | |
| Yejide Osunkeye, Arbitrator, YBO Legal, Nigeria | |
| Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, Arbitrator, Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co., Nigeria | |
| Mahlape Sello, Lawyer, Duma Nokwe Group of Advocates, South Africa | |
| Tomás Timbane, Partner, TTA – Sociedade de Advogados, Mozambique | |
| Des Williams, Arbitration Director and Head of Dept., Werksmans Attorneys, South Africa |
