The team.

The Biennale is powered by a global, multidisciplinary team working across research, design, education, and strategy. Their collaboration embodies the Biennale’s ethos, uniting diverse perspectives to envision how Africa’s architectural intelligence, cultural depth, and creative innovation can shape a more equitable and sustainable global future.

  • Omar degan

    Italy-Somalia

    FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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  • Lise Isaro

    Rwanda

    CURATORIAL MANAGER

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  • Kafia ahmed

    United States - Somalia

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND DELIVERY

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  • salem abay

    United States - Eritrea

    MANAGER, STRATEGY AND DELIVERY

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  • Shaudzirai Mudekunye

    South Africa

    MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNICATIONS

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  • Keza Gatari

    Rwanda

    MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNICATIONS

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  • Iliiza Denise Karangwa

    Rwanda

    REGIONAL LEAD (Rwanda)

    Sponsorships & Partnerships

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  • FATOUMATA DIALLO

    United States-Guinea

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    Archive & Memory

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  • YOLANDA HAMLETT

    South Africa

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    Curatorial Production

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  • ABIGAIL ROTICH

    United States - Kenya

    CURATORIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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  • HAFSA ADAN

    United kingdom - Somalia

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    Public Engagment and Programming

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  • Kian Luis Amin

    Germany - Sudan - Iran

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    Grants & Funding

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  • ZAKIYYAH HAFFEJEE

    South Africa

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    Spatial Justice and Territorial Politics

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  • Samira Aden

    Germany - Somalia

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    Energy and Material Futures

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  • HUSTON BRODERICK

    Australia - South Africa

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

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  • FEVEN ZERU

    Germany - Ethiopia

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    African Modernity and Spatial Agency

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  • aisha mugo

    Kenya

    REGIONAL LEAD (Kenya)

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  • samuel grover

    United States

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

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  • stephanie achieng

    Kenya

    REGIONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR (Kenya)

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  • Leon Muchugia

    Kenya

    REGIONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR (Kenya)

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  • Marthe Nachtman

    France - Czech Republic - Senegal

    GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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