Nthaka is built around a core team of three specialists, supported by a wider international network of researchers, technical advisers and development practitioners.
Together, our network brings experience across Africa, Asia and Latin America, including Brazil, spanning research, evaluation, programme design, implementation and institutional strengthening. Our core team's experience in global technical advisory roles also brings practical insight into the opportunities and challenges of delivering development programmes across diverse contexts.
Our Core Team
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Alinane Katenga-Kaunda
Gender, Power & Institutions
Alinane brings expertise in feminist and gender-responsive research, examining how power, inequality and institutional arrangements shape development processes and practice.
FK
Fundi Kayamba-Phiri
Environmental Governance & Applied Research
Fundi brings expertise in environmental governance and interdisciplinary research, connecting community realities with environmental change, resource management and development practice.
MK
Mtisunge Isabel Kamlongera
Critical Education, Gender & Media
Mtisunge brings expertise in critical education, teacher education, gender and media in development, participatory research, evaluation and organisational learning.
Our Wider Expert Network
Beyond the core team, Nthaka draws on an international network of specialists with research, technical advisory and programme implementation experience across diverse development contexts.
This flexible model allows us to bring together expertise suited to each assignment, whether undertaking independent research, providing specialist technical support or contributing to larger programmes and multidisciplinary consortia.
NTHAKA
RESEARCH, ADVISORY & IMPLEMENTATION
Rooted in Knowledge. Growing Possibilities.
African-led research, advisory and implementation practice.
NTHAKA
RESEARCH, ADVISORY & IMPLEMENTATION
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Our People
Nthaka is built around a core team of three specialists, supported by a wider international network of researchers, technical advisers and development practitioners.
Together, our network brings experience across Africa, Asia and Latin America, including Brazil, spanning research, evaluation, programme design, implementation and institutional strengthening. Our core team's experience in global technical advisory roles also brings practical insight into the opportunities and challenges of delivering development programmes across diverse contexts.
Our Core Team
AK
Alinane Katenga-Kaunda
Gender, Power & Institutions
Alinane brings expertise in feminist and gender-responsive research, examining how power, inequality and institutional arrangements shape development processes and practice.
FK
Fundi Kayamba-Phiri
Environmental Governance & Applied Research
Fundi brings expertise in environmental governance and interdisciplinary research, connecting community realities with environmental change, resource management and development practice.
MK
Mtisunge Isabel Kamlongera
Critical Education, Gender & Media
Mtisunge brings expertise in critical education, teacher education, gender and media in development, participatory research, evaluation and organisational learning.
Our Wider Expert Network
Beyond the core team, Nthaka draws on an international network of specialists with research, technical advisory and programme implementation experience across diverse development contexts.
This flexible model allows us to bring together expertise suited to each assignment, whether undertaking independent research, providing specialist technical support or contributing to larger programmes and multidisciplinary consortia.
NTHAKA
RESEARCH, ADVISORY & IMPLEMENTATION
Rooted in Knowledge. Growing Possibilities.
African-led research, advisory and implementation practice.
Home What We Do Our Approach Selected Work Our People Get in Touch
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