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Thursday, 1 October 2026

ATAE announces its seven Founding Board Members

Seven Founding Board Members from across Africa and beyond are ATAE's legal owners and the custodians of its mission.

ATAE’s Board of Directors begins with seven Founding Board Members. They are the company’s legal owners and the custodians of its mission, overseeing management and the future governance of the alliance.

The Founding Board brings together leaders from Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Canada and the USA:

  • Aminata Siahoué (Côte d’Ivoire)
  • Hendrina Chalwe Doroba (Zambia)
  • Prof. Mohammed Salifu (Ghana)
  • Dr Romelle Horton (Liberia)
  • Dr Teshome Lemma (Ethiopia)
  • Prof. Yatta Kanu (Sierra Leone / Canada)
  • Crystal Rugege (Rwanda / USA)

About ATAE

The Alliance for Transforming African Education (ATAE) is an alliance of nationally governed, African-owned education organisations. It supports African governments to improve their own education and skills systems, through member organisations that already work inside those systems in their own countries.

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