Leadership
The people who lead AfriAsia Group's work on risk, geopolitics and culture in the Africa-Asia nexus.
Email: phiwo@afriasiagroup.com
Dr. Mnyandu has spent two decades studying African development and East Asian power as a scholar, author, adviser and commentator. He is Assistant Director of the Center for African Studies at Howard University, a regular African affairs analyst for Voice of America, and a guest lecturer for the U.S. Department of State. He founded AfriAsia Group to give leaders more than headlines.
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Email: andrew@afriasiagroup.com
A career economic diplomat with more than 25 years in government, diplomacy, and cross-border investment. Manfred spent nearly two decades representing South Africa in Washington, D.C. and New York, and brings his network and diplomatic judgment to AfriAsia Group's governance and client work.
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Email: jacien@afriasiagroup.com
Jacien runs day-to-day operations at AfriAsia Group and turns the firm's advisory work into reliable delivery for clients in the US, Africa and East Asia. A Marine Corps veteran and historian of Africa, he is Assistant Director of the Center for African Studies at The Ohio State University, Chair of the Association of African Studies Programs and President of the Liberian Studies Association. He previously managed finances for a U.S. government contractor that served the Department of State.
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