Officers and Committees of AfAS
AfAS Executive Committee
| President | Amare Abebe Gidelew (South Africa) |
| Vice-President | |
| Young Astronomer Representative | |
| General Member | Kenda Knowles (South Africa) |
| General Member | Benedicta Woode (Ghana) |
| General Member | Joyful Mdhluli (South Africa) |
| General Member | Yasser A. Abdel-Hadi (Egypt) |
| General Member | Patrician Ann Whitelock (South Africa) |
| Immediate Past President | Thebe Medupe (South Africa) |
| Head of Secretariat | Meryem Guennoun (South Africa) |
| Ex-officio (DSI Representative) | Takalani Nemaungani (South Africa) |
| Ex-officio (Advisor) | Kevin Govender (South Africa) |
| Ex-officio (Advisor) | Yunus Manjoo (South Africa) |
| Co-Opted Member | Edward Jurua (Uganda) |
| Co-Opted member | Maram Kaire (Senegal) |
AfAS Sub-Committees
Outreach Committee
| Chair | Nikhita Ramkilowan |
| Vice Chair | Bramuel Nakholi |
| General Member | Joseph Mafuka Lusala |
| General Member | Amenti Daniel Emiru |
| General Member | Samuel Nyangi |
| General Member | Suhaila Ibrahim Tantoush |
| General Member | Slimene Sedrette |
| General Member | Jamal Mimouni |
| General Member | Abdelmajid Benhida |
| General Member | Boitumelo Gaolape |
| General Member | Thandile Vuntu |
| General Member | Nicholas Chisala Kasoma |
| General Member | Toivo Samuel Mabote |
| General Member | Simphiwe Madlanga |
| General Member | Adaeze Ibik |
| General Member | Albert Forson |
| General Member | Miracle Chibuzor |
| General Member | Olayinka Fagbemiro |
| General Member | Mike Simmons |
| General Member | Niruj Mohan Ramanujam |
| Advisor | Sally Macfarlane |
| Advisor | Duduzile Kubheka |
Science committee
| Chair | James Chibueze (South Africa) |
| Co-Chair | Eli Kasai (Namabia) |
| Co-Chair | Patrick Alan Woudt (South Africa) |
| General Member | Zouhair Benkhaldoun (Morocco) |
| General Member | Benedicta Woode (Ghana) |
| General Member | Somaya Saad |
| General Member | Sthabile Kolwa (South Africa) |
| General Member | Mirjana Povic (Spain) |
| General Member | Jamal Mimouni (Algeria) |
| General Member | David Buckley (South Africa) |
| General Member | Charles McGruder (United States) |
| General Member | Shazrene Mohamed |
| General Member | Michael Backes (Namibia) |
| General Member | Miriam Nyamai (Netherlands) |
| General Member | Marie Korsaga |
| General Member | Phineas Nkundabakura |
| General Member | Brenda Namumba (Spain) |
| General Member | Nicolas Erasmus (South Africa) |
African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)
| Chairperson | Mirjana Pović (ESSTI, Ethiopia; IAA-CSIC, Spain) |
| General Member | Vanessa McBride (Office of Astronomy for Development-IAU, South Africa) |
| General Member | Priscilla Muheki (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda) |
| General Member | Carolina Ödman (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) |
| General Member | Somaya Saad (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt) |
| General Member | Nana Ama Brown Klutse (University of Ghana, Ghana) |
| Secretary | Moloko Makwetja (African Astronomical Society, South Africa) |
Communications Committee
| Chair | Shirley Aoko (Kenya) |
| Co-Chair | Hichem Guergouri (Algeria) |
| General Member | Priscilla Muheki (Uganda) |
| General Member | Madambi Rambuda (South Africa) |
| General Member | Thembela Mantungwa (South Africa) |
| General Member | Meryem Guennoun (South Africa) |
| General Member | Nebiyu Mohammed (Ethiopia) |
| General Member | Toivo Samuel (Mozambique & South Africa) |
| General Member | Suhaila Tantoush (Libya) |
| General Member | Biruk Abraham (Ethiopia) |
| General Member | Mafuka Joseph (DRC) |
| General Member | Josephine Chisala(Zambia & Botswana) |
| General Member | Slimene Sedrette (Tunisia) |
| General Member | Wallace Tawipa Gara (Zimbabwe) |
Fundraising Committee
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Chair |
Takalani Nemaungani (South Africa) |
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Member |
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Member |
Yunus Manjoo (AfAS Project Manager, SA) |
|
Member |
Kevin Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, SA) |
|
Member |
Genevieve Marshall (International Astronomical Union, Netherlands) |
|
Member |
Declan Kirrane (AERAP, Belgium) |
|
Member |
Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana) |
|
Member |
Solomon Tessema (Ethiopia) |
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Fundraising Officer |
Ahmien Van Der Walt (South Africa) |
Membership Committee
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Chairperson |
Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana) |
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Member |
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Member |
Yunus Manjoo (AfAS Project Manager, SA) |
|
Member |
Kevin Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, SA) |
|
Member |
Makram Ibrahim (Egypt) |
|
Member |
Youssef Moulane (Morocco) |
|
Member |
Augustine Chukwude (Nigeria) |
|
Member |
Chukwujekwu Nworah Ofodum (Nigeria) |
|
Member |
Susan W. Samwel (Egypt) |
|
Member |
Getachew Mekonnen (Ethiopia) |
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Secretary |
Moloko Makwetja (South Africa) |
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