West Indian Ocean Governance Exchange Network
Ombache Effie a marine biologist by profession. She is very passionate about the marine world. Since having joined Kenya Tropical Sealife, Africa’s leading marine ornamental export company, she has become the lead aquarist with responsibility of taking care of fish, invertebrates and elasmobranches kept in captivity. Her wide variety of duties primarily focuses on providing […]
Annabelle is a PhD student at the University of Zurich. She is an ecologist with interest in vegetation dynamics of island ecosystems, she aims to understand better the conservation threats posed to small islands, as a result of climate change. She has spent nine years working in conservation in the Seychelles Islands specifically, as a […]
Khethokuhle Good-Gift Hlatshwayo is a young passionate and goal driven scientist who grew up in rural areas in Bergville, Zwelisha (KZN) where he developed a love for the environment. He pursued a BSc Life and Environmental Science (with Human Physiology and Zoology Majors) and BSc Zoology Honours at the University of Johannesburg. Currently, he is […]
Eric Thuranira is 25 years old, and from the Eastern part of Kenya – far away from the Coastal region. Where he was born, no one who works in the marine science field but he was encouraged me to make a difference and break the norm. He completed a graduate course in Marine Biology and […]