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Sivan Ya'ari
Founder and CEO
Sivan Ya’ari is the founder and CEO of Innovation: Africa, a nonprofit that brings Israeli solar, agricultural and water technologies to African villages. She was born in Israel, raised in France, educated in the United States with degrees in Finance from Pace University and a masters in International Energy Management and Policy from Columbia University. Sivan has been working in Africa for over 20 years and over the past decade, using Israeli technologies, has brought clean water and light to over 3 million people across 10 African countries.
Sivan and her organization, Innovation: Africa, have received multiple awards including the Innovation Award from the United Nations. Sivan has been recognized as one of the most “Inspiring Israeli this Decade” by Grapevine in 2019, one of 50 “Most Influential Women in Israel" by Forbes, one of the “Top 10 Most Influential Israelis in International Business, science, and Culture” by NoCamels, and one of the “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life” by Algemeiner. Sivan lives in Tel Aviv with her husband and 3 children.
iA Israel / USA
Michal Benari
Chief of Staff
Meir Yaacoby
In House Engineer
Jeremy Khalfa
Software Engineer
Haley Burkes
Country Director of Tanzania & Zambia
Rachel Kaplan
Deputy Country Director of
South Africa and eSwatini
Tara Shtauber
Africa Programs Manager
Gabby Samad
Deputy Country Director Uganda and Malawi
Caroline Mendelsohn
Country Director South Africa & eSwatini
Maayan Rooks
Country Director of
Uganda & Malawi
Omri Yeshua
Country Director of Cameroon & Senegal
Nepheli Galgos
Deputy Country Director
of Tanzania and Zambia
Tamar Shemesh
Deputy Country Director
of Tanzania and Zambia
Josh Fellus
Staff Accountant
Adela Shabot
Deputy Country Director of South Africa
Emily Torgeman
Hydrogeologist
Yakov Orenstein
Chief Technology Officer
Shalom Mor
Senior Civil Engineer
iA USA
Genna Baron
Director of Communications
Bruce Gimpel
Chief Financial Officer
iA Uganda
Robert Khakhosi
Project Manager, Uganda
Sarah Gimono
Community Development Field Officer, Uganda
Ibra Lemye
Agricultural Engineering Field Officer, Uganda
Richard Mangali
Agriculture Development Field Officer, Uganda
David Wangale
Lead Engineer, Uganda
Charles Losike
Field Officer, Uganda
Dennis Sserunkuma
Electrical Engineering Field Officer, Uganda
Benedicto Loduk
Agricultural Development Field Officer, Uganda
Ivan Nyende
Financial Officer, Uganda
Boniface Okwir
Water Engineering Field Officer, Uganda
Sprinter Mukebezi
Water Engineering
Field Officer, Uganda
Rogers Mugenyi,
Program Manager,
Uganda
iA Tanzania
Lerian Moshi
Project Manager, Tanzania
Kelvin Madundo
Deputy Project Manage, Tanzania
Edmund Msakwa
Field Officer, Tanzania
Remigius Nyoni
Civil Engineer, Tanzania
iA Malawi
Faith Kwalimba
Community Development Field Officer, Malawi
Austin Rashid
Water Engineering Field Officer, Malawi
Robert Nyasulu
Electrical Engineering Field Officer, Malawi
Chisomo Taulo Nankhoma
Civil Engineering Field Officer, Malawi
Moses Gondwe
Field Electrical Engineer, Malawi
Gomezgani Mwafulirwa
Field Water Engineer, Malawi
Temwani Chisunkhna
Hydrologist, Malawi
iA Cameroon
Serge Mbaïnassem
Field Officer - Cameroon
Yanawa Bidai
In-House Electrical Engineer- Cameroon
Foe Cherylle
Water Engineering Field Officer
Cameroon
William Mepoubong
Water Engineering Field Officer - Cameroon
Josiane Dongmo
Field Civil Engineer - Cameroon
iA South Africa
Abraham Ngobeni
Chief Operating Officer, South Africa
Rabelani Netshitongwe
Regional Supervisor- South Africa
Ninky Mkhabela
Field Officer - South Africa
Seun Mona
Regional Supervisor - South Africa
Thandeka Khosa
Field Officer - South Africa
Bonolo Shingange
Field Officer- South Africa
Maureen Patricia Machaba
Field Officer – South Africa
Princess Boitumelo Mokwana
Field Officer – South Africa
Mogau Seboladi Maboshego
Field Officer - South Africa
Thembisile Naomi Malinga
Admin Office - South Africa
Menzi Mawelela
Water Engineer - Water Engineer
iA Zambia
Pauline Phiri
Project Manager - Zambia
George Bush Komakech
Field Officer - Zambia
Anthony Simukanzye
Civil & Water Engineer - Zambia
Timothy Banda
Field Officer - Zambia
John Kaluba
Field Hydrogeologist - Zambia
Daniel Namasumo
Field Water Engineer - Zambia
iA Pro-Bono Law Firms
Lowell Dashefsky
USA
Janet Levy Pahima
Israel
Gary Felthun
South Africa
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