African migration and Development Policy Centre
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      • Articles & Working Papers
    • Events
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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Services
    • Research Services
    • Dialogue Services
    • Training Services
    • Resource Centre
    • Advisory Services
  • Projects
  • Resource Centre (AMRC)
    • Project Reports
    • Books and Chapters
    • Articles & Working Papers
  • Events
  • Contact

Our Founder

The African Migration and Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC) is an independent research consultancy firm established in 2008 by the world renowned migration and population studies expert, the late Professor John Oyaro Oucho (1943 - 2017).  Prof Oucho  was a post-doctoral fellow of the Carolina Population Center in the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A (1982-83).  He taught at University of Nairobi (3 decades), University of Ghana (3 years) and University of Botswana (8 years) where he trained many postgraduate students and contributed significantly to the academic development of these institutions. Professor Oucho authored over 250 pieces of work, including books, book chapters, refereed journal articles and conference papers. Prof. Oucho's 40 year career in the field of migration identified capacity, resource and knowledge gaps in the field in Kenya and the East African region which led to the development of AMADPOC. The AMADPOC was created to ensure that the migration issues reflect the perspectives and views of the issues of all key stakeholders from local to national to regional levels.

What We Do

Gather Evidence

Gather Evidence

Gather Evidence

 AMADPOC's activities focus on the migration-development nexus within SSA countries’ relations with the North and the rest of the South, understanding the mixed migration patterns in SSA countries and informing policy processes using research among others. 

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Inform Policy

Gather Evidence

Gather Evidence

 AMADPOC is a pioneer institution conducting and streamlining policy-oriented research, training and capacity building and facilitating policy dialogue events on various topical issues on migration and their interrelationship with the development within sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.  

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Build Capacity

Gather Evidence

Build Capacity

 AMADPOC creates a platform for African emerging, early career migration experts to develop their skills and voice their perspectives on the evolving subject matter.  It creates engagement platforms for national and diaspora experts  among others to share their knowledge and expertise on migration and development issues.    

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The Team

Dr. Linda Adhiambo Oucho

Dr. Linda Adhiambo Oucho

Dr. Linda Adhiambo Oucho

Executive Director

Dr Jackline Ogolla

Dr. Linda Adhiambo Oucho

Dr. Linda Adhiambo Oucho

Research Fellow

Gorrety Yogo

Dr. Linda Adhiambo Oucho

Solomon Mugane Mutua

Research Assistant

Solomon Mugane Mutua

Solomon Mugane Mutua

Solomon Mugane Mutua

Statistician

Felix Otieno

Solomon Mugane Mutua

Antony Adamba

Finance & Administrative Officer

Antony Adamba

Solomon Mugane Mutua

Antony Adamba

Creative Assistant

CONSULTANTS

Working with National Experts

Migration in Africa is quite dynamic and establishing working relations with  local/community and regional experts with a strong understanding of migration and development is important to the AMADPOC team. AMADPOC identifies and engages  closely with  national experts on migration related projects in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa such as Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria as well as the African diaspora. Working with national experts helps to  unpack the migration dynamics, make critical connections with key stakeholders as well as contribute to the development of knowledge on migration among others. Hence, AMADPOC is open to working with early career researchers, migration experts and policy analysts among others with a passion and interest in Africa. 

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Felicity Okoth

Christine Wandera

Christine Wandera

Felicity Okoth has a background in Migration Research having worked as a Research Associate at AMADPOC and as a migration consultant at Samuel Hall and IOM over the past five years. She has taken part in various migration-related projects commissioned by the Open Society

Foundation, European Union, Open University-UK, IDRC, Save the Childr

Felicity Okoth has a background in Migration Research having worked as a Research Associate at AMADPOC and as a migration consultant at Samuel Hall and IOM over the past five years. She has taken part in various migration-related projects commissioned by the Open Society

Foundation, European Union, Open University-UK, IDRC, Save the Children and FAO. Felicity is currently a PhD Fellow at the University of Bergen’s International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Research Center. Her study which

is ethnographic in nature explores the situated and trans-local practices of African urban migrants in Nairobi –

Kenya.

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Christine Wandera

Christine Wandera

Christine Wandera

Christine is a seasoned researcher with extensive experience on community development. She has supported a number of AMADPOC projects on internal migration, development and youth and employment among others.   Her research interests include: Conflict studies, migration, peace and security. She has worked in Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uga

Christine is a seasoned researcher with extensive experience on community development. She has supported a number of AMADPOC projects on internal migration, development and youth and employment among others.   Her research interests include: Conflict studies, migration, peace and security. She has worked in Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya with a number of national and international organisations.

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Dulo Nyaoro

Christine Wandera

Erica M. Zacharie

Dulo is a Senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Political Science, Moi University, and Coordinator at the Peace and Reconciliation Institute. He holds a BA in Political Science from Moi University and an MA in Migration Studies from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research interests include development and

Dulo is a Senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Political Science, Moi University, and Coordinator at the Peace and Reconciliation Institute. He holds a BA in Political Science from Moi University and an MA in Migration Studies from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research interests include development and migration, human rights, African politics and governance, and Peace and Conflicts studies. He has been leading research on displacement in Kenya, South Africa and Somalia and published several pieces on migration and refugee issues in Kenya and the Horn of Africa.

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Erica M. Zacharie

Erica M. Zacharie

Erica M. Zacharie

Erica M. Zacharie, J.D., M.P.A. is a global law and policy consultant and executive coach based in the U.S. and East Africa. As a former U.S. federal civil rights mediator and professor of international negotiation, crisis management, and cross-cultural communication at the University of Maryland, College Park, she has extensive experienc

Erica M. Zacharie, J.D., M.P.A. is a global law and policy consultant and executive coach based in the U.S. and East Africa. As a former U.S. federal civil rights mediator and professor of international negotiation, crisis management, and cross-cultural communication at the University of Maryland, College Park, she has extensive experience advising private and public sector professionals on communication and leadership skills, business analysis, crisis and risk

management, and organizational development. Erica has also previously served as a Professor and Program Advisor of Public Affairs and Administration at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China, where she taught coursework in professional ethics, writing, governance,

and international comparative public policy. 


She is currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she is researching barriers to the legal right of return of Afro-descendant Diaspora and economic engagement of Diasporas of African descent in African contexts. Professor Zacharie is also developing a new digital international relations platform focused on the economic, legal, and political development of Africa and the Afro-descendant global diaspora.  

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David Ndegwa

Erica M. Zacharie

David Ndegwa

David Ndegwa is an independent consultant in international migration with an MA in Demography (University of Pretoria) and advanced training in Demography (University of Pennsylvania). He is an accomplished analyst who has worked with multiple institutions in demographic research,

migration, health, education, and infrastructure delivery r

David Ndegwa is an independent consultant in international migration with an MA in Demography (University of Pretoria) and advanced training in Demography (University of Pennsylvania). He is an accomplished analyst who has worked with multiple institutions in demographic research,

migration, health, education, and infrastructure delivery roles. He has recently consulted for the African

Union Commission and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the AU Plan of Action for

the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) in Africa, and for the United Nation’s

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on the African review process for the GCM. David has previously

worked on migration related initiatives for the IOM in numerous African and Asian countries including

Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. David has also

previously worked as a humanitarian assistance coordinator for the Australian Agency for International

Development (AusAID). He also served as a manager for the Information Analysis Unit of the

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) from 2010 to 2013 after having been the health and

education analyst at the DBSA from 2007 to 2010. David also prepared the Malawi migration profile in

2014 and assisted the IOM to open its country office in Malawi.

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