The Board of Pan African Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG) announced the appointment of its youngest board member yet in the person of Evelyn Dan Epelle
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Ms. Dan Epelle will serve on the board of the international think tank in capacity as Director of Global Communications and Digital Media. She joined the Board on 14th May 2022 to make up 14 board members.
This move is part of PANAFSTRAG’s goal to embrace technological and digital evolution led by a youth advocate. The board strives to stay relevant and to better deliver on its mandate to the African continent.
Ms. Dan Epelle’s ascent to the board can be said to be unprecedented as she has no prior Board experience nor is she in the traditional C-Suite pathway that leads to the Board. The Board, however, believes that her passion made bare in her writing, assertiveness, and depth of knowledge on digital infrastructure put her ahead of the times and will help her carve a strong digital media presence for PANAFSTRAG through her engagements, projects, and achievements.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Maj. Gen. Ishola Williams (rtd.) commented that “Ms. Dan Epelle is a person who is passionate, assertive, and concerned with an expanded horizon”.
She will represent the board on the continent and in the 6th region representing Africa’s diaspora.
As a young Nigerian lady with a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from All Nations University Ghana (2015), a master’s degree in Communications, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University, Washington DC USA (2020), Ms. Dan Epelle is stellar in her cross-cultural training as a communications expert.
She currently leads the Library, Content, and Broadcast department of KAFTAN TV in its digital asset management, and serves as Catalyst at Baobab Consulting, an Africa-focused social impact firm based in New York. In 2020, she was named a Youth Fellow at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and shows great potential to succeed on the Board.
In her work as a broadcast journalist, Ms. Dan Epelle focuses on Public Policy development with a core communications research focus in the formation of virtual communities.
About PANAFSTRAG
PANAFSTRAG was founded in 1992 to provide an in-depth study and analyses of the challenges of political stability, safety and development in Africa and propose policy options and strategies for these issues while synergizing the potentials of its Diaspora for executing these policies.
PANAFSTRAG as an international organization, is managed by a Board, the composition of which reflects regional, linguistic and gender representation.
Among its objectives are:
- To provide an in-depth study and analysis of the problems of political and social stability, security and public safety and socio-development in Africa and its Diaspora, propose policy options for their solutions and the implementation strategies.
- To provide a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas, knowledge, expertise and experience through seminars, workshops, conferences, roundtables and study groups of African and Afro-Descendant scholars, security experts, policymakers and implementors.
- To publish books, monographs, occasional papers, newsletters and such other publications that will support the aims and objectives of PANAFSTRAG, inform policy makers and enlighten the general public.
- To create a platform for bonding between Africans and Afro-Descendants in sharing best practices in community security, social issues, economic development, and entrepreneurship with respect to Small Medium Scale Enterprises d(MSMEs).
- To collaborate and partner through its Reps with international, continental, and regional organizations such as UN, AU, Industries, and specialized Agencies with interests in Africa and Diaspora.
- To promote through research and advocacy, policies for conflict prevention and innovation in institutional reforms of political and economic governance at all levels for the benefits of Africans and Afro-Descendants Communities.
