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2 days ago
3 min

Maureen Kinyanjui

Our friend of the month is Maureen Kinyanjui from Kenya, who works with our partner organisation, Save The Elephants, on the front line o...

Nov 2
3 min

Jose Agostinho

Our November Friend of the Month is Jose Agostinho in Luanda, who has recently joined the EPI team, helping to secure Angola’s ivory.

Apr 8
2 min

Barre Koivogui

Our Friend of the Month is Barre Koivogui, from the Republic of Guinea, an EPI Member country.

Mar 17
2 min

James Lutalo

Our March Friend of the Month is James Lutalo, Director for the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities in Uganda.

Feb 20
3 min

Lynn Clifford

Our February Friend of the Month is Lynn Clifford – Field Manager at Wildlife Action Group, Malawi

Jan 9
2 min

Kumara Wakjira

Our January Friend of the Month is Kumara Wakjira – Director General, Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority.

Dec 10, 2019
2 min

Futsum Hagos

Our December Friend of the Month is Futsum Hagos, Director of Wildlife Conservation in Eritrea.

Nov 12, 2019
2 min

Andy Dunn

Our November Friend of the Month is a key partner in Nigeria- Andy Dunn, Country Director for WCS.

Oct 9, 2019
3 min

John Scanlon

Our Friend of the Month is John Scanlon, Special Envoy for our partners, African Parks. John was Secretary-General of CITES from 2010-2018.

Sep 10, 2019
2 min

Salimata Kone

Our EPI friend of the month is Salimata Kone, who is one of Côte d’Ivoire’s senior conservationists, as Director of Wildlife in the Ministry

Aug 7, 2019
3 min

Tunde Morakinyo

Our Friend of the Month is Tunde Morakinyo, a founder of African Nature Investors, working to protect some of Nigeria’s wild places and rema

Jul 9, 2019
2 min

Dr Pete Morkel

Our Friend of the Month is Dr Pete Morkel, wildlife veterinarian, who earlier this year helped the EPI’s Dr Dolmia Malachie with a collaring

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Jim Justus Nyamu

Our friend of the month is Jim Justus Nyamu from Kenya. Jim is an indefatigable walker for elephants and the Executive Director of the Eleph

May 2, 2019
1 min

Paula Francisco Coelho

Our EPI Friend of the Month is Angola’s Minister of the Environment, Paula Francisco Coelho, who has championed the cause of elephant conser

Apr 4, 2019
1 min

Getnet Ygzaw

Getnet Ygzaw is the recently appointed head of communications for the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA)

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

Maria do Rosário Bom Jesus Lima

Maria do Rosário Bom Jesus Lima, an Angolan lawyer, helped the EPI earlier this year in the successful implementation of Angola’s first ever

Feb 5, 2019
2 min

Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele

Our EPI Friend of the Month is Nigeria’s Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, the Head of Wildlife and CITES Management, in the Department of Forestry in

Dec 11, 2018
1 min

Lt-Col Elvire-Joëlle Mailly Zouzou

Our Friend of the Month is Lt-Col Elvire-Joëlle Mailly Zouzou, who is Côte d’Ivoire’s Deputy Director-General of Forests and Fauna.

Nov 1, 2018
2 min

Mary Molokwu-Odozi

Dr Mary Molokwu-Odozi, Country and Operations Manager in Liberia for Fauna & Flora International, an EPI partner.

Oct 9, 2018
1 min

Albertina Nzuzi

Our EPI Friend of the Month is Albertina Nzuzi of Angola, leads the Angolan Ministry of the Environment on all CITES-related issues, and is

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