ESTHER SHAKELA
Esther joined IPPR in 2021 as a research associate on the Democracy Project. She is a Political Science major graduate from the University of Namibia.
Bradley Tjongarero
Bradley Tjongarero joined IPPR in 2021 as a researcher on the Democracy Report project. He holds a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Pretoria.
Rosevitha Ndumbu
Rosevitha Ndumbu joined the IPPR in 2020 as a researcher for the Namibia Fact Check project. She studied law at the University of Namibia. She is also an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Cohort 19.
McElory Maletsky
McElory Maletsky joined the IPPR as a researcher for the Namibia Fact Check project in 2020. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) as well as a diploma in project management. She previously worked as an intern with the Hanns Seidel Foundation focussing on civic education […]
Ndapwa Alweendo
Ndapwa Alweendo joined the IPPR in 2018 as a Research Associate. She coordinated the Democracy Report project focusing on the work of parliament from 2018 to 2020. She has previously researched black women’s lived experiences, and African feminist theory. She holds a Masters degree in Political Theory from Rhodes University in South Africa.
Ndeshi Fikameni
Ndeshi is the holder of a Human Resources Degree and an Honours in Business Management obtained from the Namibia University of Science and Technology. She joined the IPPR team in October 2016, and is currently focusing on a study of access to information in Namibia.
Salmi Shigwedha
Salmi has been working with the IPPR since 2015, currently as a researcher with the Democracy Report project. She previously worked for Insight Namibia magazine. Salmi has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication Technology and an Honours degree in Communications from the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Dietrich Remmert
Research Associate working on the Democracy Report project
Martha Nangolo
Research associate working on the Guide to the Namibian Economy
Max Weylandt
Research associate working on Democracy Report project