She participated in the testing campaign conducted by SOS Racisme for the study on “Racial discrimination in housing” published by the association in 2019. She also worked for the African Meeting for the Defense of Human Rights (RADDHO) where she carried out monitoring and reporting of human rights violations in Senegal. She is very sensitive to the issue of gender-based violence and has the ambition to act to fight against this violence in Senegal.

 Salimatou has a bachelor’s degree in economics and management and a master’s degree in accounting and financial management. At 23 years old, she is the youngest member of the PPLAAF team and advocates for personal development for the benefit of communities in Senegal

In 2005 Zanele co-founded Garratt Mbuyisa Neale Attorneys which became Mbuyisa Neale Attorneys in 2012. She then went on to help establish Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys in January 2017. Each of the previous law firms holds a significantly successful track record in litigation as well as settlement negotiation. In her 20 years of experience in practice, she is well known for her involvement in representing victims of economic crimes. Zanele is also the co-founder of Haki Legal Clinic, a free legal clinic established in 2017 to provide quality legal services for free to people who cannot afford legal services.

She has worked with the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), in the donor space with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and most recently was the lead for Freedom House as part of a consortium implementing a USAID funded program on Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA). She has vast experience on Human Rights Defenders and is particularly interested in the rights of marginalized and vulnerable communities. Roshnee has an undergraduate degree in English and Communications from the University of Johannesburg, a Masters in Public and Development Management from the University of the Witwatersrand and has completed a number of short courses including one on Leadership in Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

Gemma works with whistleblowers throughout Southern Africa, working on case coordination, regional partnerships, and strategic advocacy. Her background includes research, political analysis, and communications, with a focus on state accountability and social justice. She works closely with legal experts, journalists, and civil society organisations to advance whistleblower protection and promote transparency in the region.

She has worked in civil society for the past two years, including at Open Secrets, focusing on financial crimes and corruption. Her research also spans women’s and children’s rights, and she has published investigative work in Daily Maverick and Mail & Guardian. During her master’s, she interned at the African Union, further deepening her regional policy experience. She has also been recognised for her social impact work with Amnesty International and UNASA, and participated in a UN human rights training in Geneva.

He was the coordinator at Human Rights Watch of the Hissène Habré case, the former president of Chad who was tried before a special court in Senegal. Henri Thulliez has written numerous articles in Le Monde, Libération, Huffington Post US, Huffington Post France and Newsweek Europe.

Among others, Gabriel led an organisation against the deportation of migrant workers’ children and worked on environmental justice issues in the Middle East. Gabriel has an LL .B from the University of Haifa and a Master in African Legal Studies from Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Gabriel is an alumnus of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin and of the Our Generation Speaks Fellowship in Boston.

He managed the institutional funding department of CCFD-Terre Solidaire, organized the development of Sherpa, a French litigation and advocacy NGO, during 5 years and overviewed emergency response programs for various humanitarian NGOs. He studied International Relations and Crisis Management at Sciences Po Lille.

In addition to directing PPLAAF’s investigative efforts, John also identifies technologies that can be applied to complex security challenges and strengthen whistleblower protection. Previously, John undertook investigations related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a non-profit investigative organization focused on crime and corruption. During his tenure, he published a range of reports, including in the context of the Congo Hold-Up investigative collaboration. John’s work has appeared in major publications in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. He has degrees in the social sciences and enjoys being an autodidact.

She was previously a Project Officer at the Ministry of Justice’s Delegation of European and International Affairs. She has also worked on the protection of migrant’s rights in North Africa for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and on cooperation regarding trafficking in human beings within the MENA region for the Council of Europe.

Estela has previously worked with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Côte d’Ivoire and with Médicos del Mundo in Senegal. Estela believes in the potential of art and media to foster empathetic communication and bring Human Rights challenges into the public debate.

A lawyer at the forefront in the field of Human Rights, he defends victims of globalization and crimes against humanity. Bourdon is the advocate of whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Hervé Falciani (Swissleaks) and Antoine Deltour (Luxleaks). In 2001, he founded the association Sherpa the purpose of which is to “defend victims of crimes committed by economic operators.” He was secretary general of the International Federation for Human Rights from 1995 to 2000. William Bourdon is the author of several publications on questions of international justice and Human rights and the “Petit manuel de désobéissance citoyenne” (Short manual on citizens’ disobedience) (2014).

She is the Africa editor of OCCRP, author of “Tax Us If You Can: Africa”, board member of Finance Uncovered and fellow with the World Policy Institute. Previously, she was the editor at the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR). Her work has been presented at a number of forums including OECD, AU, Pan-African Parliaments among other platforms. She holds a master of financial law and is based in South Africa. She is the former director of PPLAAF.

He is known for his commitment to the fight against corruption, drug trafficking, fake medicines and human rights violations. In 2002, he founded the Nigerien newspaper L’Événement and became its managing editor.

He also holds other important positions, including President of the Norbert Zongo Cell for Investigative Journalism (CENOZO). He is an active member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and several other investigative journalism organizations such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (ORCCP) and the International Group Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN).

Moussa Aksar has published numerous articles, including on Mouammar Kadhafi military ambitions in Niger and financial malfeasance in the Niger Ministry of Defense. He has also participated in several global investigative journalism investigations such as Fatal extraction, Panama Papers, Ficenfiles, Pandora Papers and west Africa leaks led by ICIJ.

She is an Egyptian and French national, who started her career as a Foreign Correspondent covering Middle East Politics. She has produced and directed numerous documentaries, including “Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs”, “Behind the Rainbow”, “Cuba, an African Odyssey”, as well as the Emmy nominated House of Saud. Her writings include “Les Sept Vies de Yasser Arafat” (Grasset) and “Israel and the Arabs, The 50 Years war” (Penguin). El-Tahri has served as treasurer of the Guild of African Filmmakers in the Diaspora, Regional Secretary of the Federation of Pan African Cinema (FEPACI) and as an Advisor on Focus Feature’s Africa first Program.

A former professor at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, he created in 1990 with other activists the Rencontre africaine pour la defense des droits de l’Homme (RADDHO), one of the most influential human rights organizations in francophone Africa, always at the forefront of the fight against impunity. Tine had been the director of the RADDHO for more than 20 years when he was appointed president of the Human Rights Senegalese Committee, an administrative authority responsible for advising the Senegalese Government on Human rights protection. In 2015, Alioune Tine was appointed Director of Amnesty international for Western Africa, running the work of Amnesty in 22 African countries. In 2018 he founded Afrikajom Center, a think-thank aiming at strengthening the Rule of Law in the region. He is also the UN Independent Expert on Human rights in Mali.