Our Team

Abdallah Abusamra
PMIA Academic Researcher

Abdallah Abusamra is a recent MPhil graduate in Applied Intercultural Communication from Trinity College Dublin and joins Proudly Made in Africa as a Research Intern. His research explores identity, integration, and ethical storytelling.

With experience across education, communications, and community-based media, Abdallah is passionate about advancing research-driven narrative change. He is committed to amplifying African and Global South perspectives within Global Citizenship Education and promoting more inclusive and ethical approaches to storytelling and representation in global learning.

Raj Mavrik
PMIA Communications Lead

Raj Mavrik is a creative entrepreneur, cybersecurity expert, and founder of Cinemagnetix (CMX), a high-impact creative agency, and Sage of Cyber Paths, an innovative technology startup. With an engineering background and a master’s degree in cybersecurity, Raj has worked with leading global organisations while building a dynamic career in content production, storytelling, and business consulting. Passionate about the intersection of technology and creativity, he leverages digital innovation to drive purposeful impact. As host of the Proudly Made in Africa Podcast, Raj champions African voices, trade justice, and sustainable business, inspiring global audiences toward ethical and inclusive enterprise.

Dr Adeniyi Olarewajuke
PMIA Academic Fellow

Dr. Adeniyi D. Olarewaju, fondly known as Larrie, is a multiple award-winning educator with over 20 years of experience spanning academia, business, and consulting. A respected scholar in international business, strategy, and entrepreneurship, he also mentors individuals in personal finance and leadership.

Dr. Olarewaju serves as Team Lead at AOG Hospitality, where he applies his expertise in project management and hospitality consulting to drive organisational excellence. His passion for education continues through his teaching role at Heirs Holdings, where he is dedicated to inspiring and developing future leaders through innovation, mentorship, and transformative learning.

Dr. Fernandos Ongolly
Executive Director of PMIA

Dr. Fernandos Ongolly is a Kenyan anthropologist whose work explores technology adoption, health innovation, activism, immigration, behavioural science, and implementation science. He holds a PhD from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and has extensive experience conducting ethnographic research across health, higher education, business, and innovation contexts in Ireland and Kenya.

Dr. Ongolly serves as the Executive Director of Proudly Made in Africa, where he leads initiatives that promote global citizenship education, strengthen partnerships between Irish and African higher education institutions, and advance understanding of African markets, businesses, and sustainable development pathways. His work bridges social science, business, and innovation, exploring how technology, culture, and institutions shape equitable and sustainable development.

Killian Stokes
Senior Advisor

Killian Stokes is an award-winning social entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience across the international tech and non-profit sectors. He is the exited co-founder of Moyee Coffee (Ireland & UK), a pioneering social enterprise bringing FairChain, African-roasted coffee to homes and workplaces while promoting equitable global value chains.

Passionate about responsible business and sustainable development, Killian works to advance trade justice and ethical enterprise. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker at universities across Ireland, sharing insights on social entrepreneurship, impact-driven business, and Africa’s role in global supply chains.

Meet Our Team

PMIA’s work is delivered by a diverse team of African scholars, educators, entrepreneurs, communications specialists, trustees and responsible business practitioners. Together, they bring academic insight, lived experience and practical expertise into Irish universities and public dialogue, helping students, lecturers and institutions engage with Africa through the lenses of innovation, enterprise, sustainability, trade justice and shared value creation.

Our People

David Nyaluke
Senior Academic Advisor

Dr. David Nyaluke is the Education for Sustainable Development Officer at University College Cork (UCC), helping embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals across teaching, research, and student life. Formerly the UCD–Proudly Made in Africa Fellow in Business and Development, he led teaching on “Doing Business in and with Africa” and “Sustainable Development” in UCD and partner institutions.

A Tanzanian native with a PhD in Political Economy and Development Studies from Dublin City University, David’s research focuses on Africa’s development and sustainability. He co-authored Challenging Perceptions of Africa in Schools (Routledge, 2020) and serves as Vice-Chair of the African Scholars Association of Ireland.

Board of Trustees

Sandra Conway
Chair of the Board & Legal Trustee

Sandra Conway is a legal and policy expert with over 20 years’ experience spanning the NGO, public, and private sectors. With a background in human rights and corporate law, she has worked extensively on legal affairs, governance, and policy development.

Sandra has contributed to leading organisations including Transparency International Ireland, Front Line Defenders, the National Women’s Council of Ireland, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). She has also served as an Election Observer for the European Commission in Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Lebanon, promoting democracy and human rights worldwide.

Oluwasegun Seriki
Board Trustee‍ ‍

Dr. Oluwasegun “Seg” Seriki is a seasoned international project manager with extensive experience spanning Africa, Asia and Europe in construction, engineering and higher education innovation. He holds a PhD in a field aligned with technology and development and has worked across three continents facilitating complex programmes and partnerships.

At Construction Cluster Ireland he supports industry-academia collaboration, while in academia he contributes to teaching and research in engineering and cross-disciplinary development. Seg combines a strong technical foundation with strategic and intercultural insight, dedicated to bridging infrastructure, innovation and inclusive growth.

Adam Sweetman
Board Trustee‍ ‍

Adam Sweetman is a Dublin-based business director, consultant and financial advisor with deep experience in African development. From 2015 to 2022, he lived and worked in Uganda, where he built Devenish Nutrition’s Ugandan operation into a multi-site business. He now runs an accounting and financial planning practice in Dublin.

Through Sweetman Consulting, Adam provides project management, financial due diligence and strategic advisory services to clients in Ireland and Africa, including government, NGO and private sector organisations. He holds a BA in Economics, Politics and Law, an LLM in International Human Rights Law, an Executive MBA, and is an Affiliate ACA and Qualified Financial Advisor.