Pan African Lawyers Union appoints section leaders ahead of PALU annual conference in Addis Ababa

The Pan-African Lawyers Union has appointed leaders to several of its Sections, Committees, Task Forces and Working Groups ahead of PALU’s Annual Conference, scheduled for Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

The PALU Executive Committee has named Aquereburu Alexis Koffi from Togo to be the Banking and Finance Law Co-Chairperson, Dr. Joseph Katshung  of DRC as the Commercial Law  Co-Chairperson, Dr Agada John Elachi from Nigeria as the Alternative Dispute Resolution Co-Chairperson and  Tshepo Mongalo of South Africa as Business and Human Rights Co-Chair.

Other Co-Chairpersons to serve various sections include Claude Gasita Mutorero from Rwanda for the Energy and Natural Resources; Richard Ilunga Bishakanga of DR Congo for Environmental Law, Salieu Taal from the Gambia oversees Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Law.

 David Tamo from Cameroon is the Co-Chairperson for Intellectual Property Law, Apollin Koagne Zouapet also from Cameroon co-chairs the International law section while Waikwa Wanyoike a Kenyan living in England oversees matters of Litigation.

Nigerian, Yaye Mounkaila co-chairs the Regional Integration Law with John Kameni from Cameroon as Secretary.

Pascal Kambale from DR Congo and Aua Balde of Guinea Bissau Co-chair the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL), while Irene Caroline from Uganda Co-chairs the Illicit Financial Flows section.

Rangarai Chikova serves as PALU Economic Governance Officer Secretary.

Lulu Ng’wanakilala from Tanzania and Solange Simon Feoketchang from Cameroon co-chair the Women Lawyers Forum.

PALU’s Annual Conference takes place in Ethiopia from Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 October 2024, at the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, Addis Ababa.

Delegates will hold an open Town Hall meeting on the future strategic orientations of the Pan African Lawyers Union, where they will discuss, amongst other things, additional initiatives of PALU Envoys and Correspondents.

To increase visibility of the Pan African Lawyers Union within its six regions, the Union’s Executive Committee is also rolling out a scheme of PALU Envoys.

The Envoys will act as diplomatic representatives of the organisation, representing it within the 55 African countries, and also in the diaspora (the 6th region of Africa).

An Envoy will be appointed to cover either a country, or a region, or accredited to a key African institution such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).

Again to boost the depth and diversity of content available to members within its 6 regions; the PALU Executive Committee is launching a scheme of PALU Correspondents.

The Correspondents will be tasked with generating content that can be published as news items in our Newsletters, blog posts and Journal articles; they are essentially going to be Geographic correspondents, overing a particular country, region or continent.