OUR MISSION EXPLAINED IN 5 STEPS
Our goal is to help find solution based action in the fight against crime.
Through our experienced forensic DNA experts and key opinion leaders, we offer the data and policy information needed to make DNA database strategy decisions in the following ways:
PODCAST SERIES
Vanessa Lynch, Regional Director of DNAforAfrica as she talks about the mission behind DNAforAfrica and her thoughts on how Africa can benefit from using DNA and DNA Databases to solve crime and assist victims of crime and GBV.
PODCAST SERIES
Vanessa Lynch, Regional Director of DNAforAfrica as she talks about the mission behind DNAforAfrica and her thoughts on how Africa can benefit from using DNA and DNA Databases to solve crime and assist victims of crime and GBV.
PODCAST SERIES
Vanessa Lynch, Regional Director of DNAforAfrica as she talks about the mission behind DNAforAfrica and her thoughts on how Africa can benefit from using DNA and DNA Databases to solve crime and assist victims of crime and GBV.
WE ARE
DNAforAfrica
#JusticeIsInOurDNA
This page is dedicated to our network of people
united against crime in Africa: Change advocates, lobbyists,
forensic scientists, researchers and humanitarians.
DNAforAfrica's objective is to highlight the importance of DNA sampling
when it comes to fighting violent crime, human trafficking, sexual assault and missing persons cases. Advocacy in this arena is very low in Africa and we believe that by amplifying each other's voices,
we can make our message clear.
Click on each picture to learn more about each DNA Crusader's work.
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N has worked in the South African Forensic Science Lab. for 30 years and has given DNA testimony in approximately 600 cases including the murder of Marike de Klerk, wife of a former state president, the Fairhead murders, the triple axe murder of the Van Breda family as well as the high profile murder of Susan Rhode
Joe Smith
Brig.
Victor Omondi is a Forensic Scientist and Medical Biochemist from Kenya with experience in crime scene investigation and DNA profiling.
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Mr Victor Omondi
Forensic Scienties
Mbali Shongwe is the founder of a youth-based NGO, Mindful(l) Organisation and an intersectional activist focusing on GBV and mental health issues.
She is an active advocate for DNA policy reform and her voice has been instructive in getting the CO Bill passed and backlog reduced.
Ms Mbali Shongwe
Humanitarian
Yahaya Sumara Sulley is Senior Research Assistant in Tamale, founder of SOGH and Chair of The Confident Scientist and & SDG Justice Advocate.
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Mr Yahaya Sumara Sulley
Forensic Scientist
Lisa Smith is a Professor of Criminology, and Head of School of Criminology at the University of Leicester. Lisa has been leading a team of researchers and NGOs to pilot innovative DNA evidence kits in Kenyan Gender Violence Recovery Clinics, to enhance access to justice for survivors of sexual violence.
Prof. Lisa Smith
Criminologist
Malaika Oringo is a voice for human-trafficking survivors, who has been involved in fighting this crime as global consultant & advisory board member. Her message is that freedom is more than the moment of exiting from slavery; it is an ongoing journey requiring continuous support from all stakeholders including survivor leaders. Her current work is focused on facilitating a united survivor network in East Africa.
Ms Malaika Oringo
Humanitarian
Prof. Bruce Budowle has worked with the FBI, been Director of the Center for Human Identification, is one of the original architects of CODIS and holds a rare academic distinction as Regents Professor
for the impact of his extensive body of work.
Prof. Bruce Budowle
Forensic Scientist
Dr John Mungai is a pioneer of the Forensic DNA laboratories in the East African region where he served as Government Chemist for three decades, implementing Acts and developing curriculi for the forensic evidence management.
Dr John Mungai
Forensic Scientist
Ashley Spence is a public speaker, victim advocate and founder of the DNA Justice Project in the USA, which educates on the power of DNA in order to lobby for policy change. She supports holistic health projects in Kenya.
Ms Ashley Spence
Inspirational Speaker
Women's rights activist, Lady Wangu Kanja is an affiliated researcher at the University of Birmingham and recognised for her extraordinary efforts as a role model promoting the empowerment of Kenyan women and girls.
Lady Wangu Kania
Humanitarian
Sharlene has worked in the South African Forensic Science Lab. for 30 years and has given DNA testimony in approximately 600 cases including the murder of Marike de Klerk, wife of a former state president, the Fairhead murders, the triple axe murder of the Van Breda family as well as the high profile murder of Susan Rhode
Sharlene Otto
Lieutenant Colonel
Uwom Okereke Eze is a forensic pathologist and clinical forensic physician specialising in forensic death investigation, medicolegal systems, management of the dead, and clinical forensic caseloads.
Uwom is also the President of the African Society of Forensic Medicine (ASFM)
Dr Uwom Eze
Forensic Pathologist
Pearl AFIA Dansowaa is a Forensic DNA Investigator at the Ghana Police headquarters in Accra, Ghana, where she manages samples and exhibit storage and conducts human semen and blood tests.
Ms Pearl Afia Dansowaa
Forensic Investigator
Adv Bonnie Currie-Gamwo Special Director of Public Prosecutions: Sexual Offences and Community Affairs. She is the visionary behind the Thuthuzela Care Centre model, one-stop centres that reduce secondary victimisation and help buiolding cases ready for successful convictions.
Adv Bonnie Currie-Gamwo
Forensic Scientis
Yasin Farah is Forensic Science Advisor at the Puntland Bureau of Forensic Science in Somalia and is trained in forensic crime scene investigations by INTERPOL.
Mr Yasin Farah
DNA Specialist
Stephen Fonseca is Manager of the new ICRC African Centre of Expertise on Missing Persons and Forensic Systems and a member of the ICRC’s Forensic Unit Global Management Team.
Mr Innocent Makasa
Forensic Analyst
Grizelda Grootboom ~ author, abolitionist, female rights activist and international speaker on human trafficking and prostitution from a survivor perspective.
Ms Grizelda Grootboom
Humanitarian
Prof. Marion Mutugi is a widely published professor of genetics and bioethics and Kenya National Human Rights Commissioner.
Dr Joseph Kimani
Government Chemist
Dr Vanessa Lynch has extensive experience leading DNA policy initiatives and working with governments to advance DNA legislative frameworks.
Dr Vanessa Lynch
Forensic DNA Expert
Andrew Mburi is Director of Forensic Services in the Ugandan Police Force and in charge of the establishment of Forensic Databases to aid Criminal Investigations and was selected for UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
Mr Andrew Mubiru
Forensic Service
Prof. Marion Mutugi is a widely published professor of genetics and bioethics and Kenya National Human Rights Commissioner.
Prof. Marion Mutugi
Professor of Genetics
Jennifer Degner is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) from Texas, with a passion for victim advocacy and education, who is serving on the DNA Justice Project Board, and working with DNAforAfrica on a SAK donation drive in East Africa.
Ms Jennifer Degner
Sexual Assault Nurse
Fred Kagame is a forensic scientist active in promoting and educating around the role of forensic science in the criminal justice system in his country, Rwanda.
Mr Fred Kagame
Forensic Scientis
Daniel is a lecturer of forensics, criminology and law in Kampala and Director of the CCJP, an independent think tank established to advance the use of forensic science in the administration of justice in Uganda.
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Mr Daniel Adyera
Criminologist
Becky Gitau is a gender and mental health specialist, currently managing the Gender Violence Recovery Centre in Nairobi, who has trained hundreds or health care providers and law enforcers in GBV management and prevention programs in Kenya.
Ms Rebecca Gitau
Psychologist
Carolyn is Director of Angel's Care in KZN, South Africa, and lecturer in Biotechnology and Genetics.
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Dr Carolyn Hancock
Humanitarian
Dr Kizzie Shako is a forensic medical specialist and Kenya's first female forensic Police Surgeon. Founder of Vunja Kimya Foundation and human rights defender.
Dr Kizzie Shako
Police Surgeon
Dr Fidelis Bugoye is Government Chemist in Tanzania, in charge of establishing Tanzanian Human DNA database and has participated in mass disaster victim identification and court expert witnessing events in Tanzania.
Mr Fidelis Bugoye
Goverment Chemist
Sir Alec Jeffreys is Professor of Genetics at the University of Leicester, and was knighted for services to genetics. We honour him as "the Father of Genetic Fingerprinting". DNA profiling was also developed by Jeffreys and his team in 1985, becoming the standard forensic DNA system used in criminal case work worldwide.
Sir Alec Jeffreys
Forensic Scientist
Stephen Fonseca is Manager of the new ICRC African Centre of Expertise on Missing Persons and Forensic Systems and a member of the ICRC’s Forensic Unit Global Management Team.
Mr Stephen Fonseca
Forensic Coordinator
