Nigina Malikova Valentini was formerly Associate Director, Assessment, Monitoring & Evaluation at GMF.
Africa
Hermine Sam is a Brussels-based program coordinator for GMF South. Her research interests include regional integration and geopolitical competition in West Africa.
Sam has developed and hosted several podcasts, including the “EXTRA2020” series for the French embassy in Belgium and the “Thinking Across Latitudes” mini-series, which explores global trends through a southern Atlantic and Mediterranean perspective.
Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in political communication from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.