Taaka Awori 

Leadership and Organisational Development Practitioner, Facilitator, Certified Coach & Speaker

 

Taaka Awori is the CEO of Busara Africa a Pan-African Leadership Development Firm. She is a Leadership Trainer, Certified Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, and Organisational Development Specialist with over 20 years of experience working with civil society, the private sector, and various Government Agencies in East, West, Southern Africa, Europe, and the U.S.  She, therefore, combines an understanding of international best practice on leadership and organisational development with an appreciation of the diverse contexts in which these principles should be applied.  Taaka has worked with a wide range of clients such as the Open Society Foundation, Care, Greenpeace International, MTN, Newmont Corporation, Bank of Africa and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

Taaka has a Bachelors in Degree in Political Science from Harvard University, Boston MA, and a Juris Doctorate in Law from Columbia University, NY, New York.  She also has a Certificate in Organisational Development from the Organisation Development Centre & the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, the United States, and an Advanced Certificate in Coaching from the International Coaching Academy, Melbourne, Australia.

Taaka sits on the Board of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and the Editorial Board of Coaching Perspectives, the flagship global publication of the Association for Coaching.  She is also a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Contact Information:

Email:  t.awori@busara-africa.com
Phone: +233 244 310856
www.busara-africa.com