Adviser Deployment
The Commonwealth Secretariat and Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), as implementing partners, are responsible for deploying advisers across the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions.
Currently, 43 trade advisers are deployed within regional organisations and national ministries, as well as an additional short-term consultant. 23 advisers and a short-term consultant are deployed by the Commonwealth Secretariat in the Caribbean, eastern and southern Africa and the Pacific and 20 trade advisers by the OIF in central and western Africa.
The below snapshot shows where the advisers are deployed. Or you can also take a look at our interactive map.

Caribbean
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Ministry / Organisation |
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CARICOM Secretariat |
CARICOM Secretariat |
Sunday Oghayei |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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OECS Commission |
OECS Commission |
Allan J. Paul |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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OECS Commission |
OECS Commission |
Voronica Mufudza |
Trade Adviser |
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Belize |
Government Department for Foreign Trade |
Terrence Simfukwe |
National Trade Adviser |
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Guyana |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Trade |
Edmund Paul Kalekyezi |
National Trade Adviser |
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Jamaica |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade |
Josephine Nyakatawa |
National Trade Adviser |
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St Vincent and the Grenadines |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Commerce and Information Technology |
Isaac Wilson |
National Trade Adviser |
Pacific
Country / Organisation |
Ministry / Organisation |
Name of Adviser |
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PIF Secretariat |
PIF Secretariat |
Fredrick Kamusiime |
Trade Adviser |
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PIF Secretariat |
PIF Secretariat |
Stephen Fevrier |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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Fiji |
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism |
Hillary Kumwenda |
National Trade Adviser |
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Kiribati |
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives |
Samson Odhiambo |
National Trade Adviser |
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Samoa |
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour |
Stephen Musubire |
National Trade Adviser |
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Tonga |
Ministry of Commerce and Labour |
Isaac Ndung'u |
National Trade Adviser |
Central and Western Africa
Country / Organisation |
Ministry / Organisation |
Name of the Adviser |
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Central African Economic and Monetary Union (CEMAC) |
CEMAC |
André Monkam |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) |
ECCAS |
Serigne Bassirou Diene |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) |
ECOWAS |
Antoine Agbadome |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) |
UEMOA |
Jean Pierre Ouedraogo |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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Benin |
Ministry of Trade |
Akuetey Johnson |
National Trade Adviser |
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Burkina Faso |
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts |
Hadiza Diamballa Sako |
National Trade Adviser |
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Cameroon |
Ministry of Trade |
Fleurette M. Mangozara |
National Trade Adviser |
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Chad |
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Tourism Development |
Amadou Ba |
National Trade Adviser |
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Congo |
Ministry of Trade and Supply |
Lylie Balaka Mahele |
National Trade Adviser |
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Democratic Republic of Congo |
Ministry of Trade |
Koffi Guillaume Seka |
National Trade Adviser |
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Gabon |
Ministry of Trade, SMEs, Supply and Services Development |
Abdoul M. Diallo |
National Trade Adviser |
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Guinea |
Ministry of Trade |
Jean Batia |
National Trade Adviser |
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Guinea-Bissau |
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- |
National Trade Adviser |
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Ivory Coast |
Ministry of Trade |
Eugène Manga Manga |
National Trade Adviser |
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Mali |
Ministry of Trade |
Dieudonné Ouefio |
National Trade Adviser |
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Mauritania |
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism |
Noroseheno Rajaona |
National Trade Adviser |
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Niger |
Ministry of Trade and Private Sector Promotion |
Basile Awassi |
National Trade Adviser |
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Senegal |
Ministry of Trade |
Marcelle G. Attiogbe da Silveira |
National Trade Adviser |
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Sierra Leone |
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National Trade Adviser |
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Togo |
Ministry of Trade and Private Sector Promotion |
Ernestine Attanasso |
National Trade Adviser |
Eastern and Southern Africa
Country / Organisation |
Ministry / Organisation |
Name of Adviser |
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African Union Commission | African Union Commission | Jean Bertrand Azapmo | Regional Trade Adviser |
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African Union Commission |
African Union Commission |
Brian Mureverwi |
Trade Adviser |
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COMESA Secretariat |
COMESA Secretariat |
Yusuf Abdalla |
Regional Trade Adviser |
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Bostwana |
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Rachael Nsubuga |
National Trade Adviser |
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Lesotho |
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Samuel Yeboah |
National Trade Adviser |
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Kenya |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
Philda Maiga |
National Trade Adviser |
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Malawi |
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Isaac Gokah |
National Trade Adviser |