Mvemba Phezo Dizolele

At-a-Glance

Serves as the Director and Senior Fellow of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Lecturer in African studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Former Peter J. Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow and National Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution
Grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, covering the 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a reporter
Produced 'Congo’s Bloody Coltan,' a documentary report on the relationship between the Congo conflict and mineral resources
Holds an International MBA and an MPP from the University of Chicago
Veteran of the US Marine Corps Reserve

Biography

Mvemba Phezo Dizolele brings over two decades of experience in international affairs, foreign policy analysis, defense and security, democratization, corporate governance, advocacy, and strategic communication. He currently serves as the Director and Senior Fellow of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, and is a lecturer in African studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).