MANI 2026 Continental Consultation — Abidjan, 9–13 March · Read the Declaration

About · Leadership

Servant leaders, a continental team.

MANI is coordinated by a Continental Coordinator, regional coordinators and network facilitators, supported by an international advisory team.

Rev. Peter Oyugi

Continental Coordinator

Rev. Peter Oyugi

Peter hails from Kenya and serves with AIM International as Director of African Mobilisation. Before becoming Continental Coordinator he served as MANI’s Continental Administrative Coordinator and Diaspora Coordinator for Europe, and sits on the steering group of the South-to-North Africa Partnership (S2NAP).

He served as a pastor in the UK for ten years and spent eleven and a half years as a student worker with FOCUS in Kenya and UCCF in the UK. He leads on the Centre for Missionaries from the Majority World (UK) and serves on the Global Connections Council and the WEA Mission Commission Leaders’ Cohort. He continues to mentor students and graduates across English- and Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Contact the Continental Office

With gratitude: Rev. Dr. Reuben Ezemadu

Served as MANI’s pioneer Continental Coordinator for twenty years, to the leadership transition at the Abidjan 2026 consultation. Founding Director of the Christian Missionary Foundation (Nigeria) and former General Coordinator of the Third World Missions Association.

Rev. Dr. Reuben Ezemadu

Ministry networks

Network facilitators

Each strategic network is led by a facilitator who carries the vision into a particular sphere.

Esme Bowers
AWIMNEsme BowersChair, African Women in Missions Network
Nosayaba (Nosa) Tukura
AWIMN · CIMNNosayaba (Nosa) TukuraExecutive Coordinator, AWIMN and Children in Missions Network (CIMN)
Austen Ukachi
PrayerAusten UkachiCoordinator, Strategic Prayer Network
Marina Prins
Member CareMarina PrinsCoordinator, Member Care Network
Prosper Isichei
Emerging LeadersProsper IsicheiContinental Leader, Emerging Leaders Network
WB
ResearchWillie BothaCoordinator, Country Assessment Process (CAP)

Regional coordinators

Coordinators across the continent

Titles and names are drawn from the current MANI directory and will be confirmed with each region before launch.

Anglophone West Africa

  • Region 2 (Nigeria): Emmanuel (EmmaJoe) Nwachukwu
  • Region 1: coordinator to be confirmed

Francophone Africa

  • Central: David Emmanuel Mbas Ngan
  • West: Stallion Brahiman Ouedraogo

East Africa & the Horn

  • Horn of Africa: Dr Samuel Kebreab
  • East Africa: coordinator to be confirmed

Southern & Portuguese-speaking Africa

  • Southern Africa: Peter Vumisa
  • Portuguese-speaking: Antonio Ngulla

Indian Ocean Islands

  • Dinah Ratsimbajaona
  • Rev. Dr. Mario Li Hing (Advisory)

Diaspora

  • Europe: Peter Oyugi
  • North America: Lloyd Chinn
  • Caribbean / Central America: Dominique Dick
  • Australasia: Daniel Mpondo

Advocacy & advice

International liaison and advisory team

Dean Carlson
Dean CarlsonInternational Liaison, Advocate and Ambassador
Jon Lewis
Jon LewisAdvisory Team
Rev. Dr. Mario Li Hing
Rev. Dr. Mario Li HingAdvisory Team · Indian Ocean Islands
João Barbosa Oliveira Jr
João Barbosa Oliveira JrAdviser and Liaison, Ibero-Latin America
PT
Peter TarantalAdvisory Team
RC
Ross CampbellInternational Liaison, Advisory Team

Serving as a coordinator

Roles and selection criteria

What do coordinators do?

Continental and regional coordinators function together as a team: catalysing and keeping the MANI vision; planning and facilitating the MANI process; developing policies and codes of practice; providing and requiring accountability; encouraging national coordinators; facilitating regional consultations; and liaising with global and continental networks.

Selection criteria

Credibility · Experience · Bridge-building · Spiritual maturity · Vision for the evangelisation of the region or country · Team player · Leadership with organisational support · Faith to trust God for resources · Ability to communicate in the regional language and respond within 72 hours · A proactive spirit.

Regional coordinator job description

Cast and stimulate the MANI vision across the region; facilitate ongoing national initiatives and see new ones launched; mentor national coordinators and network leaders; coordinate regional programmes; generate resources and keep accurate accounts; identify credible leaders; and provide liaison between national initiatives and the continent.

National coordinator job description

Cast the vision in the country; facilitate national and state or provincial initiatives; encourage network coordinators; coordinate national activities; remain accountable to the regional coordinator; and communicate MANI’s objectives upward to the regional and continental levels.