Ms. Achieng Ojwang
Executive Director of Global Compact Network (GCN) South Africa
Dr Achieng Ojwang is the Executive Director of Global Compact network South Africa.
A Sustainability Professional, Dr Ojwang works with a group of companies in South Africa in the implementation of Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and impact on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In 2019 through the Global Compact Network SA, Dr Ojwang has mobilised South Africa’s Private Sector to collaborate with government through the VNR Reporting process. This is the beginning of further collaborative action on the Global Goals with the Private Sector, Government, Universities and UN Agencies in SA.
Previously, Dr Ojwang was the NBI Programme Manager for the Global Compact Network in South Africa, growing the brand and advocating the business role on issues such as gender equality, anti-corruption and human rights.
Dr Ojwang holds a Doctorate degree in Development Studies from Radboud University in the Netherlands and a Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of the Witwatersrand.