The People Behind KORUMO
Our team of KORUMO Associates are experienced leaders in their field. We combine facilitation, coaching, and counselling with expertise in rural development, agribusiness, mining, and media.
With a footprint across Africa and beyond, we offer services in English, French, Swahili, isiXhosa and more.
Salomon (PhD)
Inspiring people as drivers of their own change.
Facilitator, coach and yoga teacher who founded KORUMO, with a background in anthropology and a PhD in participatory rural development.
Engel (PhD)
Bringing rigorous research to the real work of coaching and facilitation.
Coach, facilitator, and researcher, Karen heads up strategy and operations at KORUMO and is the content lead for its stakeholder facilitation team.
Ngcongo
Keeping KORUMO's finance and operations running smoothly — and warmly human.
KORUMO's virtual navigator and communications specialist for our online processes, who brings warmth and imagination to every space she holds.
Manana
Telling the kinds of stories that move social change forward.
Audio-visual specialist working across documentary research, film publicity and video editing, who helps make sure KORUMO's work is seen and felt.
Abalo (PhD)
Helping people feel that they really can make a difference.
Gender coach in KORUMO's work for gender-transformative leadership — and also owner of 3A consultancy, lecturer, city councillor and regional leader for Women in Mining in West-Africa.
Guchu
Creating the space and freedom for people to find new ways of being.
Integral coach based in Nairobi, passionate about people and real results, and known for keeping the work simple, practical and fun.
Enokenwa Baa (PhD)
Working where gender, climate change and rural life come together.
Cameroonian-born scientist based in Pretoria, South Africa, exploring the nexus of gender, climate change and rural livelihoods.
Buckley
Walking beside leaders through change, with clarity and care.
Durban-based coach, facilitator, and spiritual director who journeys with leaders through transformation — aligning purpose, presence and action for lasting impact.
Henriksson (PhD)
Exploring the meeting place between people and the living planet.
Sustainability scientist — creative, down-to-earth, diligent and positive — coach and stakeholder facilitator.
Gamede
Working where personal wellness meets institutional change.
Black queer feminist activist, facilitator, coach and counsellor, working at the intersection of individual wellness, institutional strengthening and financial management.
Njenga
Helping women live their truth and take their place without fear.
Transformational coach and development practitioner who longs to see women live their truth, show up authentically and take up their place without fear.
Dale
Helping lasting change start on the inside and work its way out.
NPO leader with 17 years' experience, working as a coach, facilitator, organisational-development consultant, and aspiring writer.
Njuguna
Asking the question that really matters: did it actually work?
Development professional with deep experience in leadership, development management, capacity enhancement and value-chain analysis.
Helping changemakers around the world thrive in complexity.
A global organisation accompanying social and climate justice leaders — from activists to funders — to grow, lead and transform.
Making coaching a core leadership skill, not a support service.
A South African coach-training school and organisational-development practice, working with coaches, leaders, managers and whole organisations.
Connecting facilitators worldwide for social innovation and learning.
An international network of experienced facilitators for social innovation, multi-stakeholder learning and collaboration, rooted in many countries and cultures.