Thembisa Fakude

Political Analyst, Author & Middle East–Africa Relations Specialist

Meet Thembisa Fakude

Mr Thembisa Fakude has a wealth of experience in media and communications. He currently holds a Master’s Degree in Politics as well as a Bachelor of Arts with Honors both from the University of the Witwatersrand South Africa. He has held Chairpersonship in the Foreign Correspondents Association of Southern Africa (FCASA), he’s a Board member of the Mail and Guardian Newspaper. He was also a member of the Organizing Committee Women Deliver 4th Conference, Copenhagen in 2016. Mr Fakude is also a Research Fellow at the Al Sharq Forum in Istanbul, Turkey.

Mr Fakude was part of the Al Jazeera Media Network for over ten years and worked as a senior news producer, researcher and Head of the English Unit Research for the Network. Mr Fakude was also a Member of the Organizing Committee for the World Media Summit at Doha, Qatar in 2016.

Mr Fakude is a Columnist for the Middle East Monitor in London, United Kingdom (UK). He is also the Deputy Chairperson of the Common Action Forum in Madrid.

I don’t see Putin backing down: Fakude

Senior Research Fellow and Director at Afrasid Thembisa Fakude says he can’t see Russian President Vladimir Putin backing down in the war against Ukraine.

Ouattara poised to win Cote d’Ivoire’s October presidential elections

Cote d’Ivoire, which will hold presidential elections on 25 October, plays an important role in the politics and economy of West Africa, a region in which a number of countries are either under military rule or facing political uncertainty, which has hindered economic growth.