Our People

Meet the Afflisa Team

World-class coaches with deep African context, bringing decades of lived leadership experience to every engagement.

Leadership Coaches

Experienced. Empathetic. Exceptional.

MA
Founder & Lead Coach

18 years guiding C-suite leaders across Africa and beyond through transformative leadership journeys.

Dr. Miriam Afflisa

Executive Coach · PCC

JK
Senior Coach

Specialist in organizational culture, team dynamics, and leadership under uncertainty.

James Karera

Culture & Team Strategist

AN
Associate Coach

Focused on emerging leaders with expertise in adaptive leadership and DEI.

Amara Nkosi

Rising Leaders Specialist

TM
Facilitator

Expert facilitator of leadership retreats and board alignment workshops across the continent.

Thomas Mutamba

Strategic Facilitator

Full Profiles

Experience that speaks for itself

Dr. Miriam Afflisa
Founder & Executive Coach · PCC

With over 18 years of executive coaching experience, Dr. Miriam Afflisa has worked with CEOs, ministers, and board directors across East and West Africa. Her approach blends Jungian depth psychology with strategic leadership frameworks, creating profound and lasting transformation.

ICF PCC CertifiedMBA — INSEADPhD Leadership Psychology
James Karera
Senior Coach · Culture & Team Strategist

James brings 14 years of experience building high-performance teams in banking, telecommunications, and the public sector. A specialist in organizational culture and systems thinking, he helps leadership teams move from fragmentation to unified purpose.

Barrett Values PractitionerMSc Organizational PsychologyAgile Leadership Cert.
Amara Nkosi
Associate Coach · Rising Leaders Specialist

Amara works specifically with emerging and mid-level leaders preparing for their next step. Her expertise in adaptive leadership and DEI creates development journeys that are both practically rigorous and deeply inclusive. She coaches in English, French, and Swahili.

ICF ACC CertifiedDEI PractitionerTrilingual Coach
Thomas Mutamba
Strategic Facilitator

Thomas is one of East Africa's most sought-after executive facilitators. Over 12 years he has designed and led more than 200 leadership retreats, board strategy sessions, and culture-change workshops — always with precision, warmth, and transformative results.

Certified Master FacilitatorStrategic Planning ExpertBoard Governance Cert.

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