Maniza Ntekim

Maniza joined UNICEF’s East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) in April 2018 where she leads on providing technical advice, guidance and oversight on Early Childhood Development to 21 UNICEF Country Offices. Prior to taking up this post she was Senior Programme Officer at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) where she led on OSF’s global ECD advocacy programme, supported ECD systems strengthening in Africa and represented the Private Sector and Private Foundations on the Global Partnership for Education’s Country Grants Committee.