The Founders

Osazeme O. Founder and Lead Strategist

Iyayi-Osazeme Oyegun is a Nigerian-British development practitioner, feminist, and institutional systems strategist with over a decade of experience across the United Nations and multi-sector development contexts. She specialises in localisation architecture and institutional reform, supporting organisations to transition from externally driven programme models to locally anchored, operationally viable systems.
Her work integrates programme design, gender-responsive systems strengthening, donor-facing strategy, and cross-functional coordination in fragile and complex environments. Known for clarity and strategic depth, she bridges field realities and institutional priorities to ensure that commitments translate into coherent delivery.
Through NCC, she advances African-anchored strategy designed to translate complexity into systems that endure.

Dudzi, Partner and Co-Lead

Dudziro Nhengu is a Zimbabwean governance, gender, peace, and conflict resolution practitioner with extensive experience across Sub-Saharan Africa. Her work spans resilience building, mediation practice, and community relations transformation, engaging civil society actors, security institutions, traditional leaders, and women’s peace committees.
As Partner and Co-Lead, she strengthens NCC’s governance and conflict-sensitive programming portfolio, ensuring that institutional systems are politically grounded and mediation-informed. She serves as NCC’s Southern Africa anchor and brings continental credibility through her accreditation with FemWise Africa and engagement in regional research and mediation networks.