Very Rev. Prof. Stephen Mbugua Ngari is the Rector and Vice Chancellor of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Very Rev. Prof. Mbugua is a Diocesan Priest from the Diocese of Nakuru. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Psychology from Egerton University, a Master of Science degree in Psychology from Rochester Institute of Technology (USA), a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from St. John Fisher College (USA), a Diploma in Theology from St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, and a Certificate in Philosophy from St. Augustine’s Seminary Mabanga.

Rev. Dr. Marcel Uwineza is a Jesuit priest from Rwanda. He holds a Masters, Licentiate and PhD in Systematic Theology from Boston College, Jesuit University, US. He also holds an MBA in Leadership and Management from York St. John University, UK. He is currently the Principal (President) of Hekima University College, Nairobi, Kenya. He served as Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at the same institution. He also served as the Formation Assistant of the Jesuits of Rwanda- Burundi Region. Uwineza is also on the Board of Theological Studies. His research and teaching interests include Christian anthropology, ecclesiology, liberation theology, Vatican II, genocide studies, religion and ethics. His recent book publications include Risen from the Ashes: Theology as Autobiography (2022) and Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Challenges and Hopes (2023). His forthcoming book is Healing a Wounded People: A Theology for a Divided World (Brill 2025). Among this public addresses, one recalls his address to the United Nations General Assembly in April 12, 2019 on “25 Years After the Genocide in Rwanda: A Testimony” and a keynote Address to the Global Leaders of the Jesuit Universities and Colleges (2024). His particular attention goes to the education of poor children who have benefited from Misericordia Project which he co-founded in Rwanda.

Rev. Prof. PAUL BÉRÉ is a Jesuit priest from Burkina Faso, Paul Béré is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Biblical Sciences (Biblicum) at the Pontifical Gregorian University, specifically at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. His research concentrates on Aural Criticism of the Bible, aiming to demonstrate that the biblical text is primarily intended for an audience of listeners rather than readers. With hearing as the main means of reception, reading becomes ancillary. This research was inspired by his African cultural background. His second area of research explores themes such as leadership and violence in the Bible, with particular attention to the articulation between exegesis and hermeneutics. He seeks to promote a global conversation among various hermeneutics of the Bible in collaboration with other scholars: e.g., N.Ex.U.S. (an acronym for Nurturing Exegetical Understanding of Scripture: www.hermenexus.org) based in Rome; Sacred Texts International Conference (in collaboration with Dr. Michael Mensah at the University of Ghana, the Department for the Study of Religions: www.sacredtextsafrica.org). In terms of collaboration and service, he is a member of the Panafrican Association of Catholic Exegetes (PACE), the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the Jungmann Society of Jesuits in Liturgy, and the African Association of Theologians. At the Church level, he serves as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (Vatican), the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) (Vatican), and as a consultor to the Dicastery for Culture and Education (Vatican), and the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (Vatican).

Rev. Prof. Richard N. Rwiza is a Catholic Priest from the Archdiocese of Arusha, Tanzania. He is an Associate Professor of Moral Theology at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi – Kenya with over sixteen years of research and teaching portfolio. He holds a Doctorate and Masters in Moral Theology, both from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; and a Licentiate in Moral Theology from CUEA. Currently, he serves as the Dean, Faculty of Theology at CUEA. Rwiza is the author of several works including Formation of Christian Conscience in Modern Africa (Paulines Publications Africa, 2001); Environmental Ethics in the African Context (CUEA Press, 2021).

Sr. Prof. Josée Ngalula, from DR Congo, is a Sister of Saint Andrew and Doctor in Theology. She teaches Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of Congo (UCC), other theological institutions in DR Congo, and at the ecumenical and interreligious Institute “Al Mowafaqa” in Rabat (Morocco). She is currently the Director of the Observatory of Violence and Religious Fundamentalism in DR Congo (OVIRCO). She is member of the following institutions and research groups: International Theological Commission (ITC), the African Synodality Initiative (ASI), the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN), the ecumenical theological network “Tsena Malàlaka”. She is participating as a voting member in the Synod of synodality. Publications : https://uccc.academia.edu/Jos%C3%A9eNGALULA

Dr. Nora Kofognotera Nonterah, is a humanist interested in scholarship that promotes peacebuilding and supports the creation of safe spaces for constructive human relations and flourishing. She holds a PhD degree in theology (with specialization in ethics) from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and she is currently a lecturer at the department of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (Ghana). Her research interest includes peace-building, interreligious dialogue, gender, safeguarding of minors, interreligious dialogue/relations/education, and social ethics. She is a member of the following professional bodies: Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network, Women in Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Ghana (WiSTEMgh), and Circle of Concerned African Woman Theologians.