About UNESCO Nairobi

UNESCO Nairobi is the Multisectoral Regional Office for Eastern Africa.
Last update:21 July 2023

UNESCO Nairobi was created in 1965 to serve as a regional hub for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Sub-Sahara Africa. 

Since UNESCO reformed the field network in 2011, the office covers are: Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. 

In addition, UNESCO Nairobi host and coordinate  (UIS),  (IOC), Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme(IHP) and The Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB) to enhance its capacity to deliver intellectual and humanist response to globalization and emergencies, and with the extraction and transfer of knowledge needed to influence sustainable development of a member state’s legal, policy and implementation frameworks.

Our Team

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Alexandros Makarigakis
Director and Representative a.i.
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Karanja Elizabeth
Executive Assistant
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Misako Ito

Regional Adviser for Communication and Information in Africa

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Lamine Sow

Senior Programme Specialist for Education

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Hugue Ngandeu Ngatta

Programme Specialist for Social and Human Sciences

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Masanori Nagaoka

Programme Specialist for Culture