Shamiso Nyakuwa is a programme management and global health specialist with extensive experience managing interventions that deal with the overlap between health, research, and development. Her areas of expertise include programme design and management, capacity building, partner engagement and support, monitoring and evaluation, grants management and new business development. At Pangaea Zimbabwe, Shamiso leads the Key and Priority Populations activities under the ZIMPAAC consortium. Previously, she served as the Deputy Country Director at JSI for a global flagship maternal and child health integrated program; and for 6 years, she a was Program Manager leading a regional mental health capacity-building consortium, covering 4 sub-Saharan countries. Shamiso holds an MSc in Global Health and Development and a BSc Psychology degree. She is also a 2023 Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership fellow with Africa CDC under the African Union. Shamiso is passionate about the mental health, especially of women and adolescents.