About Us

Malaika has a deputy roles and responsibilities in environmental career required her to apply skills and competencies in the following areas; Environmental Monitoring and Auditing, Development and Management of Environmental Management Systems(ISO 1400), Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), prospecting applications, Mining permit and right applications, IFC Standards implementation and monitoring, Waste Management, Water Quality, Information and Communication Management, Policy Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge Management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Document Management Systems.

Rebecca is a Sales and Marketing Management Executive of 5+ years sales experience with diverse customers and markets ranging from start-ups to Fortune. Rebecca has extensive expertise selling in the technical arena, developing marketing and customer sales & service teams as well as setting up distributor relationships worldwide.

Gary is a field work assistant with a passion for development of a positive environmental impact and expertise in the implementation and monitoring of Environmental and Social Management Plan for projects. He has a clear understanding of Environmental and Social safeguards and waste management regulations with experience in working with local communities, conducting stakeholder engagements and organizing relevant meetings.

Selva is a biodiversity specialist with over 13 years consulting experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia. I am experienced in conducting baseline flora and fauna surveys, ecosystem services assessments, ecological impact assessment and development of mitigation, compensation and offsetting measures for projects in the mining, waste, transport, land development and power generation sectors.

He has completed baseline biodiversity studies and ecosystem service reviews for numerous projects in the DRC and he is experienced in conducting such assessments to satisfy both national environmental regulations and international financing requirements particularly those demanded by the International Finance Corporation’s 2012 Performance Standards. To date he has worked on biodiversity-related projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Rwanda and Uganda.

Natasha Chilando, social professional currently working for EmiAfrica as a consultant. My geographical experience covers southern Africa and I am responsible for managing environmental and social sustainability issues for energy projects by undertaking risk assessments, management and monitoring. I assist clients to adopt and implement socially & environmentally responsible management practices included in the safeguard standards of international financial institutions (e.g. IFC) and the Equator Principles (EPs).

Prior to joining the EmiAfrica, her role was to advise decision makers within the bank on various lending and investment proposals irrespective of the sector (i.e. agriculture, financial institutions, energy, infrastructure etc.) He also worked in the non-governmental undertaking a series of research projects.
Country work experience: DRC and Zambia.

Sarah has experience in supporting project management teams at EmiAfrica. She is responsible for implementing planning and control measures to monitor project progress, as well as resource utilization and cost/schedule control through earned value management. She holds a Bsc in Social science and Certificate in Project Management and has her Project Management Professional (PMP) designation by the Project Management Institute.

Richard has extensive experience in finance and business development. With a background in business management and administration, he is also filling the role of office Manager. Richard is a community planner who is passionate about working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and clients to find solutions and achieve success. He has over 10 years of experience working with clients to provide technical knowledge and advice relating to land use planning, and environmental effects and management issues.

In addition, he has been involved in DLIST ASCLME and BCLME projects focusing on knowledge management and information sharing along the south of Africa. Within EmiAfrica Richard is also responsible for business administration and as Office Manager of the Kitwe Office. In his current role, he is responsible for overseeing all areas of finance and administration including: payroll, accounts payable and receivables, job costing, cash management, general ledger, banking and reconciliations. He provides strategic analysis for management to determine project and company profitability and also enjoys things like problem solving, providing timely and relevant analyses, forecasting, budgeting and working as a team to grow the company.

Adams is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience in the consulting industry. His project work has included marine and coastal projects, hydrologic and hydraulic assessments, stormwater management planning and design, and water and wastewater projects. His project involvement has included the roles of project manager and coordinator, technical reviewer, lead hydrologic and hydraulic modeler, stormwater system designer, and construction observer.

Adam was a Part time Lecturer at Apex University, Lusaka and DMI St Eugene University. His professional interests include ESIA reporting for Mining, linear, energy and large infrastructure projects, strategic environmental reporting, ESDD’s for development financing institutions, social impact assessment and resettlement planning, environmental performance and compliance monitoring. At EmiAfrica, Adam is responsible for the management of projects and specialist teams and support staff, the preparation and monitoring of project budgets in excess, as well as being responsible for the de technical direction of the EmiAfrica Lusaka, Zambia office. Adam has gained extensive environmental and social baseline study experience through the various projects involved in to date that have resettlement implications, alternatively, those that potentially impact on large numbers of people.

Merimee Kalumba is the founder and Director of EmiAfrica and member of Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES). Merimee is an environmental scientist with over 10 years of experience in the fields of environmental and social impact assessment, stakeholder consultation and climate change focusing on environmental equity of air quality assessment.

As a climate change specialist and strategist for the climate change team at EmiAfrica, he has experience developing and conducting climate change risk and vulnerability assessments and adaptation plans for a variety of clients across the world, including the coordination of a climate change risk assessment for the DRC Government and UNDP. His climate change adaptation work follows ISO31000 and PIEVC risk assessment frameworks, but are modified to suit each client’s needs and end goals. Merimee has 10 years of experience within the mining and energy industry, infrastructure, research and environmental issues. Experienced in Environmental permitting, Compiling Basic Assessment Report, Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Conducting Public Participation Process, Landfill Auditing, Environmental Management Program for Prospecting and Mining Projects, Energy projects, and Construction Site Audit and due diligence.