Mnikeli Ndabambi Leads Ogembo’s overall vision, institutional strategy and scientific direction, guiding the integration of meteorology, climate intelligence and early-warning systems into practical resilience solutions.
Mnikeli Ndabambi is a highly experienced meteorologist and weather-services executive with an extensive career spanning operational forecasting, numerical weather prediction, severe-weather warning systems, meteorological infrastructure and strategic leadership. His work has focused on translating complex atmospheric science into reliable forecasts, early warnings and decision-support information that protect lives, livelihoods and economic activity.
Tshepho Ngobeni Provides weather-forecasting expertise with legal, governance and institutional strategy to strengthen Ogembo’s climate-risk solutions, partnerships and resilient decision-support systems across Africa.
Tshepho Ngobeni is an experienced meteorological forecasting, disaster-risk, legal and institutional strategy professional with a strong background in operational weather forecasting, impact-based forecasting, early-warning systems, governance and stakeholder engagement. His experience includes senior leadership in forecasting and disaster-risk reduction, with a focus on translating weather intelligence into practical, impact-based information for early action.
Vuselelo Dube Leads the integration of Ogembo’s technology, digital platforms and strategic partnerships, helping transform climate and agricultural intelligence into scalable, commercially viable solutions for African farmers and institutions.
Vuselelo Dube is a technology and business development professional with more than two decades of experience spanning ICT engineering, systems administration, technology management and entrepreneurship. At Ogembo, he applies this experience to the design and integration of digital platforms, climate-data systems and technology partnerships that translate scientific and weather intelligence into practical solutions for farmers.
Prof. Joel Botai Provides Ogembo with scientific leadership in meteorology, climate modelling and early-warning intelligence, ensuring that its agricultural risk, resilience and decision-support solutions are grounded in credible weather and climate science.
Prof. Joel Botai is an accomplished climate and meteorological scientist with extensive expertise in meteorology, atmospheric modelling, remote sensing, climate-risk analysis, Earth observation, and the development of weather and climate information services. His work applies climate intelligence across agriculture, water resources, energy, health, disaster-risk reduction, and other climate-sensitive sectors.
Kgomotso Lekola Supports Ogembo in translating advanced weather and climate-risk intelligence into actuarially informed parametric insurance solutions, risk indices, and decision-support tools for farmers and agricultural value chains across Africa.
Kgomotso Lekola is an experienced entrepreneur and climate-risk specialist with extensive exposure to commercial weather intelligence, climate-risk modelling and insurance applications. His work spans the analysis of extreme weather and climate volatility, actuarial assessment of climate-related losses, risk-index development, long-horizon forecasting and the application of weather data to index-based and parametric insurance solutions.
