Adam Hussein Adam

Nairobi

Adam Hussein Adam is the Africa program officer for the Open Society Justice Initiative’s citizenship and statelessness project. Based in the OSIEA offices, he is responsible for advocacy work around gaps in citizenship protections at African Union level.

Adam has worked extensively on citizenship and diversity issues as they relate to discrimination, exclusion and conflict in Kenya. From 2001-2007, he worked with the Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE), first as head of projects and later as senior program officer in charge of diversity programs.

Prior to that, he was responsible for developing and coordinating projects for the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) in Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. He holds a BSc degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, and an International Diploma in Project Management from the University of Cambridge.