Silindile Mlilo: Email & Phone Number

Work Experience 16 years

Senior Research Associate at Global Migration Institute

Jan 2026 - Current

Co-Founder & Director at Meraki Afrique

Jan 2023 - Current

Research Associate at African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)

Jan 2026 - Current

Project Manager & Postdoctoral Researcher at African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)

Jul 2025 - Dec 2025

Project Manager & Doctoral Researcher at African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)

Jan 2018 - Jun 2025

Consultant - Labour Migration and Free Movement at GIZ African Union

Mar 2024 - Dec 2024

Consultant - Trainer for the Migration Governance Simulation Training (MMD III - Dialogues) at International Centre for Migration Policy Development

Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

Coimbra Scholar - Visiting Research Fellowship at Trinity College Dublin

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

Consultant - Impact Measurement Expert | Practice for Impact at Impact Fund

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Creative Content Producer & Interviewer - Africa Answers Series at School of Transnational Governance

Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

Young Policy Network on Migration (YPNM) Fellow at Swiss Forum for Migration Studies (SFM)

Oct 2020 - Nov 2022

Consultant - Training on Advanced Crisis Communication on Migration in The Gambia at IOM - UN Migration

Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

Programme Officer at Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation

Sep 2016 - Mar 2018

IDEX Fellow- Ashoka Youth Venture at Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

Research Assistant at ENCO Energie-Consulting AG

Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

Human Rights Monitoring and Awareness Raising Intern at Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA)

Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

Social Worker at National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO)

Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

Facilitator at University of Fort Hare

Jun 2010 - Nov 2011

Silindile is proficient in English, French, and IsiNdebele. Their professional focus is Academic & Policy Writing, admnistration, and Budgeting & Financial Management across 3 core areas.

Silindile holds Social Worker certifications and has been awarded Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (SSRC): Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship, PHD Research Fellowship Award, and CODESRIA College of Mentors Doctoral Student Mentorship Institute Fellowship