14 September 2009 - PRESS RELEASE - In July 2009 ECORYS established a new company in Polokwane, South Africa under the name of ECORYS Africa. The Managing Director of ECORYS Africa is Dr Elizabeth Omoluabi.

ECORYS has chosen Polokwane, because the Limpopo region, which is located in the North of South Africa, has significant growth potential and is conveniently located for working with clients in Pretoria and Johannesburg and in three of the countries that share a border with South Africa i.e. Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe. This confirms our Africa focus.

In the coming years ECORYS expects to work on a range of issues which are important for the future of the region, including population and health research, service delivery, water management, and foreign direct investment in the mining industry, agriculture and tourism development. Moreover, ECORYS Africa will offer policy research, policy monitoring and management services with a focus on leadership training and governance and local and regional economic development.

ECORYS owns companies in 12 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. With a worldwide staff of app. 600 people ECORYS works on some 2,500 assignments in more than 140 countries each year.

Dr Elizabeth Omoluabi (1963) holds a PhD in Demography from the Institut de Démographie de l’Université de Paris I (IDUP). She has been active as an international consultant for 24 years, working in Africa and Europe. Her expertise includes management, design, monitoring and evaluation of large development projects, institutional assessment, and social and economic data analysis. She has worked on projects for clients such as the European Commission, UNDP, UNFPA, South African Social Security Agency, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa; IBE Consulting, Belgium; DFID Sudan and DFID UK. During her career, Dr. Omoluabi has published many papers and won several international awards including the Rockefeller Foundation student award, the Lavoisier award (France) and fellowships from the Population Council, Southampton University, the HSRC, and recently, the University of Limpopo..

About ECORYS
ECORYS is one of the leading knowledge companies in Europe working on economic, social and spatial development, comprising ECORYS Nederland, ECOTEC Research and Consulting (ECORYS in the UK) and ECORYS International. ECORYS makes its contributions to society with app. 600 highly qualified in-house staff, who work for public and private sector clients worldwide. ECORYS has offices in Amsterdam, Ankara, Birmingham, Brussels, Budapest, Keele, Leeds, London, Madrid, Moscow, Noida, Polokwane, Rotterdam, Sofia and Warsaw. ECORYS has representative offices or liaisons in Belgrade, Kyiv, Manila, Skopje, Washington and Zagreb.

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