Dr. Antoni Folkers (1960), is a Dutch architect and urbanist (PhD Delft University of Technology 2010). He worked as researcher and designer in Africa since 1984 for the University of Amsterdam, the Institute for Tropical Building (IFT) and L+P Architects. In 1992, he cofounded FBW Architects with offices in Manchester, Dar es Salaam, Utrecht, Kampala, Nairobi and Kigali.

In 2001, he cofounded ArchiAfrika, platform for research and news on African architecture and in 2010,  he cofounded African Architecture Matters. Antoni Folkers published articles and books on architectural subjects, amongst which Modern Architecture in Africa (2nd edition  2019) .

Dr. Victoria Marwa Heilman, Chairperson and co–founder of Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity (TAWAH) NGO, is passionate about helping communities in need through her knowledge and expertise in architecture. Since its creation in 2010, TAWAH has had success in building houses and classrooms using low-cost, locally available materials and involving communities. Victoria was an Eisenhower Fellow in 2016 and used her fellowship in the USA to learn different ways to expand TAWAH’s work building affordable housing in Tanzania. Victoria holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, a M.Sc. in Architecture from the Catholic University of America (CUA) through a Ford Foundation scholarship, and a Ba. in Architecture from the University of Dar es Salaam – UCLAS in Tanzania.  Victoria works professionally as an architect at VK Green Architects Ltd. A company that she started in 2012 while teaching as a lecturer in the School of Architecture and Design at Ardhi University (ARU) in Dar es Salaam from 2001 to 2018.  Victoria is an advocate of Sustainable Design and Construction and this can be seen in her teaching, research and designs. Victoria is also an executive committee member of the Tanzania Green Building Council (TZGBC) and she has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity Tanzania for a number of projects in rural Tanzania as a coordinator and a construction supervisor. In 2018, Victoria left her teaching career at Ardhi University to devote more time to TAWAH. Together with the board of directors, secretariat and volunteers, Victoria will continue TAWAH’s mission of bringing hope in communities by working together with women and youths from poor communities to build adequate shelter.