Paul Nantulya is a Research Analyst at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C., specializing in Afro–East Asian partnerships with a focus on the dynamics of China–Africa relations. He is widely recognized for his research and publications on Chinese engagement in Africa, which have earned him international regard and made him a sought-after voice on China–Africa strategic affairs.

Before joining the Africa Center, Mr. Nantulya worked across the African continent with governments, international organizations, and leading NGOs. At South Africa’s Africa Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), he supported President Nelson Mandela’s mediation of the Burundi crisis, President Ketumile Masire’s facilitation of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, and Kenya’s mediation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan. He also worked with the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation to strengthen inter-party dialogue following Zanzibar’s 2001 post-election crisis, coordinating technical assistance from senior African National Congress members and South African government negotiators.

A committed Pan-Africanist, Mr. Nantulya has served as Information Secretary of both the Global Pan African Movement and the Pan African Youth Movement. As a university student in Kenya, he founded and led several youth movements—including the Africa Peace Initiative and the Renaissance Movement for a New Africa—organizing solidarity visits to liberated areas of Sudan during the civil war and engaging youth communities there.

Influenced by leaders of Kenya’s “second liberation,” he joined pro-democracy efforts against the Moi dictatorship and led United States International University’s first major protest, challenging police brutality after the killing of a fellow student.