{"id":1288,"date":"2021-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.afrilabs.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/afrilabs-elects-a-new-board-member-3\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:00:00","slug":"afrilabs-elects-a-new-board-member-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.afrilabs.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/afrilabs-elects-a-new-board-member-3\/","title":{"rendered":"AfriLabs Elects a New Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The AfriLabs Annual General Meeting held on the 7th October 2020 and it was the first Virtual General Meeting due to the COVID-19. During this meeting, a new board member, Takunda Chingonzo, Founder of Tech Village Zimbabwe was elected to assume the board seat that was vacant after Nekesa Were transitioned to a new role as the Director of Strategy at the AfriLabs Secretariat.<\/p>\n

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Other nominees for this role included were Prince Bonney, CEO iCODE, Gilbert Junior Buregyeya, Cofounder\/Programs Manager at Makerere Innovation & Incubation Centre, Youssouf Simbo Diakite, Founder & CEO of ADYFE and VAS, Khalid Ali, Chairperson, Impact Hub Khartoum at the end of the election conducted, Takunda Chingonzo emerged as the winner.<\/p>\n

The fifth edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering kicks off on Monday 12th October, 2020, kindly register here<\/a>, to join the largest gathering of major players in the African Tech and Innovation Ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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