Dr. Roukaya Kasenally has been named to replace current Chief Executive Officer of African MediaInitiative (AMI) Mr. Eric Chinje, effective January 1, 2018, reports ITRealms.
The chairman of the Board of Directors of the African MediaInitiative (AMI), Mr. Wale Aboderin, made this disclosure on the reconstituted Board and the new management team of the continental media
organization.
Aboderin in a letter to new and outgoing members of the Board, made available to ITRealms, underscored the importance of taking those measures that will ensure
that AMI continues its mission to support the emergence of a pro-development
media in Africa. The new Board, he said, will work more closely with management
to generate the resources needed to scale up current programs in line with the objectives
of the organization.
The reconstituted Board comprises: Mr. Wale Aboderin – Chairman, Ms. Eugenie
Aw-Ndiaye – West Africa, Mr. Omar Ben Yedder – African Diaspora (Media) , Mr.
Eric Chinje – Central Africa , African Diaspora – (Representative of
Multilateral Institutions), Ms. Rebecca Enonchong – African Diaspora
(Technology), Ms. Julie Gichuru – East Africa , Ms. Ipeleng Selele - Southern
Africa , Pr. Laeed Zaghlami – North Africa, and Dr. Roukaya Kasenally -- (Ex
Officio Member).
According to Aboderin, the appointment of Dr. Roukaya
Kasenally to replace outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Eric Chinje, who has
come to the end of his term. Dr. Kasenally will head a leadership team that
would include two Senior Advisors: Mr. Wangethi Mwangi and Mr. Chinje (who, at
the urging of the Board Chair, agreed to stay on and support the new CEO).
In an address to staff before leaving Nairobi, Mr. Chinje
recognized the dedication of a team that had worked to keep the vision of AMI
alive under very difficult circumstances. “You made enormous sacrifices to keep
an African dream alive,” he said, “participating in a faith project that will
someday make this continent proud.”
Dr. Kasenally, who currently lectures at the University of
Mauritius along with her role as Senior Advisor for Media Development, had been
with AMI since its incorporation in 2010. She takes the helm of the
organization with effect from January 1, 2018.
Uj. N. Dominic/GEE
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