AfriLabs Elects a New Board Member

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.

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.

The fifth edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering kicks off on Monday 12th October, 2020, kindly register here, to join the largest gathering of major players in the African Tech and Innovation Ecosystem.