ICA Africa By-elections
ICA Africa held a by-election during its members’ forum held on the 11th October, 2019 in Rwanda. There were seven vacant positions – one position for the women representative to the regional board, one position for the member at large for the regional board and five positions for trustee members.
Ms. Eve Tepsy Ntseoane from South African National Apex Cooperative (SANACO) was elected as the first women representative to the ICA Africa regional board while Mr. Lawrence Bale from SANACO was elected as the members at large.
With the trustee members positions, (from left top) Mr. Youssef Hosni from Office du Développement de la Coopération (ODCO) was elected to represent the north Africa subregion, Mr. Akinola Akinrera nominated by Cooperative Federation of Nigeria (CFN) representing west Africa, Mr. Motshwari Mashbane from Botswana Cooperative Association (BOCA) representing the southern Africa, (bottom left) Mr. Litho Rugendabanga from COOPEC Nyawera representing central Africa then Prof. Esther Gicheru nominated by Cooperative Insurance Company of Kenya (CIC) representing East Africa.