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The African Project and Project Management Association (APPMA) has elected Nigerian university don, Prof Festus Ukwuoma, as its next President.
Prof Ukwuoma, who is currently the Head of Project Management Technology at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), was elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association as part of the 2nd African Project and Program Management Conference (APPMC) just ended in Ghana.
By this election, Prof Ukwuoma will lead the Association for the next two years and would bring his decades of project management and administrative experiences to bear on the growth of the Association.
President of the Direct Leadership Institute (DLI), and Project Director of the African Project and Program Management Conference (APPMC), Dr. Donald Agumenu was elected as Secretary General.
Head of Human Resources at the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Ghana, Yvonne Vandepuye would serve as Vice President (Programs) while Engineer Asuquo Okon, an oil and gas project management consultant/ trainer would serve as Vice President (Membership & Mobilization).
Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo (first commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group -ECOMOG-, former Minister of Defence, Ghana and will chair the Advisory Council of the African Project and Program Management Board). Mr. Boniface Emenalo of the National Assembly also sits in the advisory board.
The conference also witnessed the formal inauguration of Women in Project Management Africa (WiMPA). WiMPA would serve as the women’s wing of the African Project and Program Management Association. Women in Project Management Africa (WiMPA) is a Pan-African professional network aimed at empowering and developing the capacities of women in project, change, program and portfolio management.
The Association elected Mrs. Veronica Sadah, a retired Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations at Ghana Custom, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) as President, while Relation Manager at First National Savings and Loans Company, Hilda Nkansah would serve as Vice President I Rhoda Appiah is Vice President II (in charge of international relations). Enyonan Ekpe is Membership and Mobilization Coordinator, while Senior Supply Officer at the Ministry of Agric, Ghana, Alice Zu, is Secretary of the Association.
Imaobong Essien-Eti of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was elected Financial Secretary.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Women in Project Management Africa (WIPMA), Mrs. Veronica Sadah, thanked the Direct Leadership institute (DLI) and the African Project and Program Management Association (APPMA) for nurturing the formation of the Women in Project Management Africa (WiMPA).
She said: “Association will provide the much needed platform to address the key issues affecting women managers today and working to provide opportunities for women to further develop their potentials in today’s dynamic environment.
“Women are known globally as good managers. Name any great institution in the world, and one can easily identity a number of women working professionally and tirelessly, sometimes more than their male counterparts, to ensure that nothing but success is achieved. Women have made their mark, and should be recognized for such.
“According to the World Bank’s report ‘Gender at Work’, gender quality in the world of work is a win-win on many fronts. Indeed, empowering women and girls is vital to ending extreme poverty and boosting what the World Bank terms ‘Shared Prosperity.’ Empowering women would, no doubt, contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Post 2015 agenda.
“Unfortunately, African women have not organized themselves into well recognized professional groups to champion their own course. Some of the platforms that readily come to mind are: Abantu for Development, Federation of Women Lawyers, and a few others are the known ones. Women need to broaden their voices.”
WiMPA, she said, represents a much needed alliance to address the key issues affecting women managers today and working to provide opportunities for members to further develop their potential in today’s dynamic environment.
She used the opportunity to announce a fees-free registration period for women project managers across Africa till December 2014.
She urged women to take advantage of this window to come on board to champion this course by sending their request for membership to femaleprojectmanagers@gmail.com.
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