The institute’s top management team were in Dar es Salaam this week for a three-day retreat during which they mulled over the implementation of the institute’s revamped 10-year strategy and resource mobilization efforts, among other issues.
The retreat, which was held on 4-6 September, was the first by the new management team headed by Dr Nteranya Sanginga as Director General and the second to be organized at the institute’s Eastern Africa Hub in Tanzania.
Present at the retreat were the DG, DDG for Partnership and Capacity Building Dr Ken Dashiell, DDG for Research Dr Ylva Hillbur, R4D Directors’ Drs Bernard Vanlauwe (Central Africa), David Chikoye (Southern Africa), Robert Asiedu (West Africa), and Victor Manyong (Eastern Africa).
Also in attendance were Mr Kwame Akuffo Akoto, incoming DDG for R4D Support; Ms Jacqueline Musiimenta, Senior Finance Officer, representing Director for Finance Mr Sholola Shalewa; Mrs Hilde Koper, Head of the Contracts and Grants Office; Mrs Toyin Oke, Head of the newly created Resource Mobilization, Protocol, and External Liaison Office; and Mrs Jenny Cramer, Secretary to the IITA Board of Trustees.
The management team also visited the hub’s offices at Mikocheni where they met with staff, toured the soon-to-be-completed science building, and had a luncheon with all the staff at the hub. They also saw a demonstration of a technology in an-ongoing project to determine the levels of mycotoxin contamination in maize, cassava, and groundnuts in Tanzania which is led by Dr Fen Beed, IITA Plant Pathologist based at the hub.
Dr Manyong welcomed the management team to the hub, noting that it was important for staff particularly in the regional hubs to personally interact with management to keep them motivated.
Dr Dashiell, while speaking during the luncheon, assured staff of management’s continued support of their research activities and commended them for their good work, professionalism, and motivation to contribute towards realizing the institute’s refreshed strategy and its mission and vision.
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