{"id":16656,"date":"2026-06-20T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/hub-holds-retreat-and-honors-long-serving-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:01:35","slug":"hub-holds-retreat-and-honors-long-serving-staff","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/hub-holds-retreat-and-honors-long-serving-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Hub holds retreat and honors long-serving staff"},"content":{"rendered":"Day two celebrations were mostly internal and consisted of a hub retreat for all the scientists and senior staff at the hub followed by a dinner during which the long-serving staff at the hub were honored.\n
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Scientists bonding through fun activities on the beach.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe hub retreat with the theme \u201cCelebrating the past, building the future\u201d had two sessions\u2014a plenary session in the morning and team building in the afternoon.\n\nThe plenary session comprised six plenary discussions\u00a0 by\u00a0 each of the\u00a0 major themes at IITA and by the R4D support and Corporate service teams and focused on updating each other on the progress in implementation of the hub\u2019s strategy and future priorities in the\u00a0 next 50 years. The retreat was kicked off by remarks from\u00a0Victor Manyong<\/a>\u00a0who talked\u00a0 about the status of the hub in terms of staff numbers highlighting how staff strength had grown over the years.\n\nAlso present was the IITA DDG, Research for Development\u00a0May-Guri Saethre<\/a>, who appreciated the two\u00a0 events as an opportunity for her to\u00a0 get quickly\u00a0 acquainted with the ongoing research activities at the hub.\n\nThe afternoon consisted of a team building\u00a0 exercise\u00a0 led by the Human Resources team at HQ while during dinner\u00a0 five long-serving staff in the hub were\u00a0 honored. These\u00a0 were\u00a0 Fredrick Nabahire and Godfrey Kasirye, both Field Assistants in the Banana\u00a0 breeding\u00a0 program in (Uganda)\u00a0 who have worked\u00a0 for 24\u00a0 and 22\u00a0 years, respectively. Next were Sophie Swai, Office Assistant (13 years) and Charles Joram, \u00a0Driver\/Field Assistant from Tanzania (12 years), and Lornah Wanjiru Wamwiri, Office Assistant in Kenya (8 years).\n\nThey received certificates, plaques, and gift vouchers from DDG Saethre, hub Director Manyong, and Deputy Director Leena Tripathi who thanked them for their dedication and long service to the Institute.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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