{"id":53953,"date":"2022-02-01T19:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=53953"},"modified":"2022-02-01T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:25:04","slug":"misa-director-elected-into-africa-freedom-of-information-centre-governing-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/misa-director-elected-into-africa-freedom-of-information-centre-governing-council","title":{"rendered":"MISA Director Elected Into Africa Freedom Of Information Centre Governing Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Moyo, who is also the national director of MISA Zimbabwe, was elected Vice Chairperson of the seven-member general council for a two-year term.<\/p>\n<p>AFIC is an African network of about 50 civil society organisations, and think tanks across 23 African countries. It is based in Kampala, Uganda. Said Moyo:<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful that the peoples of Africa, through the network\u2019s membership, made this call for us to serve, which we accept with humility.<\/p>\n<p>The task at hand, given the complexities facing humanity in the age of pandemics, natural disasters, migration pressures, melting economies and inward-looking administrations globally, requires collaborative efforts and being outward-looking while tackling localised issues.<\/p>\n<p>At MISA we appreciate the challenges we face and will do our best in consolidating solidarity and collaborations with like-minded and progressive entities in this age where democracy and leadership, in general, is on retreat.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, I\u2019m grateful to the membership for bestowing this leadership mantle on us as fellow governing council members for the two-year tenure of office, which, hopefully, will position Africa\u2019s media development agenda and complexities on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>MISA is also a member of the Multi-Stakeholder Co-ordinating Team of the Southern African Development Community Internet Governance Forum (SAIGF) and the Global Forum for Media Development Steering Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation also serves on the IFEX Governing Council.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Moyo, who is also the national director of MISA Zimbabwe, was elected Vice Chairperson of the seven-member general council for a two-year term. AFIC is an African network of about 50 civil society organisations, and think tanks across 23 African countries. It is based in Kampala, Uganda. Said Moyo: We are grateful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1639,8394,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-53953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-misa-zimbabwe","14":"tag-tabani-moyo-misa","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MISA Director Elected Into Africa Freedom Of Information Centre Governing Council - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Moyo, who is also the national director of MISA Zimbabwe, was elected Vice Chairperson of the seven-member general counc ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/misa-director-elected-into-africa-freedom-of-information-centre-governing-council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MISA Director Elected Into Africa Freedom Of Information Centre Governing Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moyo, who is also the national director of MISA Zimbabwe, was elected Vice Chairperson of the seven-member general counc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/misa-director-elected-into-africa-freedom-of-information-centre-governing-council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-01T17:22:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-01T16:25:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/img-61f95ec59cee3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/misa-director-elected-into-africa-freedom-of-information-centre-governing-council\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/misa-director-elected-into-africa-freedom-of-information-centre-governing-council\",\"name\":\"MISA Director Elected Into Africa Freedom Of Information Centre Governing Council - 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