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Pascaline Umulisa, Executive Secretary for Rwanda Girl Guides Association (centre) with girl guides.
Could Girl Guides all over Africa become beekeepers? When people who have never met are brought together for some common purpose, sometimes magic happens in unexpected ways. After all, so much of the world’s innovation is spawned by chance meetings, people making connections and new enterprises emerging. A case in point was a recent meeting of the membership committee for the African Society of Association Executives (AfSAE.) By Gary Grimmer, executive chairman, GainingEdge.
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e were there to discuss growing the association. The goal is to strengthen association management professionalism and to advance civil society in Africa. AfSAE requires more African associations to be aware that it exists and to understand that becoming a member has benefits – for the member association leaders and for Africa. While we were waiting for everyone to join our Zoom call, we were chatting. One person on the call was David Mukomana, from Zimbabwe who is the President of
the Apimondia Regional Commission for Africa — Apimondia is the global organisation representing and promoting beekeeping and honey-related issues. While waiting to discuss AfSAE membership, a few of us began speaking about bees. Bees are fascinating creatures so we had much to talk about, especially regarding human wellness through use of hive products and environmental conservation. Then Pascaline Umulisa joined the call. Pascaline is the Executive Secretary for the Rwanda Girl Guides Association. While we
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David Mukomana, President of the Apimondia Regional Commission for Africa.
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