Nigeria’s Lekan Otufodunrin Emerges WACC-AFRICA Region President, Senegalese, Amie Joof-Cole, Vice, and Blessing Oladunjoye as Secretary
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) Africa Region has elected a new Executive Board at its General Assembly held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
According to a statement by the new WACC Africa Region Secretary, Blessing Oladunjoye, Nigeria’s, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin, President of Journalists for Christ International Outreach was elected as the President with Amie Joof-Cole, of Inter Africa Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development-FAMEDEV, Senegal emerged the Vice President and Blessing Oladunjoye, of BO Foundation For Inclusive Media, Nigeria became the Secretary.
Other elected executive members includes Mwendwa Kivuva, Member, Board of Trustees, The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), Kenya, as the Treasurer, while George Stewart, Media Development Specialist, Liberia and Opeyemi Lawal, a Journalist, Nigeria emerged Alternate Executive Members.
The new executive will serve for four years with Lekan Otufodunrin and Amie Joof-Cole would also serve as Board Members of the global body, WACC UK Board.
In his acceptance, Otufodunrin pledged that the new executive will implement programmes that will promote the focus of WACC on digital, gender and climate justice among other issues in the continent.
The new leadership is expected to build on the organisation’s work in promoting communication rights and inclusive media development across Africa.
Mr Kehinde Adegboyega, the Convener, West Africa Digital Rights Defenders Coalition in his keynote address on Ensuring Digital Justice in Africa at the opening ceremony, called for universal access, rights safeguards and data sovereignty.
Blessing Oladunjoye
of the BO Foundation for Inclusive Media, Nigeria
According to him, the road map for regional action should include capacity building, policy advocacy, coalition building and community action.
“No digital future is just until it is inclusive, free and grounded in dignity for all Africans,” Adegoyega stated.
The assembly was attended by the Staff Liaison, Africa Region, Dr Sarah Macharia who commended the last executive headed by Matomklawè Kpalla for its accomplishments and urged the new executive to do more to enhance the status of the WACC in the region.
Mr Lekan Otufodunrin is an accomplished and award winning Nigerian journalist of about four decades practice. He is also the Executive Director, Media Career Development Agency (MCDA).
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is an international organization that promotes communication as a basic human right, essential to people’s dignity and community. Rooted in Christian faith, WACC works with all those denied the right to communicate because of status, identity, or gender. It advocates full access to information and communication, and promotes open and diverse media.
WACC strengthens networks of communicators to advance peace, understanding and justice across the world with membership established in eight regional associations.
