CIRCULAR NO: AFED/40/20 February 24, 2020
Jamadi ul Aakhar 29, 1441
The Chairman of the Africa Federation (AFED), Alhaj Shabir Najafi is pleased to announce the reappointment of Alhaj Munir Hassanali Daya as the Chairman of the AFED Editorial Media Board for the term 2019 – 2022, and as the Chief Editor of Federation Samachar to execute on the Media and Editorial Vision of the Africa Federation for this term.
Brief Profile:
Born in Dar es Salaam, Munir bhai obtained his education in Dar es Salaam following which he pursued ACCA studies. He has been a prominent writer and businessman who has served the community for over three decades. Munir resides in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with his wife, and their four adult children live in Tanzania and North America.
For several decades, Munir bhai was the Managing Director of Rentokil Initial (T) Ltd., as well as the owner of Envirotec Hygiene and Pest Control Ltd., then the official Tanzanian franchise of Rentokil Initial. He is currently a Consultant for Initial Hygiene (T) Ltd and also the owner of Envirotec Ltd. and Aqua Plaza, a real estate company.
Munir bhai was the Chairman of Africa Federation’s Editorial Board and Editor of Federation Samachar from 1983 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2019. His columns have been published in many East African newspapers, and in 2016 a selection of his columns were published in an anthology entitled “Weekends with Munir Daya.”
Munir has also served the World Federation (WF) of KSI Muslim Communities. (from 2011-2014) as Africa Federation’s representative on the WF’s Media Strategic Committee.
While editing Federation Samachar since the early 1980s, Munir bhai became the first Web Manager of the Africa Federation website in 1998. In 2001 he launched and edited the Dar Samachar, the then official magazine of the Dar es Salaam Jamaat. In 2001, Munir bhai served as Secretary of Dar es Salaam Jamaat’s Education Board for one term.
A keen sportsman, Br. Munir Daya has also contributed to the Dar es Salaam Jamaat’s sports activities for a number of years. He played squash for the Tanzania national team for six years and was also the Squash Captain of Union Sports Club of Dar es Salaam for three terms, winning the Supreme Council Squash team event thrice during this period. He was also overall Squash Champion in the first community Squash tournaments played in Dar es Salaam and in the Supreme wherein players from all over the world participated.
In the year 2016, the Africa Federation presented Munir bhai with the Abbasi Medal for serving the Africa Federation in various sectors for 27 years.
The Future & Way Forward:
In the next few years, there will be more focus with renewed impetus in developing the youths who have joined and those who will join at a later stage the Editorial Media Board in order to equip and develop them methodically in writing skills, creative graphics, interviewing people from different backgrounds and in publications of short articles and production of magazine (Federation Samachar). Both, Munir Bhai and Mahjabeen Bai are quite passionate in pursuing this mission and have kindly assented to provide this vital support to the team.
AFED Secretariat in pursuing its future plans will also sponsor these zealous and dedicated youths who have joined the Board for specialized training and short courses aiming to increase their knowledge base and capacities in the field of Journalism, Editorial, Team-Work and Net-Working.
The 2019 – 2022 Editorial Media Board shall comprise of the following members: –
Munir Daya – Chief Editor
Mahjabeen Munir Daya – Associate Editor
Fadhil Alishan – Member (Graphics)
Gulamabbas Datoo – Member (Graphics)
Nayab Moujahid – Member (Articles/Stories from Madagascar)
Sharmeen Mehralli – Member (Articles/Stories)
Fatima Patel – Liaison Officer, AFED Secretariat
The AFED Secretariat extends its heartiest congratulations to Munir Bhai and his entire team on their appointments and wishes them every success in achieving the goals set out for the Board for the new term 2019 – 2022 and in furthering the overall vision of the Africa Federation aiming at spreading knowledge and information through effective media communications reaching out to all levels of the community up to the grassroots.
Zuhair Jaffer
Hon Secretary