Executive Board

WAAf Executive Board

WAAf President

Mr. Ahmed Tarik AMIRY (SUD)

  • President of the World Archery Africa (WAAf) since December 2021.
  • President of Sudanese Archery Federation since 2014.
  • Council member of world Archery Africa since 2014.
  • Vice President of Arab Archery Federation since 2015.
  • Graduated from faculty of commerce, Accounting Department Cairo University – Khartoum Branch 1980.

First Vice-President & Vice-President East

Mr. Al-Yousouf BAYJOO (MRI)

  • Former President of the Mauritius Archery Federation.
  • Treasurer of the Mauritius Olympic Committee.
  • Chef De Mission for Mauritius CDM in many Sports Games.
  • SPOC contact for IOC/INTERPOL (Against manipulation of competitions.
  • World Archery Mediating Officer.

Vice-President North

Mr. Mohamed CHARIF (MAR) 

  • Former President of the Royal Moroccan Archery Federation.
  • D. in Administrative Law and Management Sciences.
  • Professor at Hassan II University.
  • Lawyer at the Rabat Bar approved by the Supreme Court.

Vice-President West

Alhaji. Mohammed Baba ABDULLAHI (NGR)

  • A Nigeria Sports Administrator with decades of experience in Sports, Tourism, Corporate and Marketing Consultant.
  • Former President of Traditional Sports Federation of Nigeria and currently President of Nigeria Archery Federation.
  • Board Member of World Archery Federation Africa.
  • He is the substantive Deputy Secretary General of Nigeria Olympic Committee and the Chairman of Olympic Education and Culture Commission of the (NOC).

Vice-President South

Mrs. Barbara MANNING (RSA)

  • Started shooting in 1969 – have represented South Africa as both an archer and an official at international events.
  • Secretary General of the South African National Archery Association since 2002.
  • Retired banker.
  • Elected as FAA Council Member and appointed as Chair of WAAf Development Committee since 2021.

Executive Board Member

Dr. Eng. Alaaeldin GABR (EGY)

  • Honorary President of World Archery Africa.
  • Former President of World Archery Africa.
  • WA Executive Board Member.
  • Vice President of Egyptian Olympic Committee.
  • Former Secretary General of the Egyptian Olympic Committee.
  • Egyptian Olympic athlete in (4) different Olympic Sports.

Mrs. Tabassum ANWAR (KEN)

  • Former Chairperson of Kenya Archery Association for the 5 years, first woman ever elected in the history of KAA.
  • Former member of Gender Equity Ad Hoc Committee in World Archery.
  • Archery Coach, Team Manager and Event Organizer for more than 20 years.

Mrs. Iona BARTOSZ (ZIM)

  • Elected President of the Zimbabwe Archery Association.
  • Media Manager for World Archery Africa since 2022.
  • WA Level 1 certified coach.
  • Coach / Team Manager for the Zimbabwe team in the Continental Championships in Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Professional Safari Guide and a tour guide covering the whole of Southern Africa and North to Uganda and Tanzania.
  • Currently a compound archer.

Mr. Abderrazak Lazreg (ALG)

  • President of the Algerian Shooting Sports Federation (FATS).
  • Former president of the Shooting Sports League of the Wilaya of Boumerdas.
  • Former NOC Algeria Executive board member.
  • Assumed different political responsibilities in different Algerian Wilayas.
  • Currently, Advisor to the Algerian Prime Minister.

Mr. Karim FARAHAT (LBA)

  • President of the Libyan Archery Federation.
  • Member of the Libyan Olympic Committee.
  • Rapporteur of the Committee of Excellence in the Libyan Olympic Committee.
  • Carry master’s degree in social work.

Mr. Ahmed Sameh (EGY)

  • Board Member of the Egyptian Archery Federation since 2007.
  • Secretary General of the Egyptian Archery Federation since 2020.
  • Corporate Certified Banker from Chase Manhattan Bank since 1998.
  • Ex banking relations Manager for Vodafone Egypt.
  • Partnership and Sponsorship Director for Wadi Degla Group.
  • CEO and Managing Partner for challenge Marketing specialized in Sports Sponsorships and retail marketing.

Treasurer

Mr. Ahmed FATHALLA (SUD)

  • Financial, legal and administrative specialist with B.A in law and International relations.
  • Comboni College Khartoum- GCE- O-level
  • B.A degree in Law & International relation- Faculty of legal, Economics & Social science, University of king Mohamed 5th – Rabat – Morocco​​
  • CEO and Managing Partner for challenge Marketing specialized in Sports Sponsorships and retail marketing.

Secretary General

Dr. Ahmed KOURA (EGY)

  • Secretary General of the Federation of African Archery (FAA) since 2010.
  • Professor in Faculty of Physical Education, Helwan University, Egypt.
  • WA International Judge since 2009.
  • International Judging Instructor, trained hundreds of National judges in EGY, BEN, IRQ, KUW, UAE, MAR, KSA, ALG, IND, TUN and MRI.
  • Received the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award 2016 for Best Arab Judge.

Deputy Secretary General

Mr. Saber BEN BRAHIM (TUN)

  • English for Specific Purposes teacher and freelance translator since 1996 (translated World Archery Coaches Manual Level 1).
  • International archer since 2014
  • Board member and archery coach at Rades Shooting Club from 2012 to 2018.
  • National judge since 2014
  • World Archery level 1 coach since 2019
  • National Archery Technical adviser at the Tunisian Shooting Federation from 2021 to 2022
  • National Technical Director at the Tunisian Shooting Federation as of September 2022 till May 2023.
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