{"id":147,"date":"2015-11-01T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T11:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.wordpress.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2015-11-01T14:09:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T11:09:41","slug":"the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-918\" style=\"width: 4272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-918 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img_6945.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6945\" width=\"4272\" height=\"2848\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 4272px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4272\/2848;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Augustine Rutasingwa &#8211; Founder and Executive Editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-920\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-920 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/072366c3-76c4-446f-9859-cd4cd694480e.jpg\" alt=\"072366c3-76c4-446f-9859-cd4cd694480e\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/072366c3-76c4-446f-9859-cd4cd694480e.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/072366c3-76c4-446f-9859-cd4cd694480e-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/072366c3-76c4-446f-9859-cd4cd694480e-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/072366c3-76c4-446f-9859-cd4cd694480e-768x432.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/720;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usama Ahmed &#8211; Co Founder, Head of African Operations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1166\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1166 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/14194502_567096383493287_1534934989_n.jpg\" alt=\"14194502_567096383493287_1534934989_n\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/14194502_567096383493287_1534934989_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/14194502_567096383493287_1534934989_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/14194502_567096383493287_1534934989_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/720;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sedrick Kidiima &#8211; Uganda and Kenya Director<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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