{"id":7658,"date":"2026-01-26T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citscm.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=7658"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:30:43","slug":"james-akaba","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/citscm.com\/fr\/team\/james-akaba\/","title":{"rendered":"James Akaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7658\" class=\"elementor elementor-7658\" data-elementor-post-type=\"team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-91b72d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"91b72d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd9d128\" data-id=\"bd9d128\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0852d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0852d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70d7c2 aleft elementor-widget elementor-widget-wgl-double-heading\" data-id=\"a70d7c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wgl-double-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wgl-double-heading\"><div class=\"dblh__wrapper\"><h3 class=\"dblh__title-wrapper\"><span class=\"dblh__title dblh__title-1\">personal info<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3244353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3244353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Akaba James serves as the Country Director of Open Dreams, a US non-profit with the mission of &#8220;Equalizing Access to Educational Opportunities for Community Impact&#8221;. 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