This year, the high honor award for Global Ambassador of the Year for NAR went to Mainstreet Member Ahmed Badat, Global Ambassador to Ghana, South Africa, and Nigeria. Ahmed is no stranger to the NAR Global community. He was one of the original members and supporters of both NAR and Mainstreet global initiatives in the early 90s and has been an ardent advocate of connecting Mainstreet and NAR to agents and real estate Associations around the world.
Ahmed was raised in South Africa and has been using his connections and knowledge to help us support our international partners. Despite the pandemic, Ahmed has done tremendous work this year including:
- Assisted NAR Staff with the creation of the new CIPS course: Africa and International Real Estate, in particular on South Africa
- Contributed to the latest Global Perspectives publication
- Coordinated the efforts to feature South Africa on the NAR and Mainstreet Global Facebook page
- Organized several webinars and virtual meetings with his partner associations
- Assisted NAR and Mainstreet international partners on their Reaume (REEM) applications
- Coordinated the live visit of international member, Adeniyi Tinubu with the Association of Estate Agents in Nigeria
Those are just a few of the examples of going above and beyond his role as an NAR Ambassador. Ahmed is a valued Mainstreet volunteer of the Global Committee since inception and past President of Mainstreet. His long-term dedication and support to his industry is a benefit and value to all of the members of NAR but especially for all of us at Mainstreet.