[AfrICANN-discuss] [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award

[alihadji at comorestelecom.km]

Le Travail finit toujours par payer.
Aujourd'hui nous sommes fier qu'un des nôtres s'est fait distingué par son
engagement, son courage et sa détermination pour le développement de
l'internet en Afrique.
Toutes mes félicitations.
Ali Hadji Mmadi

> Toutes mes f�licitations  � Pierre Ouedreaogo
>
> Souleymane oumtana,
>
> 2012/8/2 Alex Corenthin <alex.corenthin at nic.sn>
>
>> Dear all,
>> Please join me, to congratulate Pierre Ouedraogo for this award ...
>> PO is one of the Internet activist in Africa, i can testimony for the
>> great job done by Pierre many years before for the Internet development
>> in
>> Africa, and particularly in french speaking countries .
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Alex Corenthin
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 02/08/2012 01:26, cover at isoc.org a �crit :
>>
>>  Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan
>> B.
>>> Postel Service Award
>>>
>>> Internet Society recognizes his extensive work in advancing the
>>> Internet
>>> in Africa
>>>
>>> [Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 01 August 2012] -- The Internet
>>> Society today announced that its prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service
>>> Award was presented to Pierre Ouedraogo for his exceptional
>>> contributions
>>> to the growth and vitality of the Internet in Africa.  The
>>> international
>>> award committee, comprised of former Jonathan B. Postel award winners,
>>> noted that Mr. Ouedraogo played a significant role in the growth of the
>>> Internet in Africa and demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to
>>> training
>>> young engineers and participating in regional Internet organizations.
>>>
>>> Mr. Ouedraogo is the Director of Digital Francophonie at Organisation
>>> Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) based in Paris, France. Over
>>> the
>>> years, he has established networks of IT experts to coordinate African
>>> efforts to develop IT and use it as a tool for development. Mr.
>>> Ouedraogo
>>> initiated many IT technical workshops in Africa and is a founding
>>> member of
>>> numerous African regional organizations, including AfriNIC (the African
>>> Internet Registry for IP addresses); AfTLD (African Internet Top Level
>>> Domain Names Association); AFNOG (African network operators group);
>>> AfCERT
>>> (African CERT network), and AfrICANN (African network of participants
>>> to
>>> the ICANN process).
>>>
>>> �Pierre Ouedraogo is a highly-regarded technical leader in Africa, and
>>> he
>>> has been instrumental in bringing the Internet to Burkina Faso as well
>>> as
>>> other French-speaking African countries,� said Lynn St. Amour,
>>> President
>>> and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society.  �His commitment
>>> to
>>> the expansion of the Internet and encouragement of young engineers to
>>> help
>>> them build their skills through training workshops has had a profound
>>> impact on the growth of the Internet across Africa.�
>>>
>>> The Postel Award was established by the Internet Society to honour
>>> individuals or organisations that, like Jon Postel, have made
>>> outstanding
>>> contributions in service to the data communications community. The
>>> committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported
>>> and
>>> enabled others in addition to their own specific actions. The award is
>>> focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service
>>> to
>>> the community, and leadership.
>>>
>>> The Internet Society presented the award, including a US$20,000
>>> honorarium and a crystal engraved globe, during the 84th meeting of the
>>> Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) held in Vancouver, British
>>> Columbia,
>>> Canada, July 29 - August 3, 2012.
>>>
>>> Link: http://www.internetsociety.**org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-**
>>> technical-leader-africa-**receives-2012-jonathan-b-**postel-service-award<http://www.internetsociety.org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-technical-leader-africa-receives-2012-jonathan-b-postel-service-award>
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