[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement

[Gabriel Ramokotjo]

Congrats Adiel and all the best...

Best,

G.M Ramokotjo
On Feb 4, 2015 9:55 PM, "Mark Elkins" <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:

> Congratulations Adiel...
>
> On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 18:59 +0100, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> > Join me in congratulating the former CEO of AFRINIC on his new role
> > within ICANN.
> >
> > Good to know that he will still be as close to the community. I wish
> > him all the best!
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > sent from Google nexus 4
> > kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "ICANN News Alert" <communications at icann.org>
> > Date: 4 Feb 2015 18:30
> > Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of
> > Technical Engagement
> > To: <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> > Cc:
> >
> > ICANN
> > News Alert
> > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-04-en
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement
> > Role aimed at strengthening ties to the technical community
> >
> > 4 February 2015
> >
> > Veteran Internet technology expert Adiel Akplogan is joining ICANN in
> > the newly created role of Vice President for Technical Engagement.
> >
> > Akplogan served most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of
> > AfriNIC, the Internet Numbers' Resource Registry for Africa, a
> > position he has held since 2004.
> >
> > "I'm delighted to welcome Adiel to ICANN," said Sally Costerton,
> > Special Advisor to the President for Global Stakeholder Engagement.
> > "He is a highly respected contributor to the Internet community and
> > his experienced leadership will reinforce and deepen ICANN's long term
> > participation in the technical community of which it is a critical
> > part."
> >
> > Akplogan is among the original Internet pioneers in West Africa, where
> > he has played a critical role in setting up and managing CAFENet, one
> > of the first private Internet Service Providers in the region.
> >
> > "It's my sincere hope that I can help ICANN achieve the high level of
> > operational excellence that it is aiming for," said Adiel. "We are all
> > striving to maintain and improve a global communication and
> > information system that will define our future on multiple levels."
> >
> > In his new position, Akplogan will help ICANN conduct technical
> > engagement and outreach. He will also provide some valuable links to
> > the ICT community on the African continent, since he was instrumental
> > in establishing several technical coordination bodies such as the
> > African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers
> > Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).
> >
> > Akplogan will be based in Montreal, Canada and will assume his new
> > position on March 1.
> >
> > To download a high-resolution photo of Adiel Akoplogan, go here:
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/16440900351/
> >
> >
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