[AfrICANN-discuss] [Community-Discuss] Fwd: FIRE Africa Awards 2019

Dr Eberhard W Lisse el at lisse.na
Mon Jun 10 09:13:32 UTC 2019


Typically African, we always blame others, even if when we want funding
from them.


el

On 10/06/2019 11:07 am, Matogoro Jabera wrote:
> Dear Arthur,
> 
> Things need to be improved in your side. You should also understand
> diversities among African Countries which may lead each member to
> experience a unique challenge. Even after your testing results I was not
> able to submit the same and it was further communicated to your good office.
> 
> Immediate attention couls have helped to solve the challenge reported.
> To the best of my understanding, web application administrator may
> experience a quiet different experience from web application end-users.
> Your testing is not a proof that everythings is working fine. There are
> a number of ogher issues may affect the same, platform, speed of
> connection, etc all of these requires extensive testing to achieve that
> confindence level.
> 
> 
> PLEASE IMPROVE YOUR TECHNICAL OPERATION AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Matogoro 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, 11:56 Arthur Carindal, <arthur at afrinic.net
> <mailto:arthur at afrinic.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear Matogora
> 
>     We are really sorry for reading that you were not able to submit
>     your project proposal for the FIRE Africa Awards 2019.  
> 
>     When you reported your issue about submitting your application to
>     our online platform on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 we promptly ran a
>     test as we always do before opening a call for proposal submissions
>     and the test was successful.
> 
>     The outcome of this test was communicated to you also on Thursday,
>     May 23rd  so you could investigate any probable technical problem at
>     your own end.
> 
>     Furthermore, during the duration of the call for proposals (26th
>     April to 31st May 2019), we received a total of  239 applications
>     submitted before and after the time you made your complaint.   We
>     also did not get any complaints similar to yours other than standard
>     enquires about FIRE Award & Grants.
> 
>     We understand your frustration for not having been able to
>     participate in the FIRE Awards 2019, and we sincerely apologise. We
>     hope you will not be discouraged by this experience and you will
>     continue to express unwavering interest in our FIRE Africa initiative.
> 
> 
>     Kind Regards
>     _______________________________________________________________
> 
>     Arthur Carindal N.
> 
>     Head of Stakeholder Engagement , AFRINIC Ltd.
> 
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>>     On 7 Jun 2019, at 20:31, Matogoro Jabera <jaberamatogoro at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:jaberamatogoro at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>     Recently, AfrINIC announced for FIRE Awards for the outstanding
>>     project. I tried more than five times to submit my project but was
>>     not successful.
>>
>>     I tried to contact AFRINIC but received the support which did not
>>     answered my question. AFRINIC claimed that the upload link was
>>     fine while to my side did not worked. Finally I gave up and life
>>     goes on.
>>
>>     I think something need to be fixed at AFRINIC. Just sharing out my
>>     frustrations. 
>>
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Matogoro 
>>
>>     ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>     From: Olatunde Awobuluyi <olatunde.awobuluyi at afrinic.net
>>     <mailto:olatunde.awobuluyi at afrinic.net>>
>>     Date: Mon, 20 May 2019, 19:09
>>     Subject: FIRE Africa Awards 2019
>>     To: <jaberamatogoro at gmail.com <mailto:jaberamatogoro at gmail.com>>
>>     Cc: <fireafrica at afrinic.net <mailto:fireafrica at afrinic.net>>
>>
>>
>>     Dear Jabhera
>>
>>     Thank you for reaching out to us.
>>
>>     Please, be aware that there is a  difference between FIRE Africa
>>     Awards and FIRE Africa Grants.
>>
>>     FIRE Awards are awards given to ICT related projects that are
>>     already completed or almost completed. 
>>
>>     FIRE Grants are funds given to ICT related projects that are in
>>     their infancy stage or need financial input to expand the project.
>>
>>     Unfortunately, there will be no calls for FIRE Africa grant
>>     proposals in 2019. 
>>
>>     However, there is an ongoing call for FIRE Africa Awards in 2019.
>>     You can submit a proposal for a FIRE Africa Award using this link
>>     (https://fireafrica.org/awards). 
>>
>>     The "*submit your awards nomination*"  link will be on the top
>>     right pane of this webpage (Please view the attached image).   
>>
>>     With many thanks,
>>
>>     The FIRE Africa team
>>     -- 
>>     Olatunde Awobuluyi
>>     Funds for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) Program Manager, AFRINIC Ltd.
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