[AfrICANN-discuss] Sad News: Passing of WACREN CEO, Dr. Boubakar Barry

[Robert Nkambwe]

 Very sad news! Big loss to the African continent!
Robert NkambweICANN Fellow

    On Friday, September 20, 2024 at 08:54:52 AM EDT, Omo Oaiya via AfrICANN <africann at afrinic.net> wrote:  
 
 We are devastated in WACREN.  Please join us to honor his life and legacy by sharing your memories and messages of condolence at https://boubakarbarry.wacren.net/. 
Kind regardsOmo


On 20 Sep 2024, at 13:05, Eucharia Chimbuzor Nwachukwu <eucharia.nwachukwu at uniport.edu.ng> wrote:
Just sad to loose Dr. Barry.May his gentle soul rest in peace amen.
Dr. Eucharia NwachukwuUniversity of Port Harcourt, Nigeria 

On Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 11:35 AM Dr Paulos Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> wrote:


Sad to hear this. I have interacted with Dr. Boubakar Barry on AFTLD, AFRINIC and other forums where he provided wisdom and often humour, sincere condolelnces to his family, will miss him. MHSRIEP.
Regards,
Paulos=====================================Dr Paulos B NyirendaNIC.MW & .mw ccTLD: http://www.nic.mwSDNP: http://www.sdnp.org.mw

On 18 Sep 2024 at 10:05, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> Quite sad to read this. May God grant his family the grace during this> trying time..may his soul rest in peace> > Regards> > ----> Sent from my mobile> kindly excuse typos> > On Wed, 18 Sept 2024, 10:01 am Omo Oaiya, <omo.oaiya at wacren.net>> wrote:>     Dear Community,>     It has been a while since I messaged this list, and it is with>     deep sorrow that I share the news of the passing of Dr. Boubakar>     Barry, the CEO of WACREN. Boubakar was a pillar of leadership and>     vision, whose contributions to our community and the broader>     African research and education network have been immense. His>     absence will be deeply felt. Please keep Dr. Barry, his family,>     and the WACREN team in your thoughts and prayers during this>     difficult time. Begin forwarded message:> > From: Venant Palanga <vpalanga at gmail.com >> Subject: Reminder to God of Dr. Boubakar Barry> Date: 18 September 2024 at 14:18:22 WEST> To: WACREN Members <members at wacren.net>> Cc: WACREN Secretariat <secretariat at wacren.net>> > Dear Members/Community/AfricaConnect partners,> > With heavy grief, WACREN announces the passing of our Chief Executive> Officer, Dr Boubakar Barry. > > Dr. Barry was a visionary leader whose unwavering commitment and> passion guided WACREN and our community to remarkable growth and> success over 13 years. His leadership and dedication will be deeply> missed. His achievements will continue to inspire us.> > The Board, management and staff of WACREN are deeply saddened by this> unfortunate news. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Dr. Barry's> family and close associates during this difficult time. > > Details regarding funeral arrangements will be shared in due course. > > May his soul rest in peace.>     Dr Venant Eyouléki T. G. Palanga>     Chairman of the Board of Directors/Président du Conseil>     d'Administration WACREN Lomé, TOGO> > >     Omo OAIYA>     Chief Strategy Officer/Directeur de la Stratégie | WACREN m:>     +234 808 888 1571 , +233 536 269 987> > > > > > > >     _______________________________________________>     afren mailing list>     afren at afnog.org>     https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afren
  

|  | Virus-free.www.avg.com |

 _______________________________________________
AfrICANN mailing list
AfrICANN at afrinic.net
https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

_______________________________________________
AfrICANN mailing list
AfrICANN at afrinic.net
https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann



Omo OAIYA
Chief Strategy Officer/Directeur de la Stratégie | WACREN
m: +234 808 888 1571 , +233 536 269 987







_______________________________________________
AfrICANN mailing list
AfrICANN at afrinic.net
https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann
  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20240920/4ccfe667/attachment-0001.html>