Felicitations Adiel et bravo ncore pour tous tes efforts.<br><br>ADIEL AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_0">Accra, Ghana</span>, 19 May 2009 - The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_1">African Network Operators Group</span> (AfNOG) has<br>
awarded Internet engineer Adiel A. Akplogan the first Network <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_2">Information<br>Infrastructure</span> (Nii) Service Award for 2009 for his contribution in<br>establishing the very successful <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_3">African Internet Numbers</span> Registry, AfriNIC,<br>
and for his leadership and service to the African <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_4">technical community</span>.<br>AfNOG presented the Award during its 10th anniversary meeting held in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_5">Cairo,<br>
Egypt</span>.<br><br>"Adiel Akplogan has selflessly worked to establish AfriNIC and worked<br>tirelessly to grow the membership, improve use of number resources and built<br>an active technical community in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_6">Africa</span>. This has resulted in the growth of<br>
a more robust Internet in Africa and developed an active technical community<br>of LIRs developing policies appropriate for the region. This has enabled<br>development of numerous applications throughout Africa impacting education,<br>
health and commerce in a notable way" said <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_7">Nii Quaynor</span>, Convener of AfNOG<br>whom the Award is named after. Nii himself received the Internet Society's<br>
prestigious Jonathan Postel Award in 2007.<br><br>Adiel continues to provide leadership in the numbers registry community and<br>has been a strong African voice in several global technical fora.<br>Adiel A. Akplogan is the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_8">Chief Executive Officer</span> of AfriNIC Ltd., the<br>
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_9">Internet Numbers</span>' Resource Registry for Africa since 2004. With more than 15<br>years experience in the Internet Technology environment, he has previously<br>worked as New Technology Director at CAFENet (an IT service company based in<br>
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_10">Togo</span> - 1994-2000), then as IT Director of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_11">Symbol Technologies</span> in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_12">France</span><br>
(2001-2003). He has served as member of the UN Secretary General Internet<br>Governance Forum Advisors Group since (2006-2009), and the OIF<br>(Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie) group of Expert on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_13">Internet<br>
Governance</span> since 1999. He has served in the African <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_14">Technical Advisory<br>Committee</span> of the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_15">United Nation Economic Commission for Africa</span> (ATAC/UNECA)<br>
from 2005-2006. Mr. Akplogan is current Chair of the NRO Executive Council<br>(Number Resource Organization - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nro.net/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_16">www.nro.net</span></a>) and was involved with the<br>
setting up of several <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_17">technical coordination bodies</span> in Africa such as the<br>African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) where he serves as a member of the<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_18">Administrative committee</span> and the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD).<br>
Adiel is an <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_19">Electrical Engineer</span> and holds a M.Sc. in E-Business and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_20">New<br>Technology Management</span>.<br><br>About Network <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_21">Information Infrastructure</span> (Nii) Service Award<br>
The Nii Service award has been established by AfNOG at its 10th anniversary<br>to honor those who have made outstanding contributions in service to the<br>Internet community in Africa. The focus is on continued substantial<br>
technical contributions and service to the community. We place particular<br>emphasis on leadership through mentoring of young engineers. The award will<br>be given annually at AfNOG meetings<br><br>About AfNOG<br>The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_22">Africa Network Operators Group</span> is a forum for the exchange of technical<br>
information, and aims to promote discussion of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_23">implementation issues</span> that<br>require community cooperation through coordination and cooperation among<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_24">network service providers</span> to ensure the stability of service to end users<br>
Other awards were also given to AfNOG instructors who had made significant<br>contributions to the community. The honorees included Alain Aina, Alan<br>Barret, Ayitey Bulley, Sunday Folayan, Mark Tinka and Randy Bush. A special<br>
award was also given to Hon <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_25">Tarek Kamel</span>, Minister of Communications of<br>
Republic of Egypt who had been a long time contributor in the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_26">technical<br>community</span> in Africa and hosted the 10th anniversary meeting of AfNOG<br><br>Contact AfNOG at :<br>
<br>Nancy Dotse, <br>Coordinator, AfNOG Secretariat<br>16 Boundary Road, East <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_27">Legon</span><br>P.O Box 3035, Accra, Ghana<br>Phone: +233 277 552 308<br>Fax: +233 21 521 696<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:sec@afnog.org"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_28">sec@afnog.org</span></a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>afnog mailing list<br><a href="http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_29">http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog</span></a>