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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss] ADIEL
AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORKOPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Felicitations Adiel et bravo ncore pour tous tes efforts.<br>
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ADIEL AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD<br>
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<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_0">Accra</span></st1:City><span class=yshortcuts>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</span></st1:country-region></span></st1:place>, 19 May 2009 -
The <span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_1">African Network Operators
Group</span></span> (AfNOG) has<br>
awarded Internet engineer Adiel A. Akplogan the first Network <span
class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_2">Information</span><br>
<span class=yshortcuts>Infrastructure</span></span> (Nii) Service Award for
2009 for his contribution in<br>
establishing the very successful <span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_3">African Internet Numbers</span></span> Registry, AfriNIC,<br>
and for his leadership and service to the African <span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_4">technical community</span></span>.<br>
AfNOG presented the Award during its 10th anniversary meeting held in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_5">Cairo</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
class=yshortcuts>,</span><br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class=yshortcuts>Egypt</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region>.<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 <st1:place w:st="on"><span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_6">Africa</span></span></st1:place>. This has resulted in
the growth of<br>
a more robust Internet in <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> and developed
an active technical community<br>
of LIRs developing policies appropriate for the region. This has enabled<br>
development of numerous applications throughout <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>
impacting education,<br>
health and commerce in a notable way" said <span class=yshortcuts><span
style='cursor:pointer' id="lw_1243343494_7">Nii Quaynor</span></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><span id="lw_1243343494_8">Chief
Executive Officer</span></span> of AfriNIC Ltd., the<br>
<span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_9">Internet Numbers</span></span>'
Resource Registry for <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> 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>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_10">Togo</span></span></st1:country-region>
- 1994-2000), then as IT Director of <span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_11">Symbol Technologies</span></span> in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_12">France</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><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><span id="lw_1243343494_13">Internet</span><br>
<span class=yshortcuts>Governance</span></span> since 1999. He has served in
the African <span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_14">Technical
Advisory</span><br>
<span class=yshortcuts>Committee</span></span> of the <span class=yshortcuts><span
style='cursor:pointer' id="lw_1243343494_15">United Nation Economic Commission
for <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</span></st1:place></span> (ATAC/UNECA)<br>
from 2005-2006. Mr. Akplogan is current Chair of the NRO Executive Council<br>
(Number Resource Organization - <a href="http://www.nro.net/" target="_blank"><span
class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_16">www.nro.net</span></span></a>) and
was involved with the<br>
setting up of several <span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_17">technical
coordination bodies</span></span> in <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>
such as the<br>
African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) where he serves as a member of the<br>
<span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_18">Administrative committee</span></span>
and the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD).<br>
Adiel is an <span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_19">Electrical
Engineer</span></span> and holds a M.Sc. in E-Business and <span
class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_20">New</span><br>
<span class=yshortcuts>Technology Management</span></span>.<br>
<br>
About Network <span class=yshortcuts><span style='cursor:pointer;-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;
background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:
0%' id="lw_1243343494_21">Information Infrastructure</span></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 <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>. 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><span id="lw_1243343494_22">Africa Network Operators
Group</span></span> is a forum for the exchange of technical<br>
information, and aims to promote discussion of <span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_23">implementation issues</span></span> that<br>
require community cooperation through coordination and cooperation among<br>
<span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_24">network service providers</span></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 class=yshortcuts><span style='cursor:pointer;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;background-attachment:scroll;
background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%' id="lw_1243343494_25">Tarek
Kamel</span></span>, Minister of Communications of<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Egypt</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> who had been a long time
contributor in the <span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_26">technical</span><br>
<span class=yshortcuts>community</span></span> in <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>
and hosted the 10th anniversary meeting of AfNOG<br>
<br>
Contact AfNOG at :<br>
<br>
Nancy Dotse, <br>
Coordinator, AfNOG Secretariat<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">16 Boundary Road, East</st1:address></st1:Street>
<span class=yshortcuts><span id="lw_1243343494_27">Legon</span></span><br>
P.O <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Box 3035</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:address><br>
Phone: +233 277 552 308<br>
Fax: +233 21 521 696<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:sec@afnog.org"><span class=yshortcuts><span
id="lw_1243343494_28">sec@afnog.org</span></span></a><br>
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