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Félicitation cette distinction et juste et vient couronner tous tes
efforts<br>
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Anne-Rachel Inné a écrit :
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cite="mid:bd1bfd500905260615p2ff584ceh21e61c83186c754e@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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%; 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%; 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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:sec@afnog.org"><span
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1243343494_28">sec@afnog.org</span></a><br>
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