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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adiel,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vous avez fait un grand travail pour l'Afrique et
un bon exemple pour de véritables félicitations d'entrepreneur d'ingénieur d'IP
d'Africain à Nii (Chief) Adiel Akplogan </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very well deserved!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NQ</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pierre.ouedraogo@gmail.com
href="mailto:pierre.ouedraogo@gmail.com">Pierre Ouedraogo</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=africann@afrinic.net
href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ADIEL
AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Adiel,<BR><BR>La très longue liste de félicitations en dit long
sur lemérite reconnu par la communauté.<BR>Bravo à toi, et que le succès soit
toujours à tes côtés pour le bien de l'Afrique.<BR><BR>Amitiés<BR>PO<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/5/26 Anne-Rachel Inné <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">annerachel@gmail.com</A>></SPAN><BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">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>Accra,
Ghana</SPAN>, 19 May 2009 - The <SPAN>African Network Operators Group</SPAN>
(AfNOG) has<BR>awarded Internet engineer Adiel A. Akplogan the first Network
<SPAN>Information<BR>Infrastructure</SPAN> (Nii) Service Award for 2009 for
his contribution in<BR>establishing the very successful <SPAN>African
Internet Numbers</SPAN> Registry, AfriNIC,<BR>and for his leadership and
service to the African <SPAN>technical community</SPAN>.<BR>AfNOG presented
the Award during its 10th anniversary meeting held in
<SPAN>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>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: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">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>Chief Executive Officer</SPAN> of
AfriNIC Ltd., the<BR><SPAN>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>Togo</SPAN> -
1994-2000), then as IT Director of <SPAN>Symbol Technologies</SPAN> in
<SPAN>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>Internet<BR>Governance</SPAN> since
1999. He has served in the African <SPAN>Technical
Advisory<BR>Committee</SPAN> of the <SPAN
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">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 href="http://www.nro.net/" target=_blank><SPAN>www.nro.net</SPAN></A>)
and was involved with the<BR>setting up of several <SPAN>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>Administrative committee</SPAN> and the African ccTLD Managers
Association (AfTLD).<BR>Adiel is an <SPAN>Electrical Engineer</SPAN> and
holds a M.Sc. in E-Business and <SPAN>New<BR>Technology
Management</SPAN>.<BR><BR>About Network <SPAN
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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>Africa Network Operators
Group</SPAN> is a forum for the exchange of technical<BR>information, and
aims to promote discussion of <SPAN>implementation issues</SPAN>
that<BR>require community cooperation through coordination and cooperation
among<BR><SPAN>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: 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">Tarek
Kamel</SPAN>, Minister of Communications of<BR>Republic of Egypt who had
been a long time contributor in the <SPAN>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>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"
target=_blank><SPAN>sec@afnog.org</SPAN></A><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>afnog
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