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Adiel,<br><br>Félicitations ainsi qu'à tous ces héros dans l'ombre avec qui tu fais équipe imbattable. Que ce grand signe du temps soit un motif de la recherche permanente de la perfection pour nous africains.<br><br>David<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:15:29 +0200<br>From: annerachel@gmail.com<br>To: africann@afrinic.net<br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ADIEL AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD<br><br>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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_0">Accra, Ghana</span>, 19 May 2009 - The <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_1">African Network Operators Group</span> (AfNOG) has<br>
awarded Internet engineer Adiel A. Akplogan the first Network <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_2">Information<br>Infrastructure</span> (Nii) Service Award for 2009 for his contribution in<br>establishing the very successful <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_3">African Internet Numbers</span> Registry, AfriNIC,<br>
and for his leadership and service to the African <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_4">technical community</span>.<br>AfNOG presented the Award during its 10th anniversary meeting held in <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="cursor: pointer;" class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_8">Chief Executive Officer</span> of AfriNIC Ltd., the<br>
<span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_10">Togo</span> - 1994-2000), then as IT Director of <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_11">Symbol Technologies</span> in <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_13">Internet<br>
Governance</span> since 1999. He has served in the African <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_14">Technical Advisory<br>Committee</span> of the <span style="cursor: pointer;" class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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 href="http://www.nro.net/"><span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_16">www.nro.net</span></a>) and was involved with the<br>
setting up of several <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_18">Administrative committee</span> and the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD).<br>
Adiel is an <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_19">Electrical Engineer</span> and holds a M.Sc. in E-Business and <span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_20">New<br>Technology Management</span>.<br><br>About Network <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_23">implementation issues</span> that<br>require community cooperation through coordination and cooperation among<br><span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_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="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_28">sec@afnog.org</span></a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>afnog mailing list<br><a href="http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog"><span class="EC_yshortcuts" id="EC_lw_1243343494_29">http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog</span></a><br /><hr />Vous voulez savoir ce que vous pouvez faire avec le nouveau Windows Live ? <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx' target='_new'>Lancez-vous !</a></body>
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