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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Eric,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grateful if you can please send this Africann and other
lists. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">AFNOG
NII AWARDS 2010</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">ANNE-RACHEL
INNE RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS’ NII SERVICE AWARD</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Accra,
Ghana, 10 June 2010 – The African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) has awarded <b>Anne-Rachel
Inne</b> the Network Information Infrastructure (NII) Service Award for 2010 in
recognition of her contribution to improving and sustaining Africa’s Internet
environment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">AfNOG
presented the Award during its 11<sup>th</sup> Meeting and the celebration of
AfriNIC’s five years of operation held in Kigali, Rwanda on 2<sup>nd</sup>
June, 2010.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">The
NII Service Award was instituted in 2009 during AfNOG’s 10 years anniversary by
Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, who himself received the Internet Society’s prestigious
Jonathan Postel Award in 2007 for his service in the region and example of
dedication, commitment and leadership for the young generation to emulate. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">“Anne
Rachel Inne came from the business sector but engaged in the technical community
work at global level to strengthen the African local community ”says Dr Nii
Quaynor, AfNOG Convener and honorary Chair of the NII Award. “This year’s award
recognizes a woman who very early engaged herself with the community and
worked in supporting ccTLD through re-delegation processes and
other related issues.” According to Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AfriNIC and
recipient of the 2009 NII Service Award “Recognizing her efforts and her work
seem to me the obvious choice for the Award Committee. I am very proud to share
this recognition with Anne-Rachel who, as a woman found her way through an
environment dominated by men and excelled. I look forward to working with her
to do more for our dear continent”. Anne-Rachel currently works with the
Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) and is very
active in leading the organization’s efforts to improve Internet Policy in the
Africa Region. Before handing over Award to Anne-Rachel, Dr Nii Quaynor
stated that “ She has also demonstrated an immense commitment with her
continued engagement with AfriNIC & AfNOG community in the interest of
Africa as a whole. Anne-Rachel has made the African Technical community better
known to many African economic and political organizations”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">It
was announced during the awards ceremony that a website dedicated to the Nii
Awards would be launched soon to keep the memory of this Award alive as well as
to better inform the community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Besides
the main Nii Award, a Junior Award was also given to <b>Michuki Mwangi</b> for
his continuous contribution to the internet technical community. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Michuki
Mwangi</span></b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> is currently
the Snr Education Manager at the Internet Society (ISOC) and lead several
training activities within AfNOG and AfriNIC program.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">According to
Dr Nii Quaynor “Michuki Mwangi has contributed tremendously to the local
community in Kenya through his work with ccTLD, Internet exchange point and
Root servers in the country. Michuku has also contributed in pan African
ways as a regular AfNOG Instructor, as a leading member of AftLD and for
championing the establishment of country NOGs. Michuki’s contributions
are globally recognized and he is a good example for next generation engineers<b>”.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Mark Tinka
was Nii Award Young Professional 2009 honoree.</span></p>
<p class="NormalWeb1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">Anne-Rachel
Inne</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">,
Regional Liaison for Africa is part of the Global Partnership Department at </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">ICANN that
has a network of seven regional liaisons so far. It was established in response
to Internet community demand and in implementation of ICANN's publicly agreed
strategic plan. Her responsibilities include outreach, support to and
engagement with respective regions and stakeholders, civil society, business
and governments; partnering with respective organizations; delivering against
an action plan consistent with ICANN's operations and strategic plans. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Anne-Rachel
Inne<b> </b>was first a translator, then a sales manager for UTA/Air France for
the Niger office and then an ICT for development practices consultant. She has
a Master of Arts in English/Translation from the University of Paris XII, and
graduated in 1997 from the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mba.uiuc.edu/"><span class="Hyperlink1">University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign</span></a> with an
MBA in International Management. Prior to working for ICANN, she worked as a
consultant on local, regional and international projects for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pnud.ne/pnudfr/ueco/radio/radio_doc.html"><span class="Hyperlink1">UNDP</span></a>/<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sdnp.undp.org/"><span class="Hyperlink1">UNOPS</span></a>, UNCTAD, the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.iicd.org/"><span class="Hyperlink1">IICD</span></a>,
the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://intif.francophonie.org/"><span class="Hyperlink1">Francophonie</span></a>,
etc. She is a member/board member of several African and international
organizations that work with/for the private sector with a focus on ICTs. She
is the god mother of youth community radios, cyber centers and is a long time
member of the Rotary. She practices sports in general.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Michuki
Mwangi </span></b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">is an Internet
Technologist specializing in IXPs, DNS and Policy development.<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">Michuki
joined ISOC in April 2008 as Senior Education Manager. working with the Education
team to promote Internet growth and sustainability in the developing world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">Michuki
was an Internet technology consultant and he previously served as the
Administrative Manager at the .KE registry (KENIC). He is the President of the
African Top Level Domain (AfTLD) Association and continues to serve as Chief
Technology Officer (CTO) of the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP)in a
volunteer capacity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">He
is active in the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the Country Code Name
Supporting Organization (ccNSO) of ICANN, AfriNIC (the Regional Internet
Registry for Africa), and several other local and international technology
groups. </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">Michuki
holds a diploma in computer analysis and design from Data Center College in
Nairobi, Kenya. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">About
Network Information Infrastructure (Nii) Service Award</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">The
Nii Service award was established by AfNOG at its 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary
to honor those who have made outstanding contributions in service to the
Internet community in Africa. The focus is on continued substantial technical
contributions, individual contributions and service to the community. The
program looks at how you have assisted, supported or enabled others. The award
will be given annually at AfNOG meetings. There is an accompanying Young
Professional Award.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">About
AfNOG</span></b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">The
African Network Operators Group is a forum for the exchange of technical
information, and aims to promote discussion of implementation issues that
require community cooperation through coordination and cooperation among network
service providers to ensure the stability of service to end users.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">In
May 2009 awards were also given to AfNOG Conveners and Instructors who had made
significant contributions to the community. The honorees included <b>Alain
Aina, Alan Barrett, Ayitey Bulley, Sunday Folayan, Mark Tinka, Chris
Pinkham and</b> <b>Randy Bush</b>. A special award was also given to <b>Hon
Tarek Kamel</b>, Minister of Communications of Republic of Egypt who had been a
long time contributor in the technical community in Africa and hosted the 10<sup>th</sup>
anniversary meeting of AfNOG.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Contact
AfNOG at :</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Nancy
Dotse, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Coordinator,
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">AfNOG
Secretariat</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">16
Boundary Road, East Legon</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">P.O Box
3035, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Accra,
GHANA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Phone: +
233 277 552 308</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Fax:
+ 233 302 521 696</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Email: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:secretariat@afnog.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:secretariat@afnog.org"><span class="Hyperlink1">secretariat@afnog.org</span></a>
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