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<br><tt><font size=2>Congrats Rachel and Michuki!<br>
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Ken<br>
<br>
<br>
Eric Akumiah a écrit :<br>
> Apologies for cross-posting<br>
><br>
> AFNOG NII AWARDS 2010<br>
><br>
> ANNE-RACHEL INNE RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS’ NII SERVICE
AWARD<br>
><br>
> Accra, Ghana, 10 June 2010 – The African Network Operators Group
(AfNOG)<br>
> has awarded Anne-Rachel Inne the Network Information Infrastructure
(NII)<br>
> Service Award for 2010 in recognition of her contribution to improving
and<br>
> sustaining Africa’s Internet environment.<br>
> AfNOG presented the Award during its 11th Meeting and the celebration
of<br>
> AfriNIC’s five years of operation held in Kigali, Rwanda on 2nd June,<br>
> 2010.<br>
><br>
> The NII Service Award was instituted in 2009 during AfNOG’s 10 years<br>
> anniversary by Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, who himself received the Internet<br>
> Society’s prestigious Jonathan Postel Award in 2007 for his service
in the<br>
> region and example of dedication, commitment and leadership for the
young<br>
> generation to emulate.<br>
><br>
> “Anne Rachel Inne came from the business sector but engaged in the<br>
> technical community work at global level to strengthen the African
local<br>
> community ”says Dr Nii Quaynor, AfNOG Convener and honorary Chair
of the<br>
> NII Award. “This year’s award recognizes a woman who very early
engaged<br>
> herself with the community and worked in supporting ccTLD through<br>
> re-delegation processes and other related issues.” According to Adiel<br>
> Akplogan, CEO of AfriNIC and recipient of the 2009 NII Service Award<br>
> “Recognizing her efforts and her work seem to me the obvious choice
for<br>
> the Award Committee. I am very proud to share this recognition with<br>
> Anne-Rachel who, as a woman found her way through an environment dominated<br>
> by men and excelled. I look forward to working with her to do more
for our<br>
> dear continent”. Anne-Rachel currently works with the Internet Cooperation<br>
> for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) and is very active in leading
the<br>
> organization’s efforts to improve Internet Policy in the Africa Region.
<br>
> Before handing over Award to Anne-Rachel, Dr Nii Quaynor stated that
“ She<br>
> has also demonstrated an immense commitment with her continued engagement<br>
> with AfriNIC & AfNOG community in the interest of Africa as a
whole.<br>
> Anne-Rachel has made the African Technical community better known
to many<br>
> African economic and political organizations”.<br>
> It was announced during the awards ceremony that a website dedicated
to<br>
> the Nii Awards would be launched soon to keep the memory of this Award<br>
> alive as well as to better inform the community.<br>
> Besides the main Nii Award, a Junior Award was also given to Michuki<br>
> Mwangi for his continuous contribution to the internet technical<br>
> community.<br>
><br>
> Michuki Mwangi is currently the Snr Education Manager at the Internet<br>
> Society (ISOC) and lead several training activities within AfNOG and<br>
> AfriNIC program.<br>
> According to Dr Nii Quaynor “Michuki Mwangi has contributed tremendously<br>
> to the local community in Kenya through his work with ccTLD, Internet<br>
> exchange point and Root servers in the country. Michuku has
also<br>
> contributed in pan African ways as a regular AfNOG Instructor, as
a<br>
> leading member of AftLD and for championing the establishment of country<br>
> NOGs. Michuki’s contributions are globally recognized and he is a
good<br>
> example for next generation engineers”.<br>
><br>
> Mark Tinka was Nii Award Young Professional 2009 honoree.<br>
> Anne-Rachel Inne, Regional Liaison for Africa is part of the Global<br>
> Partnership Department at<br>
> ICANN that has a network of seven regional liaisons so far. It was<br>
> established in response to Internet community demand and in implementation<br>
> of ICANN's publicly agreed strategic plan. Her responsibilities include<br>
> outreach, support to and engagement with respective regions and<br>
> stakeholders, civil society, business and governments; partnering
with<br>
> respective organizations; delivering against an action plan consistent<br>
> with ICANN's operations and strategic plans.<br>
><br>
> Anne-Rachel Inne was first a translator, then a sales manager for
UTA/Air<br>
> France for the Niger office and then an ICT for development practices<br>
> consultant. She has a Master of Arts in English/Translation from the<br>
> University of Paris XII, and graduated in 1997 from the University
of<br>
> Illinois at Urbana Champaign with an MBA in International Management.<br>
> Prior to working for ICANN, she worked as a consultant on local, regional<br>
> and international projects for the UNDP/UNOPS, UNCTAD, the French
Ministry<br>
> of Foreign Affairs, the IICD, the Francophonie, etc. She is a member/board<br>
> member of several African and international organizations that work<br>
> with/for the private sector with a focus on ICTs. She is the god mother
of<br>
> youth community radios, cyber centers and is a long time member of
the<br>
> Rotary. She practices sports in general.<br>
><br>
> Michuki Mwangi is an Internet Technologist specializing in IXPs, DNS
and<br>
> Policy development.<br>
><br>
> Michuki joined ISOC in April 2008 as Senior Education Manager.
working<br>
> with the Education team to promote Internet growth and sustainability
in<br>
> the developing world.<br>
><br>
> Michuki was an Internet technology consultant and he previously served
as<br>
> the Administrative Manager at the .KE registry (KENIC). He is the<br>
> President of the African Top Level Domain (AfTLD) Association and<br>
> continues to serve as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Kenya
Internet<br>
> Exchange Point (KIXP)in a volunteer capacity.<br>
><br>
> He is active in the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the Country<br>
> Code Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO) of ICANN, AfriNIC (the Regional<br>
> Internet Registry for Africa), and several other local and international<br>
> technology groups.<br>
><br>
> Michuki holds a diploma in computer analysis and design from Data
Center<br>
> College in Nairobi, Kenya.<br>
><br>
> About Network Information Infrastructure (Nii) Service Award<br>
> The Nii Service award was established by AfNOG at its 10th anniversary
to<br>
> 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, individual contributions and service to the<br>
> community. The program looks at how you have assisted, supported or<br>
> enabled others. The award will be given annually at AfNOG meetings.
There<br>
> is an accompanying Young Professional Award.<br>
><br>
> About AfNOG<br>
> The African Network Operators Group is a forum for the exchange of<br>
> technical information, and aims to promote discussion of implementation<br>
> issues that require community cooperation through coordination and<br>
> cooperation among network service providers to ensure the stability
of<br>
> service to end users.<br>
><br>
> In May 2009 awards were also given to AfNOG Conveners and Instructors
who<br>
> had made significant contributions to the community. The honorees
included<br>
> Alain Aina, Alan Barrett, Ayitey Bulley, Sunday Folayan, Mark
Tinka,<br>
> Chris Pinkham and Randy Bush. A special award was also given to Hon
Tarek<br>
> Kamel, Minister of Communications of Republic of Egypt who had been
a long<br>
> time contributor in the technical community in Africa and hosted the
10th<br>
> anniversary meeting of AfNOG.<br>
><br>
> Contact AfNOG at :<br>
> Nancy Dotse,<br>
> Coordinator,<br>
> AfNOG Secretariat<br>
> 16 Boundary Road, East Legon<br>
> P.O Box 3035,<br>
> Accra, GHANA<br>
><br>
> Phone: + 233 277 552 308<br>
> Fax: + 233 302 521 696<br>
> Email: secretariat@afnog.org<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----<br>
> *From:* Nancy Dotse <nancy@ghana.com><br>
> *To:* Eric Akumiah <eric.akumiah@gmail.com>; Eric Akumiah <br>
> <eakumiah2001@yahoo.com><br>
> *Cc:* Nancy Dotse <nancy@ghana.com><br>
> *Sent:* Tue, July 20, 2010 1:32:16 PM<br>
> *Subject:* FW: PRESS RELEASE - NII AWARDS 2010<br>
><br>
> Hello Eric,<br>
><br>
> Grateful if you can please send this Africann and other lists.<br>
><br>
> Best regards<br>
><br>
> Nancy<br>
><br>
> *AFNOG NII AWARDS 2010*<br>
><br>
> * *<br>
><br>
> *ANNE-RACHEL INNE RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS’ NII
<br>
> SERVICE AWARD*<br>
><br>
> Accra, Ghana, 10 June 2010 – The African Network Operators Group
<br>
> (AfNOG) has awarded *Anne-Rachel Inne* the Network Information <br>
> Infrastructure (NII) Service Award for 2010 in recognition of her
<br>
> contribution to improving and sustaining Africa’s Internet environment.<br>
><br>
> AfNOG presented the Award during its 11^th Meeting and the celebration
<br>
> of AfriNIC’s five years of operation held in Kigali, Rwanda on
2^nd <br>
> June, 2010.<br>
><br>
> The NII Service Award was instituted in 2009 during AfNOG’s 10
years <br>
> anniversary by Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, who himself received the Internet
<br>
> Society’s prestigious Jonathan Postel Award in 2007 for his service
<br>
> in the region and example of dedication, commitment and leadership
for <br>
> the young generation to emulate.<br>
><br>
> “Anne Rachel Inne came from the business sector but engaged in
the <br>
> technical community work at global level to strengthen the African
<br>
> local community â€says Dr Nii Quaynor, AfNOG Convener and honorary
<br>
> Chair of the NII Award. “This year’s award recognizes a
woman who <br>
> very early engaged herself with the community and worked in supporting
<br>
> ccTLD through re-delegation processes and other related issues.â€
<br>
> According to Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AfriNIC and recipient of the 2009
<br>
> NII Service Award “Recognizing her efforts and her work seem
to me <br>
> the obvious choice for the Award Committee. I am very proud to share
<br>
> this recognition with Anne-Rachel who, as a woman found her way <br>
> through an environment dominated by men and excelled. I look forward
<br>
> to working with her to do more for our dear continentâ€. Anne-Rachel
<br>
> currently works with the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names &
<br>
> Numbers (ICANN) and is very active in leading the organization’s
<br>
> efforts to improve Internet Policy in the Africa Region. Before <br>
> handing over Award to Anne-Rachel, Dr Nii Quaynor stated that “
She <br>
> has also demonstrated an immense commitment with her continued <br>
> engagement with AfriNIC & AfNOG community in the interest of Africa
as <br>
> a whole. Anne-Rachel has made the African Technical community better
<br>
> known to many African economic and political organizationsâ€.<br>
><br>
> It was announced during the awards ceremony that a website dedicated
<br>
> to the Nii Awards would be launched soon to keep the memory of this
<br>
> Award alive as well as to better inform the community.<br>
><br>
> Besides the main Nii Award, a Junior Award was also given to *Michuki
<br>
> Mwangi* for his continuous contribution to the internet technical
<br>
> community.<br>
><br>
> *Michuki Mwangi* is currently the Snr Education Manager at the <br>
> Internet Society (ISOC) and lead several training activities within
<br>
> AfNOG and AfriNIC program.<br>
><br>
> According to Dr Nii Quaynor “Michuki Mwangi has contributed <br>
> tremendously to the local community in Kenya through his work with
<br>
> ccTLD, Internet exchange point and Root servers in the country. <br>
> Michuku has also contributed in pan African ways as a regular AfNOG
<br>
> Instructor, as a leading member of AftLD and for championing the <br>
> establishment of country NOGs. Michuki’s contributions are globally
<br>
> recognized and he is a good example for next generation engineers*â€.*<br>
><br>
> * *<br>
><br>
> Mark Tinka was Nii Award Young Professional 2009 honoree.<br>
><br>
> *Anne-Rachel Inne*, Regional Liaison for Africa is part of the Global
<br>
> Partnership Department at<br>
><br>
> ICANN that has a network of seven regional liaisons so far. It was
<br>
> established in response to Internet community demand and in <br>
> implementation of ICANN's publicly agreed strategic plan. Her <br>
> responsibilities include outreach, support to and engagement with
<br>
> respective regions and stakeholders, civil society, business and <br>
> governments; partnering with respective organizations; delivering
<br>
> against an action plan consistent with ICANN's operations and <br>
> strategic plans.<br>
><br>
> Anne-Rachel Inne* *was first a translator, then a sales manager for
<br>
> UTA/Air France for the Niger office and then an ICT for development
<br>
> practices consultant. She has a Master of Arts in English/Translation
<br>
> from the University of Paris XII, and graduated in 1997 from the <br>
> University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign <http://www.mba.uiuc.edu/>
<br>
> with an MBA in International Management. Prior to working for ICANN,
<br>
> she worked as a consultant on local, regional and international <br>
> projects for the UNDP <br>
> <http://www.pnud.ne/pnudfr/ueco/radio/radio_doc.html>/UNOPS
<br>
> <http://www.sdnp.undp.org/>, UNCTAD, the French Ministry of
Foreign <br>
> Affairs, the IICD <http://www.iicd.org/>, the Francophonie <br>
> <http://intif.francophonie.org/>, etc. She is a member/board
member of <br>
> several African and international organizations that work with/for
the <br>
> private sector with a focus on ICTs. She is the god mother of youth
<br>
> community radios, cyber centers and is a long time member of the <br>
> Rotary. She practices sports in general.<br>
><br>
> * *<br>
><br>
> *Michuki Mwangi *is an Internet Technologist specializing in IXPs,
DNS <br>
> and Policy development.<br>
><br>
> Michuki joined ISOC in April 2008 as Senior Education Manager. working
<br>
> with the Education team to promote Internet growth and sustainability
<br>
> in the developing world.<br>
><br>
> Michuki was an Internet technology consultant and he previously served
<br>
> as the Administrative Manager at the .KE registry (KENIC). He is the
<br>
> President of the African Top Level Domain (AfTLD) Association and
<br>
> continues to serve as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Kenya
<br>
> Internet Exchange Point (KIXP)in a volunteer capacity.<br>
><br>
> He is active in the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the <br>
> Country Code Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO) of ICANN, AfriNIC
<br>
> (the Regional Internet Registry for Africa), and several other local
<br>
> and international technology groups.<br>
><br>
> Michuki holds a diploma in computer analysis and design from Data
<br>
> Center College in Nairobi, Kenya.<br>
><br>
> *About Network Information Infrastructure (Nii) Service Award*<br>
><br>
> The Nii Service award was established by AfNOG at its 10^th <br>
> anniversary to honor those who have made outstanding contributions
in <br>
> service to the Internet community in Africa. The focus is on continued
<br>
> substantial technical contributions, individual contributions and
<br>
> service to the community. The program looks at how you have assisted,
<br>
> supported or enabled others. The award will be given annually at AfNOG
<br>
> meetings. There is an accompanying Young Professional Award.<br>
><br>
> *About AfNOG*<br>
><br>
> The African Network Operators Group is a forum for the exchange of
<br>
> technical information, and aims to promote discussion of <br>
> implementation issues that require community cooperation through <br>
> coordination and cooperation among network service providers to ensure
<br>
> the stability of service to end users.<br>
><br>
> In May 2009 awards were also given to AfNOG Conveners and Instructors
<br>
> who had made significant contributions to the community. The honorees
<br>
> included *Alain Aina, Alan Barrett, Ayitey Bulley, Sunday Folayan,
<br>
> Mark Tinka, Chris Pinkham and* *Randy Bush*. A special award was also
<br>
> given to *Hon Tarek Kamel*, Minister of Communications of Republic
of <br>
> Egypt who had been a long time contributor in the technical community
<br>
> in Africa and hosted the 10^th anniversary meeting of AfNOG.<br>
><br>
> * *<br>
><br>
> *Contact AfNOG at :*<br>
><br>
> Nancy Dotse,<br>
><br>
> Coordinator,<br>
><br>
> AfNOG Secretariat<br>
><br>
> 16 Boundary Road, East Legon<br>
><br>
> P.O Box 3035,<br>
><br>
> Accra, GHANA<br>
><br>
> Phone: + 233 277 552 308<br>
><br>
> Fax: + 233 302 521 696<br>
><br>
> Email: secretariat@afnog.org <mailto:secretariat@afnog.org><br>
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