<html><head><base href="x-msg://173/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Badru, Esam,<div><br></div><div>Regarding implementation, <div><br></div><div>this whole thing needs a good re discussion in view of peering and interconnection forum AfPIF and other works related to this area.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Its easy to miss but end up with money spent (no deja vu please)</div><div><br></div><div>Nii</div><div><br><div><div><div>On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Badru Ntege (NFT) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Great news.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Any ideas on the implementation. I do hope we put together a good team that makes good use of these funds. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 4pt; "><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a> [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Abulkhirat Esam<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:22 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'africann@afrinic.net">'africann@afrinic.net</a>'<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Approval of AXIS funding<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I’m very glad to inform you that we have received a formal approval notice from the “EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund” for the AXIS project. The total amount of financing from the Trust Fund is equivalent to 5,1 million EUR.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Please find attached a copy of the document received from the Secretariat of the Fund hosted by the EIB.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: navy; ">_________________________________</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: navy; ">Mr. Esam M. Abulkhirat</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: navy; ">Senior ICT Policy Officer</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: navy; ">Department of Human Resources Science & Technology</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: navy; ">African Union Commission</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: navy; ">Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; 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