Thank you colleagues for coming up with such questions..<div><br></div><div>I now realise that I was not alone who did was not aware of this. This reflects on the level of cooperation or inclusion in such initiatives.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Can Esam please share with us the proposal that went to EU so that we know what to expect? It is like one saying, "..Ooops the baby is here - what next?"</div><div><br></div><div>Lets keep walking ahead.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Yassin</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 September 2010 07:50, Kwadwo Asumaning (KO) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asumani@telkom.co.za">asumani@telkom.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">This is great, but by the
way who is leading the project team?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Nii Narku Quaynor<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 September 2010 07:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Approval of AXIS funding</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Badru,
Esam,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Regarding
implementation, </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>this
whole thing needs a good re discussion in view of peering and
interconnection forum AfPIF and other works related to this area.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Its
easy to miss but end up with money spent (no deja vu please)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Nii</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>On
Sep 22, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Badru Ntege (NFT) wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Great
news.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Any
ideas on the implementation. I do hope we put together a good team
that makes good use of these funds. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>]<span> </span><b>On
Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Abulkhirat Esam<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Wednesday, September
22, 2010 3:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span><a href="mailto:'africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">'africann@afrinic.net</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>[AfrICANN-discuss]
FW: Approval of AXIS funding</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear All,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please find attached a copy of the document received
from the Secretariat of the Fund hosted by the EIB.</span></p>
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