<div dir="ltr">This is a great initiative by AFRINIC.<div><br></div><div>We hope it will spur innovation and creative minds, and that was the major objective of FIRE. I hope this projects will improve the communities where they are targeted.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Congrats to all</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 April 2014 15:24, Mamadou LO <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alfamamadou@hotmail.com" target="_blank">alfamamadou@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Congratulations to the winners!!<br>Congratulations also to Afrinic for initiating this programme!!<br><br>Regards!<br><br>Mamadou<br><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz" target="_blank">ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz</a><br>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 08:10:59 -0400<br>To: <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a><br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: [AFRINIC-announce] Winners of the Second Edition of the FIRE Programme Grants - 2014<div>
<div class="h5"><br><br><div>Congratulations to all laureates! And thanks to AFRINIC for supporting the use of the Internet for solving local problems in Africa. </div><div>I wish them the best in the implementation of their projects.</div>
<div>Best regards,</div><div>Victor <br><br><div>************************************************Victor Ndonnang</div>~Sent from my iPhone~</div><div><br>On Apr 3, 2014, at 5:52 AM, Patricia Senghor <<a href="mailto:patricia@afrinic.net" target="_blank">patricia@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">WINNERS OF
THE SECOND EDITION OF THE
FIRE PROGRAMME GRANTS</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The FIRE
Programme Grants acknowledge the remarkable contributions that
ICT innovators
across Africa have made to their communities by using the
Internet to address
social and development challenges.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The Programme grants range
from USD 7,500 - 10,000</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> and are
allocated <span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">to project proposals that
are
implemented in a period of 6 to 12 months. There are </span>three
funding
categories:</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext">* Innovation on Access Provision</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext">* E-Development</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic";color:windowtext">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext"></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext">* Freedom of Expression</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">After a
competitive process followed by a rigorous selection, this year
the FIRE
Programme has selected, 11 outstanding initiatives:</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><b>School Children Cyber Safety Project</b>, Asonga
Kuchio Foundation, Kenya;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Improvement of Aquaculture productivity and income of
Fishers,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> F</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">armerline Ltd,
Ghana; </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Citizens
Jury</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">, Beacons
Development Foundation,
Nigeria; </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <b></b></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><b>Problem-Based E-Learning System Development for Use
in Agricultural
Training and Extension</b>, Masinde Muliro University of
Science and Technology,
Kenya;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Cape Verde Tourism</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">, </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">University Jean Piaget of Cape
Verde, Cape
Verde;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">CyCy - Internet for All. Anytime. Anywhere</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">, </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Freewire Networks
(Pvt) Ltd, Zimbabwe;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>7. </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><b>TaxiMobile</b>, Novazen Ltd, Cameroon;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><b>Millime</b>, TEC4DEV, Tunisia;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><strong> </strong></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><b>Android Application to index and report damaged
infrastructures</b>, </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">CHALA, Cote d’Ivoire and
Morocco;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>10.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> <b>SmartEco</b>, TEN, Tunisia;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span>11.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"" lang="FR">
Cyber Champion</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal" lang="FR">,
Competences Ltd, Cote d’Ivoire.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Each of the 11 winners will receive a USD 10,000 grant
to implement
his/her project.</span></strong></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 FIRE
PROGRAMME GRANT WINNERS!</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">More
information about the FIRE Programme can be found online at:
<a href="http://www.fireafrica.org" target="_blank">www.fireafrica.org</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span></p>
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