<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">&lt;<a href="mailto:alfamamadou@hotmail.com" target="_blank">alfamamadou@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</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 &lt;<a href="mailto:patricia@afrinic.net" target="_blank">patricia@afrinic.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br>

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    <p style="text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> </span></p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Programme grants range
        from USD 7,500 - 10,000</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> and are
        allocated <span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">* Innovation on Access Provision</span></strong></p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">* E-Development</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;MS Gothic&quot;;color:windowtext">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext"></span></strong></p>


    <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">* Freedom of Expression</span></strong></p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Improvement of Aquaculture productivity and income of
          Fishers,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"> F</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">armerline Ltd,
        Ghana; </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Citizens
        Jury</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">, Beacons
        Development Foundation,
        Nigeria; </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> <b></b></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Cape Verde Tourism</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">, </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">University Jean Piaget of Cape
        Verde, Cape
        Verde;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">CyCy - Internet for All. Anytime. Anywhere</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">, </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">Freewire Networks
        (Pvt) Ltd, Zimbabwe;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>7. </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"><b>TaxiMobile</b>, Novazen Ltd, Cameroon;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>


    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>8.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"><b>Millime</b>, TEC4DEV, Tunisia;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>


    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>9.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><strong> </strong></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"><b>Android Application to index and report damaged
            infrastructures</b>, </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal">CHALA, Cote d’Ivoire and
        Morocco;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>10.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal"> <b>SmartEco</b>, TEN, Tunisia;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>


    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span>11.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="FR">
          Cyber Champion</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:normal" lang="FR">,
          Competences Ltd, Cote d’Ivoire.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"></span></strong></h3>
    <h3 style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> </span></b></p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 FIRE
          PROGRAMME GRANT WINNERS!</span></b></p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> </span></p>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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