<div dir="ltr"><div>Bonjour, <br></div>félicitations aux gagnants et encouragements au Program FIRE pour ce concours organisé qui va mettre en exergue des projets innovants des différents pays. Bonne continuation!<div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Mme Ndèye Fatou Coundoul Thiam<br>Conseiller Technique en Informatique<br>Ministère des Postes et des Télécommunications<br>Tel: +221 77 633 60 25<br>Dakar</div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-01 8:58 GMT+00:00 Patricia Senghor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patricia@afrinic.net" target="_blank">patricia@afrinic.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-US">WINNERS
OF THE THIRD EDITION OF THE FIRE 2014 AWARDS<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">FIRE Programme
Awards
acknowledge the remarkable contributions ICT innovators have
made to their
communities by using the Internet to address social and
development challenges.<br>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><br>
The FIRE Programme Awards are
granted to initiatives already completed or in their final
implementation
phases and that are aligned with one of the three funding
categories:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">*
Innovation on Access Provision</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">*
E-Development</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">*
Freedom of Expression</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br>
<b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">There is one
Award winner per
category. In addition, there is a Community Choice Award
category, voted for by
the community. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">This year, the
FIRE 2014
Award did not recognise an initiative promoting Freedom of
expression. This
category will be back in 2015.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The following
outstanding
projects won a FIRE 2014 Award: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Category:
Innovation on Access Provision</span></b><span lang="EN-US">
</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Project 1: <b>OER4Schools</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Organisation:
Witaba
Foundation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Project 2: <b>Affaires Mobiles Bénin</b>,
a platform for
linking buyers and sellers of food products in Benin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Organisation:
Beninese Agency
for the Promotion of Commercial Exchanges<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Category:
E- Development<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Project 3: <b>mJangale:</b> Improving
Education in
Senegal with Mobile Solutions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Organisation:
SenMobile<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Category:
Community Choice<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Project 4: <b>Lôr Bouôr</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Organisation:
ICTD4DEV.ci<br>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><br>
All four winners will receive
a cash prize of US$ 3,000 and a travel grant to attend the
Internet Governance
Forum (IGF) taking place in Istanbul (Turkey) from the 2nd - 5th
September
2014.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">During the
IGF, the 2014
Awardees will be given opportunities to showcase their project,
make
professional contacts and participate in discussions about the
future of the
Internet.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">CONGRATULATIONS
TO
THE FIRE 2014 AWARD WINNERS!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">More
information about the
FIRE Programme can be found online at: <a href="http://www.fireafrica.org" target="_blank">www.fireafrica.org</a><b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">FIRE Programme
Secretariat<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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