<p>Congrats Adiel and all the best...</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>G.M Ramokotjo</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2015 9:55 PM, "Mark Elkins" <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Congratulations Adiel...<br>
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On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 18:59 +0100, Seun Ojedeji wrote:<br>
> Join me in congratulating the former CEO of AFRINIC on his new role<br>
> within ICANN.<br>
><br>
> Good to know that he will still be as close to the community. I wish<br>
> him all the best!<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> sent from Google nexus 4<br>
> kindly excuse brevity and typos.<br>
><br>
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> From: "ICANN News Alert" <<a href="mailto:communications@icann.org">communications@icann.org</a>><br>
> Date: 4 Feb 2015 18:30<br>
> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of<br>
> Technical Engagement<br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Cc:<br>
><br>
> ICANN<br>
> News Alert<br>
> <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-04-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-04-en</a><br>
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> ______________________________________________________________________<br>
> Adiel Akplogan to Join ICANN as VP of Technical Engagement<br>
> Role aimed at strengthening ties to the technical community<br>
><br>
> 4 February 2015<br>
><br>
> Veteran Internet technology expert Adiel Akplogan is joining ICANN in<br>
> the newly created role of Vice President for Technical Engagement.<br>
><br>
> Akplogan served most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of<br>
> AfriNIC, the Internet Numbers' Resource Registry for Africa, a<br>
> position he has held since 2004.<br>
><br>
> "I'm delighted to welcome Adiel to ICANN," said Sally Costerton,<br>
> Special Advisor to the President for Global Stakeholder Engagement.<br>
> "He is a highly respected contributor to the Internet community and<br>
> his experienced leadership will reinforce and deepen ICANN's long term<br>
> participation in the technical community of which it is a critical<br>
> part."<br>
><br>
> Akplogan is among the original Internet pioneers in West Africa, where<br>
> he has played a critical role in setting up and managing CAFENet, one<br>
> of the first private Internet Service Providers in the region.<br>
><br>
> "It's my sincere hope that I can help ICANN achieve the high level of<br>
> operational excellence that it is aiming for," said Adiel. "We are all<br>
> striving to maintain and improve a global communication and<br>
> information system that will define our future on multiple levels."<br>
><br>
> In his new position, Akplogan will help ICANN conduct technical<br>
> engagement and outreach. He will also provide some valuable links to<br>
> the ICT community on the African continent, since he was instrumental<br>
> in establishing several technical coordination bodies such as the<br>
> African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers<br>
> Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).<br>
><br>
> Akplogan will be based in Montreal, Canada and will assume his new<br>
> position on March 1.<br>
><br>
> To download a high-resolution photo of Adiel Akoplogan, go here:<br>
> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/16440900351/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/16440900351/</a><br>
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