<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE AWARD NOMINATION IN THE COMMUNITY CHOICE CATEGORY</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>AFRINIC calls on the community to vote for its favourite FIRE Award nomination.</div><div><br></div><div>The voting deadline is 14 October 2015 00:00 UTC.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) aims to encourage ICT development innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>FIRE Awards are given to initiatives that are already completed or that are in their final implementation phase according to these three funding categories:</div><div><br></div><div>- Innovation on Access provision: fostering ICT growth in Africa by ensuring that the delivery mechanism is available, reliable and scalable;</div><div><br></div><div>- E-development: the development, deployment and enhancement of content, applications and solutions.</div><div><br></div><div>- Freedom of Expression: initiatives related to freedom of expression, freedom of association, privacy, security, consumer's rights, new forms of intellectual property in the digital environment, and a wider range of issues related to Internet and human rights.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Community Choice Award</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to giving awards to projects in these three categories, the FIRE Awards also rewards the project with the highest number of votes from the Community.</div><div><br></div><div>Voting for the Community Choice Award opens today 7 October 2015 and closes on 14 October 2015, 00:00 UTC.</div><div><br></div><div>There are 8 shortlisted projects in the running to win a USD 3,000 prize and a USD 4,000 travel grant to attend the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, to be held from 10-14 November 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>This year’s project submissions come from entrepreneurs located in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, DRCongo, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Nigeria.</div><div><br></div><div>How to Vote</div><div><br></div><div>You are invited to cast your vote by signing in with your Facebook or Twitter account or registering with your Email address at:http://<a href="http://www.fireafrica.org/users/users/login">www.fireafrica.org/users/users/login</a></div><div><br></div><div>The project profiles are accessible on: <a href="http://www.fireafrica.org/projects/projects/index">http://www.fireafrica.org/projects/projects/index</a></div><div><br></div><div>For detailed information about competition categories, conditions of entry and submission procedures, please visit <a href="http://www.fireafrica.org">www.fireafrica.org</a> or send us an email at <a href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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