<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">We are pleased to invite you to the Seed Alliance award ceremony that will take place on 6 December, Workshop Room 1, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Mexican time), at PALCCO, Guadalajara, Mexico.<br class=""><br class="">Share the word! Innovation that changes lives is worth celebrating! You can add the awards ceremony to your Sched calendar <a href="http://sched.co/8hse" class="">http://sched.co/8hse</a>.<br class=""><br class="">The Seed Alliance has a booth at the IGF village. Please come by and visit us to learn more and get to meet the award winners from all 3 regional programs!<br class=""><br class="">The Seed Alliance members are also organizing the following workshops. You can add them to your calendars on the links below:<br class=""><br class="">WS26: Cybersecurity - Initiatives in and by the Global South<br class="">Tuesday, December 6 • 09:00 - 10:30<br class=""><a href="http://sched.co/8hsi" class="">http://sched.co/8hsi</a><br class=""><br class="">WS212: Promoting Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Global South<br class="">Friday, December 9 • 09:00 - 10:30<br class=""><a href="http://sched.co/8hvE" class="">http://sched.co/8hvE</a><br class=""><br class="">WS82: Networks & solutions to achieve SDGs agenda-Internet at play<br class="">Friday, December 9 • 12:00 - 13:30<br class=""><a href="http://sched.co/8hvD" class="">http://sched.co/8hvD</a><br class=""><br class="">If you are not attending the IGF, you can follow the workshops as well as the awards ceremony through the remote participation channels <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/" class="">http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/</a><br class=""><br class="">The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE Africa) allocated 9 grants and 4 awards during the 2016 funding cycle, with over US$450K in funding to deserving initiatives which use the Internet and ICTs so solve challenges within their communities. Since 2011, we have celebrated the award winners at the IGF and we will be honored to have you and your colleagues join us to celebrate the contributions that innovative Internet-based solutions have made to their communities across the global south.<br class=""><br class="">The Seed Alliance is a collaboration between FIRE, FRIDA and ISIF Asia regional grants and awards programs, who together support Internet development across the global south. This collaboration is possible thanks to the generous support from the program partners— the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, the Internet Society and the contributions from three Regional Internet Registry partners (AFRINIC, APNIC and LACNIC) as well as many generous regional sponsors. <br class=""><br class="">If you need any information, you can contact us through <a href="mailto:fireafrica@afrinic.net" class="">fireafrica@afrinic.net</a><br class="">Join us for the #AFRINIC25 meeting in Mauritius <a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-25/" class="">https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-25/</a><br class=""><br class="">Sincerely<div class="">AFRINIC Team</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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