[AfrIPv6-Discuss] Press Release: AFRNIC IPv6 Certification Logo Program :certi::6

Tue Feb 16 14:24:34 UTC 2016

AFRINIC Launches Its NEW IPv6 Education  

Certification Program: certi::6 

                         Get Certified!

Mauritius - LUXEMBOURG, February 16, 2016 – AFRINIC releases a new program; The AFRNIC IPv6 Education Certification Logo Program in cooperation with the IPv6 Forum Education program. This program has been largely defined by Mukom Akong T.  and implemented by the AFRINIC Training Unit, to certify Engineers with the Silver and Gold Logo levels.

certi::6 (pronounced "certi-six") is a multi-tiered program of written exams created by AFRINIC Ltd under the  <http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_education/Certified/site/faq.php> IPv6 Forum certification programme. It validates the knowledge and skill required to plan, design, configure, manage and troubleshoot multi-vendor IPv6 networks.

To obtain this IPv6 Certification, please visit   <http://www.certi6.io/> www.certi6.io and apply to schedule a test.

“The IPv6 Education is the very first real transition tool to IPv6. AFRINIC, as an IPv6 Forum Gold Authorized Training Center since 2012, takes it to the next level by providing the ability for any engineer to obtain a worldwide recognized certification of their IPv6 knowledge.”. states Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum, Research Fellow at the University of Luxembourg. This makes AFRINIC Ltd one of only 12 organizations worldwide certified at the Certified Certification (Gold) level by the IPv6 Forum and the first and only one in Africa".

“The jury is still out about whether testing proves skill, but testing definitely proves understanding and drives comprehension which is a foundation of skill. Our certification platform aims to test knowledge at all the levels of the Bloom’s taxonomy and I’m incredibly proud of the work our training team has put in to pull this off” Mukom Akong Tamon,  Head of Capacity Building, AFRINIC

About AFRINIC

The African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, responsible for the distribution and management of Internet number resources such as IP addresses throughout the African region.

AFRINIC’s mission is to provide professional and efficient distribution of Internet number resources to the African Internet community, to support Internet technology usage and development across the continent and to strengthen Internet self-governance in Africa by encouraging a participatory policy development.

 <https://www.afrinic.net/> https://www.afrinic.net/ 

About the IPv6 Forum: 

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading vendors, Internet service vendors, National research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure Next Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of interoperability thru its IPv6 Ready, Enabled & Education Logo Programs : <http://www.ipv6ready.org/> www.ipv6ready.org  &  <http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/> http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/

For further information, please visit:   <http://www.ipv6forum.com/> http://www.ipv6forum.com

AFRINIC                                                                                           IPv6 Forum

Mukom Akong Tamon                                                                      Latif Ladid, 

Head of Capacity Building, AFRINIC                                              President, IPv6 FORUM 

Tel: + 352 - 30 71 35 

 <mailto:tamon at afrinic.net> tamon at afrinic.net                                                                              <mailto:latif.ladid at ipv6forum.com> latif.ladid at ipv6forum.com

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