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This program has been largely defined by Mukom Akong T. and implemented by the AFRINIC Training Unit, to <b><u>certify Engineers</u></b> with the Silver and Gold Logo levels.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#FFC000;background:white'>certi</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#70AD47;background:white'>::6</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#70AD47;background:white'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white'>(pronounced "certi-six") is a multi-tiered program of written exams created by AFRINIC Ltd under the<span class=yiv3826811722apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_education/Certified/site/faq.php" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#F37136;background:white'>IPv6 Forum certification programme</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white'>. It validates the knowledge and skill required to plan, design, configure, manage and troubleshoot multi-vendor IPv6 networks.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>To obtain this IPv6 Certification, please visit </span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.certi6.io/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>www.certi6.io</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>and <span style='color:black'>apply to schedule a test.</span></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>“The IPv6 Education is the very first <u>real transition tool</u> 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.”. </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>states <b>Latif Ladid</b>, President, IPv6 Forum, Research Fellow at the University of Luxembourg.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>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".</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0070C0'>“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”</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> Mukom Akong Tamon, Head of Capacity Building, AFRINIC</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>About AFRINIC</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>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.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>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.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>https://www.afrinic.net/</span></a></span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>About the IPv6 Forum</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1A356D'>: </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>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 :</span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.ipv6ready.org/" target="_blank"><span class=yiv3826811722hyperlink1><span lang=EN-US>www.ipv6ready.org</span></span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> & </span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/" target="_blank"><span class=yiv3826811722hyperlink1><span lang=EN-US>http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>For further information, please visit: </span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.ipv6forum.com/" target="_blank"><span class=yiv3826811722hyperlink1><span lang=EN-US>http://www.ipv6forum.com</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>AFRINIC IPv6 Forum</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Mukom Akong Tamon Latif Ladid, </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Head of Capacity Building, AFRINIC President, IPv6 FORUM </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:283.2pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Tel: <span class=yiv3826811722hyperlink1>+ 352 - 30 71 35</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="mailto:tamon@afrinic.net" target="_blank"><span lang=DE-CH>tamon@afrinic.net</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> </span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="mailto:latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com" target="_blank"><span class=yiv3826811722hyperlink1><span lang=DE-CH>latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>