<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">Dear Matogoro, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">I personally have submitted applications for Fire Awards and never have the projects I have submitted got any grant. Sometimes I query the selection whereby they do not even give feedback on what went wrong or why you did not get the grant. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">I advise that don't lean only on Fire awards or grants but try some other methods of lobbying funding to support your project or even if possible consider fundraising. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">I wish the process was transparent on applications recieved and criteria used in selection of grantees and also for those that did not get the grant, feedback is given. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">Otherwise, i resorted to alternative means of raising funds. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">Daniel </div></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aZG5kYW5uYW5nQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3D%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=630234fc-b75d-4abf-85fd-990facaba6e5"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 19:32, Matogoro Jabera <<a href="mailto:jaberamatogoro@gmail.com">jaberamatogoro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dear Colleagues,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Recently, AfrINIC announced for FIRE Awards for the outstanding project. I tried more than five times to submit my project but was not successful.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I tried to contact AFRINIC but received the support which did not answered my question. AFRINIC claimed that the upload link was fine while to my side did not worked. Finally I gave up and life goes on.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think something need to be fixed at AFRINIC. Just sharing out my frustrations. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Matogoro </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Olatunde Awobuluyi <<a href="mailto:olatunde.awobuluyi@afrinic.net" target="_blank">olatunde.awobuluyi@afrinic.net</a>><br>Date: Mon, 20 May 2019, 19:09<br>Subject: FIRE Africa Awards 2019<br>To: <<a href="mailto:jaberamatogoro@gmail.com" target="_blank">jaberamatogoro@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <<a href="mailto:fireafrica@afrinic.net" target="_blank">fireafrica@afrinic.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div>Dear Jabhera</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for reaching out to us.</div><div><br></div><div>Please, be aware that there is a difference between FIRE Africa Awards and FIRE Africa Grants.</div><div><br></div><div>FIRE Awards are awards given to ICT related projects that are already completed or almost completed. </div><div><br></div><div>FIRE Grants are funds given to ICT related projects that are in their infancy stage or need financial input to expand the project.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, there will be no calls for FIRE Africa grant proposals in 2019. </div><div><br></div><div>However, there is an ongoing call for FIRE Africa Awards in 2019. You can submit a proposal for a FIRE Africa Award using this link (<a href="https://fireafrica.org/awards" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fireafrica.org/awards</a>). </div><div><br></div><div>The "<b>submit your awards nomination</b>" link will be on the top right pane of this webpage (Please view the attached image). </div><div><br></div><div>With many thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>The FIRE Africa team</div><div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Nanghaka Daniel K.<br><span style="font-size:small">Executive Director - ILICIT Africa/ Chair - Outreach and Engagement WG (ICANN At-Large)</span><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:0.2px">/ former Chair - FOSSFA</span><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:0.2px"> </span><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:0.2px"> / Geo4Africa Lead / Organising Team - FOSS4G2018</span></div><div>Mobile +256 772 898298 (Uganda)<br></div><div>Skype: daniel.nanghaka<br></div><div><br></div><div>----------------------------------------- <i><span>"Working for Africa" </span></i>-----------------------------------------<br> <br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>