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Unwarranted use of emails will be dealt with as per current legislation.</span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, 23, May, 2012 3:37 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>, Janvier NGNOULAYE <<a href="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm">jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> announce <<a href="mailto:announce@afrinic.net">announce@afrinic.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: Alain Aina wins the 2012 Network Information and Infrastructure Service Award<br></div><div><br></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I agree - Alain, the trust anchor for Africa.<br><br>walu.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 5/23/12, Janvier NGNOULAYE <i><<a href="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm">jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Janvier NGNOULAYE <<a href="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm">jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm</a>><br>Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: Alain Aina wins the 2012 Network Information and Infrastructure Service Award<br>To: <a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>Cc: "announce" <<a href="mailto:announce@afrinic.net">announce@afrinic.net</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 1:29 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Hi Alain,<br>By receiving these various distinctions, you joined the list of the Africans ICT icons. This is a new challenge that began, to go more forward. <br><br>Congratulations.<br>/Janvier<br><br>----- Mail Original -----<br>De: "Babusha Radhakissoon" <<a ymailto="mailto:babusha@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=babusha@afrinic.net">babusha@afrinic.net</a>><br>À: <a href="mailto:*@afrinic.net">*@afrinic.net</a><br>Envoyé: Mardi 22 Mai 2012 11h12:53 GMT +01:00 Afrique centrale - Ouest<br>Objet: [AfriNIC-rpd] Alain Aina wins the 2012 Network Information and Infrastructure Service Award<br><br>The fourth Network Information and Infrastructure Service Award has been awarded to Alain Aina in recognition for his contribution to improving Internet connectivity, development and sustainability in Africa. <br>Mrs Isatou Jah of QCELL presented the Award to Alain Aina during AFRINIC's 16 th Public Policy Meeting in Serekunda, The Gambia. Alain Aina presently holds several positions in numerous organisations. He is the Special Projects Manager at the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), a Board of trustee at ISOC, DNSSec Crypto officer at ICANN and Managing Director of TRSTech. <br><br>Dr. Nii Quaynor, conveyor of AfNOG and initiator of the Award praised Mr. Aina for his
commitment to the development of the Internet in Africa. “This award gives an indication of our expectations from the community and rewarding Alain's exemplary work is a clear reflection of this. Such commitment will ensure that the community remains on the right path to success,” s aid Dr Quaynor during the awards ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in Banjul, The Gambia. <br><br>Aina was equally ecstatic. “ For me, it was a big surprise. I feel humbled. This award comes with a lot of responsibility. I shall continue to work and contribute at the regional level, and continue to be involved in developing the technical and policy aspects of the Internet, as well as training, ” said Mr Aina upon receiving the award. <br><br>Besides the main NI&I Award, a Young professional Award was also given to Chimwemwe Frederick for her contribution to the Internet infrastructure development. <br><br>“The Award celebrates excellence in Africa. It is
meant to reward innovation and commitment to the development of Internet in Africa ,” says Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AFRINIC and recipient of the first NI&I Service Award in 2008. <br><br>The Network Information & Infrastructure (NI&I) Service Award was set up in 2009 during AfNOG’s 10 years anniversary by Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, who himself received the Internet Society's prestigious Jonathan Postel Award in 2007 for his service in the region and dedication, commitment and leadership. The NI&I Service Award has been set up to reward individuals and organisations for providing Internet services and Infrastructure in Africa. The NI&I Service Award pays recognizes and rewards the next generation of heroes and models from the African Internet technical community for their achievements. See www.niiserviceaward.org for more details. <br><br><br>The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is the Regional Registry for Internet Number
Resources for Africa. Based in Mauritius, AFRINIC's mission is to support Internet development in Africa and promote bottom up Internet policy development in the region. www.afrinic.net <br><br>The Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) is a forum for the exchange of technical information, and aims to promote discussion of implementation issues that require community cooperation through coordination and cooperation among network service providers to ensure the stability of service to end users. The goal of AfNOG is to share experience of technical challenges in setting up, building and running IP networks on the African continent - www.afnog.org . <br><br>For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.afrinic.net" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net</a> <br><br>Contact: <a ymailto="mailto:press@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=press@afrinic.net">press@afrinic.net</a> -- <br>Babusha Radhakissoon<br><br>AfriNIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles
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