<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Congratulations and I wish you more success.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Yaovi<br></span></div><div> <br> <div>----- Mail original -----<br> De : ALAIN AINA <aalain@afrinic.net><br> À : AfriNIC List <rpd@afrinic.net><br> Cc : <br> Envoyé le : Jeudi 24 mai 2012 11h54<br> Objet : Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: Alain Aina wins the 2012 Network Information and Infrastructure Service Award<br> <br><br>On May 23, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Mark Elkins wrote:<br><br>> I concur, actually, didn't Alan go to the initial root-server signing<br><br>I should definitely accept that my name varies from the caller's origin :-)<br><br>Alain or Alan<br><br><br>> ceremony - so he's closer to the 'trust anchor of Africa' than you might<br>> guess (reading old e-mails re:'root
signing TCR' 22 Apr 2010)<br>> <br><br>.... and i missed the last ceremony for the east coast (22-23 may) because of the Summit In Banjul, but i trust it went well.<br><br>more info on root KSK at <a href="http://dns.icann.org/ksk/" target="_blank">http://dns.icann.org/ksk/</a><br><br><br>Thanks All for your support.<br><br>--Alain<br><br>> On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 04:37 -0700, Walubengo J wrote:<br>>> I agree - Alain, the trust anchor for Africa.<br>>> <br>>> walu.<br>>> <br>>> --- On Wed, 5/23/12, Janvier NGNOULAYE <<a ymailto="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm" href="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm">jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm</a>> wrote:<br>>> <br>>> From: Janvier NGNOULAYE <<a ymailto="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm" href="mailto:jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm">jnoulaye@uy1.uninet.cm</a>><br>>> Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: Alain Aina wins the 2012
Network<br>>> Information and Infrastructure Service Award<br>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>>> Cc: "announce" <<a ymailto="mailto:announce@afrinic.net" href="mailto:announce@afrinic.net">announce@afrinic.net</a>><br>>> Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 1:29 PM<br>>> <br>>> Hi Alain,<br>>> By receiving these various distinctions, you joined the list<br>>> of the Africans ICT icons. This is a new challenge that began,<br>>> to go more forward. <br>>> <br>>> Congratulations.<br>>> /Janvier<br>>> <br>>> ----- Mail
Original -----<br>>> De: "Babusha Radhakissoon" <<a ymailto="mailto:babusha@afrinic.net" href="mailto:babusha@afrinic.net">babusha@afrinic.net</a>><br>>> À: *@afrinic.net<br>>> Envoyé: Mardi 22 Mai 2012 11h12:53 GMT +01:00 Afrique centrale<br>>> - Ouest<br>>> Objet: [AfriNIC-rpd] Alain Aina wins the 2012 Network<br>>> Information and Infrastructure Service Award<br>>> <br>>> The fourth Network Information and Infrastructure Service<br>>> Award has been awarded to Alain Aina in recognition for his<br>>> contribution to improving Internet connectivity, development<br>>> and sustainability in Africa. <br>>>
Mrs Isatou Jah of QCELL presented the Award to Alain Aina<br>>> during AFRINIC's 16 th Public Policy Meeting in Serekunda, The<br>>> Gambia. Alain Aina presently holds several positions in<br>>> numerous organisations. He is the Special Projects Manager at<br>>> the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), a Board of<br>>> trustee at ISOC, DNSSec Crypto officer at ICANN and Managing<br>>> Director of TRSTech. <br>>> <br>>> Dr. Nii Quaynor, conveyor of AfNOG and initiator of the Award<br>>> praised Mr. Aina for his commitment to the development of the<br>>> Internet in Africa. “This award gives an indication of
our<br>>> expectations from the community and rewarding Alain's<br>>> exemplary work is a clear reflection of this. Such commitment<br>>> will ensure that the community remains on the right path to<br>>> success,” s aid Dr Quaynor during the awards ceremony held at<br>>> the Sheraton Hotel in Banjul, The Gambia. <br>>> <br>>> Aina was equally ecstatic. “ For me, it was a big surprise. I<br>>> feel humbled. This award comes with a lot of responsibility. I<br>>> shall continue to work and contribute at the regional level,<br>>> and continue to be involved in developing the technical and<br>>> policy aspects of the
Internet, as well as training, ” said Mr<br>>> Aina upon receiving the award. <br>>> <br>>> Besides the main NI&I Award, a Young professional Award was<br>>> also given to Chimwemwe Frederick for her contribution to the<br>>> Internet infrastructure development. <br>>> <br>>> “The Award celebrates excellence in Africa. It is meant to<br>>> reward innovation and commitment to the development of<br>>> Internet in Africa ,” says Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AFRINIC and<br>>> recipient of the first NI&I Service Award in 2008. <br>>> <br>>> The Network Information & Infrastructure (NI&I) Service Award<br>>>
was set up in 2009 during AfNOG’s 10 years anniversary by Dr<br>>> Nii Narku Quaynor, who himself received the Internet Society's<br>>> prestigious Jonathan Postel Award in 2007 for his service in<br>>> the region and dedication, commitment and leadership. The NI&I<br>>> Service Award has been set up to reward individuals and<br>>> organisations for providing Internet services and<br>>> Infrastructure in Africa. The NI&I Service Award pays<br>>> recognizes and rewards the next generation of heroes and<br>>> models from the African Internet technical community for their<br>>> achievements. See www.niiserviceaward.org for more details.
<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is the<br>>> Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources for Africa.<br>>> Based in Mauritius, AFRINIC's mission is to support Internet<br>>> development in Africa and promote bottom up Internet policy<br>>> development in the region. www.afrinic.net <br>>> <br>>> The Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) is a forum for the<br>>> exchange of technical information, and aims to promote<br>>> discussion of implementation issues that require community<br>>> cooperation through coordination and cooperation among network<br>>> service providers
to ensure the stability of service to end<br>>> users. The goal of AfNOG is to share experience of technical<br>>> challenges in setting up, building and running IP networks on<br>>> 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="mailto:press@afrinic.net">press@afrinic.net</a> -- <br>>> Babusha Radhakissoon<br>>> <br>>> AfriNIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity |<br>>> Mauritius<br>>> Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758 <br>>>
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