[afnog] [AfrICANN-discuss] ADIEL AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD

Wed Jun 10 05:18:16 UTC 2009

Hello, to you Adiel and to evry body in this list !

This is GREAT !

Bon vent à toi Adiel et merci à vous tous pour ces encouragements mérités.

Chaleureuse félicitations de Lomé.
Olévié

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> From: adiel at afrinic.net
> To: africann at afrinic.net
> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:52:36 +0400
> CC: afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: Re: [afnog] [AfrICANN-discuss] ADIEL AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN	NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE AWARD
> 
> Dear colleagues and friends,
> 
> I would like to thank you all for your encouraging words for this
> unexpected Award! It was an honor for me, but also for AfriNIC to
> receive such a distinction. I humbly think that the support of all
> of you has also contributed to achieve what was done.
> 
> Our region is loaded of all sort of challenges which requires a lot
> more of commitment and determination to overcome them. I will like
> to recognize the hight merit of these pioneers from our regions, to
> cite some like Honorable Dr. Tarek Kamel, Dr.Nii Quaynor, Pierre
> Ouedraogo, Pierre Dandjinou, Charles Musisi, Andile A. Ngcaba and
> other who have shown the direction since the early days of Internet
> in Africa. They ahve been committed since the very beginning to
> demonstrate that  despite our limited resources and our numerous
> challenge we can still achieve positive things that can contribute
> to show another image of Africa and inspire more people to success.
> 
> Together we can leave a better legacy to the next generations!
> 
> Kind regards to all!
> 
> - a.
> 
> > ADIEL AKPLOGAN RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS, NII SERVICE  
> > AWARD
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Accra, Ghana, 19 May 2009 - The African Network Operators Group  
> > (AfNOG) has
> > awarded Internet engineer Adiel A. Akplogan the first Network  
> > Information
> > Infrastructure (Nii) Service Award for 2009 for his contribution in
> > establishing the very successful African Internet Numbers Registry,  
> > AfriNIC,
> > and for his leadership and service to the African technical community.
> > AfNOG presented the Award during its 10th anniversary meeting held  
> > in Cairo,
> > Egypt.
> >
> > "Adiel Akplogan has selflessly worked to establish AfriNIC and worked
> > tirelessly to grow the membership, improve use of number resources  
> > and built
> > an active technical community in Africa. This has resulted in the  
> > growth of
> > a more robust Internet in Africa and developed an active technical  
> > community
> > of LIRs developing policies appropriate for the region. This has  
> > enabled
> > development of numerous applications throughout  Africa impacting  
> > education,
> > health and commerce in a notable way" said Nii Quaynor, Convener of  
> > AfNOG
> > whom the Award is named after. Nii himself received the Internet  
> > Society's
> > prestigious Jonathan Postel Award in 2007.
> >
> > Adiel continues to provide leadership in the numbers registry  
> > community and
> > has been a strong African voice in several global technical fora.
> > Adiel A. Akplogan is the Chief Executive Officer of AfriNIC Ltd., the
> > Internet Numbers' Resource Registry for Africa since 2004. With more  
> > than 15
> > years experience in the Internet Technology environment, he has  
> > previously
> > worked as New Technology Director at CAFENet (an IT service company  
> > based in
> > Togo - 1994-2000), then as IT Director of Symbol Technologies in  
> > France
> > (2001-2003). He has served as member of the UN Secretary General  
> > Internet
> > Governance Forum Advisors Group since (2006-2009), and  the OIF
> > (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie) group of Expert on  
> > Internet
> > Governance since 1999. He has served in the African Technical Advisory
> > Committee of the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ATAC/ 
> > UNECA)
> > from 2005-2006. Mr. Akplogan is current Chair of the NRO Executive  
> > Council
> > (Number Resource Organization - www.nro.net) and was involved with the
> > setting up of several technical coordination bodies in Africa such  
> > as the
> > African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) where he serves as a member  
> > of the
> > Administrative committee and the African ccTLD Managers Association  
> > (AfTLD).
> > Adiel is an Electrical Engineer and holds a M.Sc. in E-Business and  
> > New
> > Technology Management.
> >
> > About Network Information Infrastructure (Nii) Service Award
> > The Nii Service award has been established by AfNOG at its 10th  
> > anniversary
> > to honor those who have made outstanding contributions in service to  
> > the
> > Internet community in Africa. The focus is on continued substantial
> > technical contributions and service to the community. We place  
> > particular
> > emphasis on leadership through mentoring of young engineers. The  
> > award will
> > be given annually at AfNOG meetings
> >
> > About AfNOG
> > The Africa Network Operators Group 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
> > Other awards were also given to AfNOG instructors who had made  
> > significant
> > contributions to the community. The honorees included Alain Aina, Alan
> > Barret, Ayitey Bulley, Sunday Folayan,  Mark Tinka and Randy Bush. A  
> > special
> > award was also given to Hon Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications of
> > Republic of Egypt who had been a long time contributor in the  
> > technical
> > community in Africa and hosted the 10th anniversary meeting of AfNOG
> >
> > Contact AfNOG at :
> >
> > Nancy Dotse,
> > Coordinator, AfNOG Secretariat
> > 16 Boundary Road, East Legon
> > P.O Box 3035, Accra, Ghana
> > Phone: +233 277 552 308
> > Fax: +233 21 521 696
> > Email: sec at afnog.org
> >
> >
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