[afnog] ANNE RACHEL INNE RECEIVES THA AFNOG NII SERVICE AWARD

[Khoudia Gueye SY]

Congratulations to Anne Rachel and Michuki for these awards.
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AFNOG NII AWARDS 2010
ANNE-RACHEL INNE RECEIVES THE AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS' NII SERVICE AWARD
Accra, Ghana, 10 June 2010 - The African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) has awarded Anne-Rachel Inne the Network Information Infrastructure (NII) Service Award for 2010 in recognition of her contribution to improving and sustaining Africa's Internet environment.
AfNOG presented the Award during its 11th Meeting and the celebration of AfriNIC's five years of operation held in Kigali, Rwanda on 2nd June, 2010.
The NII Service Award was instituted 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 example of dedication, commitment and leadership for the young generation to emulate.
"Anne Rachel Inne came from the business sector but engaged in the technical community work at global level to strengthen the African local community "says Dr Nii Quaynor, AfNOG Convener and honorary Chair of the NII Award. "This year's award recognizes a woman who very early engaged herself with the community and worked   in supporting ccTLD through re-delegation processes and other related issues." According to Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AfriNIC and recipient of the 2009 NII Service Award "Recognizing her efforts and her work seem to me the obvious choice for the Award Committee. I am very proud to share this recognition with Anne-Rachel who, as a woman found her way through an environment dominated by men and excelled. I look forward to working with her to do more for our dear continent". Anne-Rachel currently works with the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) and is very active in leading the organization's efforts to improve Internet Policy in the Africa Region.  Before handing over Award to Anne-Rachel, Dr Nii Quaynor stated that " She has also demonstrated an immense commitment with her continued engagement with AfriNIC & AfNOG community in the interest of Africa as a whole. Anne-Rachel has made the African Technical community better known to many African economic and political organizations".

It was announced during the awards ceremony that a website dedicated to the Nii Awards would be launched soon to keep the memory of this Award alive as well as to better inform the community.

Anne-Rachel, Regional Liaison for Africa is part of the Global Partnership Department at ICANN that has a network of seven regional liaisons so far. It was established in response to Internet community demand and in implementation of ICANN's publicly agreed strategic plan. Her responsibilities include outreach, support to and engagement with respective regions and stakeholders, civil society, business and governments; partnering with respective organizations; delivering against an action plan consistent with ICANN's operations and strategic plans.


Anne-Rachel Inne was first a translator, then a sales manager for UTA/Air France for the Niger office and then an ICT for development practices consultant. She has a Master of Arts in English/Translation from the University of Paris XII, and graduated in 1997 from the  University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign<http://www.mba.uiuc.edu/> with an MBA in International Management. Prior to working for ICANN, she worked as a consultant on local, regional and international projects for the UNDP<http://www.pnud.ne/pnudfr/ueco/radio/radio_doc.html>/UNOPS<http://www.sdnp.undp.org/>, UNCTAD, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the IICD<http://www.iicd.org/>, the Francophonie<http://intif.francophonie.org/>, etc. She is a member/board member of several African and international organizations that work with/for the private sector with a focus on ICTs. She is the god mother of youth community radios, cyber centers and is a long time member of the Rotary. She practices sports in general.

Besides the main Nii Award, a Junior Award was also given to Michuki Mwangi for his continuous contribution to the internet technical community.


Michuki Mwangi is currently the Snr Education Manager at the Internet Society (ISOC) and lead several training activities within AfNOG and AfriNIC program.
According to Dr Nii Quaynor "Michuki Mwangi has contributed tremendously to the local community in Kenya through his work with ccTLD, Internet exchange point and Root servers in the country.  MichukI has also contributed in pan African ways as a regular AfNOG Instructor, as a leading member of AftLD and for championing the establishment of  country NOGs. Michuki's contributions are globally recognized and he is a good example for next generation engineers".

Mark Tinka was Nii Award Young Professional 2009 honoree.
Michuki Mwangi

Michuki Mwangi is an Internet Technologist specializing in IXPs, DNS and Policy development.



Michuki joined The Internet Society (ISOC) in April 2008 as Senior Education Manager. working with the Education team to promote Internet growth and sustainability in the developing world.



Michuki was an Internet technology consultant and he previously served as the Administrative Manager at the .KE registry (KENIC). He is the President of the African Top Level Domain (AfTLD) Association and continues to serve as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP)in a volunteer capacity.



He is active in the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), the Country Code Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO) of ICANN, AfriNIC (the Regional Internet Registry for Africa), and several other local and international technology groups.



Michuki holds a diploma in computer analysis and design from Data Center College in Nairobi, Kenya.

About Network Information Infrastructure (Nii) Service Award
The Nii Service award was 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, individual contributions and service to the community. The program looks at how you have assisted, supported or enabled others. The award will be given annually at AfNOG meetings. There is an accompanying Young Professional Award.
About AfNOG
The African 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.
In May 2009 awards were also given to AfNOG Conveners and Instructors who had made significant contributions to the community. The honorees included Alain Aina, Alan Barrett, Ayitey Bulley, Sunday Folayan,  Mark Tinka, Chris Pinkham 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:      + 233 302 521 696

Email: secretariat at afnog.org<mailto:secretariat at afnog.org>


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