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

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ALI Hadji Mmadi                                                   =

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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
<http://www.mba.uiuc.edu/> University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with
an MBA in International Management. Prior to working for ICANN, she worked
as a consultant on local, regional and international projects for the
<http://www.pnud.ne/pnudfr/ueco/radio/radio_doc.html> UNDP/
<http://www.sdnp.undp.org/> UNOPS, UNCTAD, the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the  <http://www.iicd.org/> IICD, the
<http://intif.francophonie.org/> Francophonie, 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:  <mailto:secretariat at afnog.org> secretariat at afnog.org    

 

 

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