<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Congratulations to Nii Quaynor.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Otunte Otueneh <br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0, 64, 127);">Future dividends are created in the factories of present investments.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"
size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Nancy Dotse <nancydotse@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> afnog <afnog@afnog.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 26, 2013 5:25 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [afnog] Nii Quaynor INDUCTED INTO THE 2013 INTERNET HALL OF FAME<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Nii Quaynor INDUCTED INTO THE 2013 INTERNET HALL OF FAME<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Joins Elite Group of Internet Pioneers, Innovators, and Global Connectors <br><br>Accra, Ghana — 26, June 2013 — Nii Quaynor, today joins the ranks of<br>notable individuals who have been inducted into the Internet Hall of<br>Fame for their significant contributions to the advancement of the<br>global Internet. The Internet
Hall of Fame inducted Nii Quaynor for<br>his pioneering Internet development and expansion throughout Africa.<br><br>Nii Quaynor has been named a Pioneer, a category which recognizes and<br>celebrates individuals who were instrumental in the early design and<br>development of the Internet.<br><br>Prof. Quaynor has served on several Boards, including ICANN and had<br>been a member of the UN ICT Task Force and also the IGF Advisory Group<br>at UN. He is currently the Board Chairman for National Information<br>Technology Agency, (NITA) member of GhiPPS and National Identification<br>Agency (NIA) Boards, Patron – Internet Society Ghana Chapter, and was<br>the recipient of the Internet Society’s prestigious Jonathan B. Postel<br>Service Award for pioneering work to Advance Internet in Africa in<br>December 2007.<br><br>With individuals hailed as "the net’s most influential engineers,<br>evangelists and troublemakers" by Wired, the Internet Hall
of Fame<br>includes a who’s who of trailblazers and world-renowned thinkers that<br>have helped to form what has become one of society’s most vital<br>vehicles for communication, advancement, and commerce: the Internet.<br><br>“This year’s Internet Hall of Fame inductees include extraordinary<br>individuals that have helped make the Internet what it is today: the<br>most successful global platform for communication, social, and<br>economic development ever seen,” said Internet Society President and<br>CEO Lynn St. Amour. “We applaud these inductees for their passion and<br>commitment to the Internet and its role in making the world a better<br>place.”<br><br>“My one goal has always been to enable the billions of people from<br>developing countries to have a chance to benefit from this platform.”<br>Says internet pioneer, Nii Quaynor. “The sacrifice has been great, but<br>the rewards and benefits for generations of people in
developing<br>nations who would otherwise have missed the opportunity, have been<br>limitless.”<br><br>A complete list of 2012 and 2013 Internet Hall of Fame inductees and<br>their bios can be found at www.internethalloffame.org. You can follow<br>the Internet Hall of Fame on Facebook and on Twitter at @Internet_HOF.<br><br><br>ABOUT Professor Nii Quaynor<br>-----------------------------------------<br><br>Nii is the Convener of the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), a<br>network technology transfer institution since 2000 and the founding<br>Chairman of AfriNIC, the African numbers registry.<br><br>He is also the Chairman of Ghana Dot Com (GDC) Ltd, Accredited<br>Registrar, and a Professor of Computer Science at University of<br>Cape-Coast, Ghana.<br><br>GDC provides high technology and integrated information system<br>service, by working closely with customers to identify their specific<br>needs, whilst providing complete solutions aimed at
helping<br>organizations to use information resources efficiently and<br>effectively. www.ghana.com<br> <br>About the Internet Hall of Fame<br>-----------------------------------------<br>The Internet Hall of Fame is an annual awards program that has been<br>established by the Internet Society to publicly recognize a<br>distinguished and select group of leaders and luminaries who have made<br>significant contributions to the development and advancement of the<br>global open Internet. More information on the program can be found at<br>www.internethalloffame.org .<br><br>###<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>afnog mailing list<br><a href="http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog" target="_blank">http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>