<div dir="ltr">fyi<br><br><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Betel Hailu</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hailu@isoc.org">hailu@isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 8:11 AM<br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] NEWS: The Internet Society Pledges Support to African Research and Education Networks<br>To: "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br><br><br>



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<div><font style="text-align:justify">Hi everyone- The Internet Society has</font><span style="text-align:justify"> just issued a press release highlighting on a </span><span style="text-align:justify">new agreement it signed with the West and Central
 African Research and Education Network (WACREN), where it has announced its contribution of USD 120,000 to support African Research and Education Networks' (NREN) work </span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Calibri">in increasing their skills
 and improving their Internet infrastructure. WACREN and the Internet Society will be working with Ubuntunet and Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) to implement this project.</span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Calibri"> This
 is the largest contribution that the Internet Society is making to African NRENs after its donation of networking equipment worth more than 170,000 USD to WACREN and ASREN back in 2013.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:15.399999618530273px">Here’s a link to the press release for more information:</span></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-pledges-support-african-research-and-education-networks" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-pledges-support-african-research-and-education-networks</a></div>
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<div>"Transforming education and research by promoting Internet Infrastructure and skills in Africa"- Blog post by the Internet Society African Regional bureau is out on: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau-development/2016/01/transforming-education-and-research-promoting-internet" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau-development/2016/01/transforming-education-and-research-promoting-internet</a></div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Betel </div>
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