<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><div></div><div>This is great!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:8px">Regards</div><div style="font-size:8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:8px">Boniface Atosona, JP</div><div style="font-size:8px">Ag. ICT Director </div><div style="font-size:8px">University for Development Studies</div><div style="font-size:8px">Tamale </div><div style="font-size:8px">Ghana </div><div style="font-size:8px">Tel: 0203656344 </div><div style="font-size:8px">Skype: boniface4</div><div style="font-size:8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:8px"></div></div></div><div><div style="font-size:8px"></div></div><br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Boubakar Barry <boubakarbarry@gmail.com> </div><div>Date:23/01/2016 8:49 AM (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: afren@afnog.org </div><div>Cc: </div><div>Subject: [afren] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] NEWS: The Internet Society Partners with Network Operators Group to Boost Technology Training in Africa </div><div><br></div><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" target="_blank">hailu@isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:16 AM<br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] NEWS: The Internet Society Partners with Network Operators Group to Boost Technology Training in Africa<br>To: "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br><br><br>
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<div>Hi everyone- The Internet Society has issued a press release announcing its contribution of 150,000 USD to the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) to support networking expertise within Africa as well as assist the development of the AfNOG program
by supplying leadership expertise and program management. The Internet Society has been at the forefront of Networks Operation capacity building since its early ages through the INET workshops that trained many experts of the Internet around the world but
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are pleased to continue supporting AfNOG’s </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Network Technology workshops and work together towards promoting the number of </span>skilled human resource that will be contributing to the transformation of Africa through the Internet. </div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-partners-network-operators-group-boost-technology-training-africa" style="text-align:start" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-partners-network-operators-group-boost-technology-training-africa</a></div>
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<div>"Skilled African network operators to boost their continent’s Internet development” <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Blog post by the African Regional bureau is out on: </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau-development/2016/01/skilled-african-network-operators-boost-their-continent%E2%80%99s" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau-development/2016/01/skilled-african-network-operators-boost-their-continent%E2%80%99s</a></div>
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