[afnog] ALAN BARRETT WINS NII AWARD

[Nancy Dotse]

ALAN BARRETT WINS NII AWARD.
AIS 2013 - LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

Alan Barrett has won the 2013 Network Information & Infrastructure
(NII) Service Award. Mr Barrett who comes from South Africa won the
award for his commitment to capacity building and Internet development
in Africa. He has been involved in capacity building through both
AfNOG and AFRINIC for many years and has been a key player in the
African Internet community.

Barrett becomes the fifth winner of the Award. The award was presented
to Mr Barrett by the convenor of AfNOG Dr. Nii Quaynor at the Taj
Pamodzi Hotel during a gala dinner organised to celebrate the
achievement of the Africa Internet Summit 2013 in Lusaka, Zambia.

Mr Barrett holds an M.Sc.Eng. from the University of Natal, Durban
(now UKZN).  In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a lecturer in
the Department of Electronic Engineering at UND.  He was a co-founder
of the first commercial ISP in South Africa, TICSA, which later became
UUNET Internet Africa (now Verizon).  He has been involved with
several Internet-related organisations, including ISOC, AfNOG, and
AFRINIC. He has served in the (NRO) and is currently the vice chair of
the Address Supporting Organization (ASO).

The NI&I Service Award was set up in 2009 to reward individuals and/or
organisations providing Internet working services and Infrastructure
in Africa. The inaugural award was won by AFRINIC CEO Adiel Akplogan.
Anne-Rachel Inne, the current AFRINIC COO, won the award in 2010 while
Alice Munyua took it in 2011. In 2012, Alain Aina of AFRINIC won the
award.

The 2013 NII Young Professional Award went to Patrick Okui of Uganda.
Mr Okui has been involved in capacity building particularly through
AfNOG and has contributed enormously to ensuring the organisation’s
trainings are conducted successfully.