[afnog] NI&I SERVICE AWARD 2014

[nancy at ghana.com]

The Sixth Edition Network Information and Infrastructure (NI&I)
Service Award has been proudly awarded to Mr. Boubakar Barry of AfREN
for his work in promoting Internet development in Africa. 

The ceremony
was hosted by Gaelle Fall, AFRINIC's Head of Communications and PR, on 5
June 2014 at a Gala Dinner held during the Africa Internet Summit (AIS)
Meeting in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. 

Mr. Alan Barett, last
year's recipient presented the Award to Boubakar Barry. Originally from
Senegal, Boubakar is the CEO of WACREN, the West and Central African
Research and Education Network. Prior to joining WACREN, he was the
Coordinator of the Research and Education Networking Unit at the
Association of African Universities (AAU), where he worked on supporting
the emergence and the strengthening of several research and education
networks in Africa. 

Boubakar Barry holds a Master's Degree in Nuclear
Physics and a PhD in Nuclear Electronics, both from Technical University
of Dresden, Germany. 

Dr. Nii Quaynor, conveyor of AfNOG acknowledged
Mr. Barry for his commitment to the development of the Internet in the
Continent. 

Mr Adiel Akplogan, CEO of AFRINIC, explained that the
choice of recipients follows an open process, where a call for
nomination is sent to the community and candidates are nominated by
nominees from the community. 

Boubakar was elated upon receiving the
NI&I Award. "It's a great honor for me to receive the 2014 Network
Information & Infrastructure (NI&I) Service Award. I see it as
recognition of my active involvement in the Internet community for
almost 20 years now. Being more active in the research and education
networking community as Convener of AfREN for the past eight years, I
would like to share this honourable moment with all those who work
tirelessly to build state of the art infrastructures, and offer services
to support quality education and research in Africa." 

Besides the main
NI&I Award, a Young professional Award was also given to Abibu Ntahigiye
for his contribution to the Internet infrastructure development. Abibu
works for the Tanzania Network Information Centre (tzNIC) and has been
active in facilitating the establishment of an ISOC-TZ chapter. He also
has initiated capacity building efforts by localising the AfNOG in
Tanzania. 

The Network Information & Infrastructure (NI&I) Service
Award was set up 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, dedication, commitment,
and leadership in the Region. The NI&I Service Award has been set up to
acknowledge individuals and organisations for providing Internet
services and Infrastructure in Africa. The NI&I Service Award recognises
and rewards the next generation of "i-heroes", role models from the
African Internet technical community for their achievements       

  
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