[afnog] NI&I SERVICE AWARD 2014

[sbalthazar at tznic.or.tz]

Congratulations to both Boubakar Barry and Abibu Ntahigiye. Keep up the
good work.

./simon

>
>
> 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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