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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Congratulations Prof Nii. This is a recognation well deserved. Everyon in the community is proud of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I wish better things ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Austin <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Nancy Dotse <<a href="mailto:nancydotse@gmail.com" target="_blank">nancydotse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Nii Quaynor INDUCTED INTO THE 2013 INTERNET HALL OF FAME<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Joins Elite Group of Internet Pioneers, Innovators, and Global Connectors<br><br>Accra, Ghana — 26, June 2013 — Nii Quaynor, today joins the ranks of<br>notable individuals who have been inducted into the Internet Hall of<br>Fame for their significant contributions to the advancement of the<br>global Internet. The Internet Hall of Fame inducted Nii Quaynor for<br>his pioneering Internet development and expansion throughout Africa.<br><br>Nii Quaynor has been named a Pioneer, a category which recognizes and<br>celebrates individuals who were instrumental in the early design and<br>development of the Internet.<br><br>Prof. Quaynor has served on several Boards, including ICANN and had<br>been a member of the UN ICT Task Force and also the IGF Advisory Group<br>at UN. He is currently the Board Chairman for National Information<br>Technology Agency, (NITA) member of GhiPPS and National Identification<br>Agency (NIA) Boards, Patron – Internet Society Ghana Chapter, and was<br>the recipient of the Internet Society’s prestigious Jonathan B. Postel<br>Service Award for pioneering work to Advance Internet in Africa in<br>December 2007.<br><br>With individuals hailed as "the net’s most influential engineers,<br>evangelists and troublemakers" by Wired, the Internet Hall of Fame<br>includes a who’s who of trailblazers and world-renowned thinkers that<br>have helped to form what has become one of society’s most vital<br>vehicles for communication, advancement, and commerce: the Internet.<br><br>“This year’s Internet Hall of Fame inductees include extraordinary<br>individuals that have helped make the Internet what it is today: the<br>most successful global platform for communication, social, and<br>economic development ever seen,” said Internet Society President and<br>CEO Lynn St. Amour. “We applaud these inductees for their passion and<br>commitment to the Internet and its role in making the world a better<br>place.”<br><br>“My one goal has always been to enable the billions of people from<br>developing countries to have a chance to benefit from this platform.”<br>Says internet pioneer, Nii Quaynor. “The sacrifice has been great, but<br>the rewards and benefits for generations of people in developing<br>nations who would otherwise have missed the opportunity, have been<br>limitless.”<br><br>A complete list of 2012 and 2013 Internet Hall of Fame inductees and<br>their bios can be found at <a href="http://www.internethalloffame.org" target="_blank">www.internethalloffame.org</a>. You can follow<br>the Internet Hall of Fame on Facebook and on Twitter at @Internet_HOF.<br><br><br>ABOUT Professor Nii Quaynor<br>-----------------------------------------<br><br>Nii is the Convener of the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG), a<br>network technology transfer institution since 2000 and the founding<br>Chairman of AfriNIC, the African numbers registry.<br><br>He is also the Chairman of Ghana Dot Com (GDC) Ltd, Accredited<br>Registrar, and a Professor of Computer Science at University of<br>Cape-Coast, Ghana.<br><br>GDC provides high technology and integrated information system<br>service, by working closely with customers to identify their specific<br>needs, whilst providing complete solutions aimed at helping<br>organizations to use information resources efficiently and<br>effectively. <a href="http://www.ghana.com" target="_blank">www.ghana.com</a><br><br>About the Internet Hall of Fame<br>-----------------------------------------<br>The Internet Hall of Fame is an annual awards program that has been<br>established by the Internet Society to publicly recognize a<br>distinguished and select group of leaders and luminaries who have made<br>significant contributions to the development and advancement of the<br>global open Internet. More information on the program can be found at<br><a href="http://www.internethalloffame.org" target="_blank">www.internethalloffame.org</a> .<br><br>###<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>afnog mailing list<br><a href="http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog" target="_blank">http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>