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AFRINIC members and the community are hereby informed that electronic voting and appointment of proxies is now open for the AFRINIC Board and Governance Committee elections. Both services are accessible through the MyAFRINIC portal to AFRINIC members in good standing.

We strongly encourage members to use the electronic voting provision, but paper ballots will also be available (during the 2018 AGMM) to members who have not and do not intend to vote electronically.

The Candidate Slate for both elections is available at:

 

1) Electronic Voting

Only a registered  administrative contact of your organization can vote electronically. The admin-contact can also assign the voting right (through MyAFRINIC) to another registered contact.

To vote electronically, please follow the following steps:

  1. Log on to MyAFRINIC at https://my.afrinic.net/login;
  2. Navigate to the ‘Elections’ tab and click ‘Access Election Centre’;
  3. Select the election in which you wish to participate;
  4. Choose the option ‘Vote Online’.

To assign the online voting right to another registered contact of your organisation:

  1. Log on to MyAFRINIC at https://my.afrinic.net/login ;
  2. Navigate to ‘MY Account’ and ‘User Administration’;
  3. Check the ‘Voter Role’ to a corresponding listed contact.

 

2) Proxy Appointment

Please note that a member who has voted on-line cannot appoint a proxy. A proxy can be any individual. Please follow the steps below to appoint a proxy to vote for you in person at the AGMM:

  1. Log on to MyAFRINIC at https://my.afrinic.net/login;
  2. Navigate to ‘Elections’ and ‘Access Election Centre’;
  3. Select the election in which you wish to participate;
  4. Choose the option ‘Appoint Proxy’;
  5. Fill the proxy form;
  6. Print the form, sign it, send a soft copy to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and physically hand the original copy over to the person being appointed as your proxy.

Members who require a paper ballot and those carrying a proxy appointment instrument will obtain a paper ballot on-site, in Dakar, before the AGMM. The signed proxy appointment instrument must be submitted at least 24 hours prior to the election (1400h on 09th May 2018) either to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or to the AFRINIC elections committee staff on-site, in Dakar.

Electronic voting will be closed immediately after casting of paper ballots has been completed, during the AGMM. Proxy appointment will close 24 hours before the AGMM (09th May 2018) to allow the elections committee do appropriate verification ahead of the AGMM.

 

AFRINIC is pleased to announce that it will, through an agency, be offering daytime child care services for delegates intending to travel with children to AIS’18.

This service will be for children aged between 6 months and 10 years and will be available from Saturday 5th May 2018 to Friday 11th May 2018. The times shall be from 0830 hrs to 1800hrs.

In order to make the necessary arrangements, we request delegates intending to take this service to forward their details bearing delegate name, number of children, age and duration of stay to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 30th April 2018.

AFRINIC will be holding its Annual General Members’ Meeting (AGMM) at the Radisson Blu, in Dakar, Senegal. This will be during the AFRINIC-28 Meeting and the Africa Internet Summit 2018.We are hereby inviting all our members to this AGMM during which matters related to AFRINIC business will be discussed. An individual Notice and invitation have been sent to all registered contacts of our Members. 

You can read more about the AGMM at: http://www.afrinic.net/en/about/agmm 

Thank you all for your continuous support and look forward to your participation and contributions at the AGMM.

Africa Internet Summit (AIS’18) in Dakar is just a week away and we look forward to seeing you.Airport Transfers

There will be airport transfers on a 30-seater bus from the Blaise Diagne International airport to the recommended hotel. Please look out for an AIS’18

pager. Airport transfers will be available on the 27th, 28th April as well as 5th and 6th May.

AFRINIC is announcing the call for applications for the 2018 FIRE Africa Innovation Award.  This year, the Awards category is Internet for social inclusionSuccessfully completed IT related projects led by Female entrepreneurs focusing on using technology to address specific social or economic challenges faced by women and girls, and these projects still have a potential for growth.

Such entrepreneurs are eligible to apply for the $3000 cash prize at the FIRE Africa Awards sponsored by the IDRC. The Awards ceremony will be at the IGF meeting later this year.
The important dates to note:

  1. Award applications open: 20 April 2018
  2. Grants applications close: 15 May 2018
  3. Selection process: 15 May - 30 June 2018
  4. Announcement of winners: 1 August 2018

For detailed information about competition category, conditions of entry, and submission procedures, please visit https://fireafrica.org/awards or send us an email at: fireprogram[at]afrinic.net