As a result of the Board Elections that took place during the AfriNIC-12 Public Member & Policy meeting on Thursday 03 June 2010, we are pleased to announce the election of the following candidates to the AfriNIC Board:

1. Mr. Nezar N. Sami (Egypt) and Mr. Khaled Koubaa (Tunisia) respectively as Primary and Alternate Directors from the Northern Africa region.
   
   
2. Mrs. Ndeye Maimouna Diop Diagne (Senegal) and Mr. Alioune B. Traore (Mali) respectively as Primary and Alternate Directors from the Western Africa region.

The terms of the newly elected Board members start on 01 July 2010 and for a three-year period.

Congratulations to the newly elected Board Members and we wish them success in their new position.

On behalf of the 2010 Election Committee, we would like to thank all the other candidates that stood for this election for their interest in serving the community.

Finally our sincere appreciation goes to the Elections Committee and its Chair for their good job in coordinating the whole process.

For more details about the AfriNIC BOD, please click here http://www.afrinic.net/bod/

Adiel A. Akplogan
Chief Executive Officer