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Ubongo Kids Cartoons Help African Kids Develop Critical Skills For Success in a Rapidly Changing Future
The Ubongo Kids Project received a US$ 3,000 FIRE Africa Award in 2017 at the Internet Governance Forum. The Ubongo Kids TV and radio show is helping over 6 million kids in East Africa develop the skills they will need for success in our future. In new...
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Empowering school communities in Uganda through the Mobile Solar Computer Classroom
The Maendeleo Foundation through its Mobile Solar Computer Classroom Project has secured a US$ 3,000 FIRE Africa Award. The Mobile Solar Computer Classroom consists of a modified all terrain vehicle equipped with a solar system, low-power laptops, an...
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Helping the community by bringing innovative ICT solutions through a sustainable business model
The African Renewable Energy Distributor (ARED) project has secured a US$ 3,000 FIRE Africa Award. ARED is a turnkey solution for people in Africa to start up their own micro-business through a franchised model that uses a mobile solar kiosk platform...
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The 21st Century Digital Farmer program
Forum in Jalisco, Mexico, late last year, made possible with the kind and generous support of AFRINIC, through the Fire Africa program, made me realize that I have a critical role to play, in the global goal of connecting the next 1 billion people into...
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July News Round-Up
We provide here a quick overview of our activities and news in July 2017. Monthly Statistics New members in July: 16 Total members in 2017: 86 IPv4 address space allocated in July: 60,928 /32s Total IPv4 allocated in 2017: 6,087,168 IPv4 address space...
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March Updates
We provide here a quick overview of our activities and news in March 2017. Monthly Statistics New members in March: 13 Total members to date: 32 IPv4 address space allocated in March: 1,187,840 Total IPv4 allocated in 2017: 3,234,304 IPv6 address space...
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IPv6 and the IoT
It's not too hard to imagine a world where almost everything is connected to the Internet. In the last few years, we've seen an explosion of smart devices and 'things' connected to the Internet which together form the Internet of Things. But what is...
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AFRINIC Team to Attend AfPIF 2016
The AFRINIC team will be at AfPIF 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The event will take place from 30 August - 1 September. Talk to us! Get Informed!
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Last RIR Standing: AFRINIC Reaches Historic Milestone
On 31 March 2017, AFRINIC hit a historic milestone as it announced that it had reached Phase 1 of its IPv4 Exhaustion process. Find out more about what this means for AFRINIC members, for the African and global Internet and the history behind IPv4...
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2015 - A Year in Review
3 policies proposed, 2 still under discussion, 1 accepted and 1 withdrawn. US$ 9,000 given to the 3 winne rs of the 2015 FIRE Awards : each winner received cash prize US$ 3,000. 12 people from 12 countries awarded Fellowships to attend the Africa...
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AFRINIC-23 - A Fellow's View of the Meeting
AFRINIC-23 Fellow and 2014 FIRE Africa Award winner Bonface Witaba shares his experience of AFRINIC-23 . The meeting took place from 28 November - 4 December 2015 in Pointe Noire, Congo. You can read " View from Point Noire, Congo: AFRINIC - 10 Years...
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November News Round-Up
23 November 2015: The Internet Society joins the Seed Alliance. The Seed Alliance is a collaborative partnership between the FIRE Africa , FRIDA and ISIF Asia Grants and Awards programs and the alliance’s various partners and sponsors. 25 November 2015:...
https://www.afrinic.net/blog/53-november-news
