instructions

The Call for fellowships is now closed.

The AFRINIC-19 Fellowship programme provides opportunities to individuals from small organisations,  universities,  and media from African countries to participate in the AFRINIC-19 Meeting. The programme provides basic financial assistance to selected applicants, who fulfill eligibility criteria and are subsequently selected by the Fellowship Committee. 

AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the fellowship selection process is now complete and the following applicants (from more than 150 applications received) were selected to receive a fellowship to attend the AFRINIC-19 meeting.

 

 

The fellows are:

Priscille Njamen Tchuigoua, Gabon

Sah Gbegnon Senami Marius, Benin

Roger Oteng Baah, Ghana

Akinmoyeje Benjamin Akintunde, Nigeria

Ben Jemaa Mustapha, Tunisia

Marcel Ritchard Morris, South Africa

Congratulations to the fellows and we look forward to collaborating with you in Internet development initiatives in the African Region. 


We wish to thank you all for your applications and interest in attending AFRINIC events and we look forward to your participation! 



Please be advised that fellowships will also be offered for the Africa Internet Summit 2014 and the community will be informed when the application period opens. 

 The Fellowship Award which is granted to successful applicants (Fellows) covers a proportion of  travel, and living expenses associated with attending the Meeting. The selected fellow is expected to positively and actively contribute to IP address management awareness in the AFRINIC service region.

 

 

Prerequisites

 To qualify, the fellow:  

• should be a resident of Africa;
• must not necessarily be an AFRINIC member;
• should be from a technical (IT, Computer Science) background;
• has not benefited from previous AFRINIC fellowships.

 In addition you must be willing to report on how this fellowship has benefited you/your organisation/country, The fellowship includes: 

• Assistance with round-trip airfare to the meeting venue;
• Hotel accommodates for the AFRINIC Plenary event,  from the day before the beginning of the Plenary to the last day of the event;
• Per diem allowance;
• Fellows accept responsibility for all liabilities and costs associated with medical and travel insurance;
• Fellows are required to attend and participate in all sessions of the event, and funding may be withheld in case of absence from any part of the event.

If you think you meet the criteria enumerated above,  please submit your application when our call for fellowship applications opens.

 

Important dates

• Call opens on 5 August 2013
• Call closes on 27 August 2013
• Notification of selected fellows on 10 September 2013
• Deadline of acceptance by awarded fellow on 24 September 2013

 If you have questions, please send an email to fellowship[at]afrinic.net

 

Instructions

Share your knowledge and best practice examples with a prime audience of the ICT business, Telecommunications Operators, higher education professionals by becoming a speaker at the event.

Please do not hesitate to contact us on pc@afrinic.net if you need further assistance.

Important dates  

• Call for papers opens on 29 July 2013
• Call for papers closes on 29 August 2013 
• Notification of acceptance on 5 September 2013
• Submission of presentations slides on 27 September 2013
• Deadline for submission of final presentation slides on 22 October 2013

What do we look for in proposals?

Each year we look for new, quality driven content for conference sessions and workshops that will actively engage participants.

The AFRINIC-19 Programme Committee then assesses all proposals before providing feedback and outcomes.  

The AFRINIC-19 programme is organised in two parts: Trainings - workshops and plenary sessions. Every year the Programme committee looks for people who: 

• Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker
• Convene and chair panel sessions on relevant topics
• Deliver technical tutorials

The AFRINIC-19 Programme Committee looks for proposals that:

• Explore trends and developments in the field
• Share best practices and innovative solutions
• Examine topics that evoke debate and discussion

The Programme Committee (PC) seeks speakers from all regions to deliver presentations during plenaries on a number of Internet related topics such as:

• IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and operations
• IPv6 deployment and transition technologies
• Internet backbone operations
• ISP and Carrier services
• Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware)
• Peering / IXPs
• DNS / DNSSEC
• Research on Internet Operations and Deployment
• Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing, etc)
• Access and Transport Technologies, including broadband deployment, Cable/DSL, wireless, WiMax, metro ethernet, fiber network, MPLS
• Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence", Gaming)