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AFRINIC is pleased to announce the opening of its 2019 FIRE Award in the ICT for Development category.

You are invited to submit your project proposal at https://fireafrica.org/awards

One winner will be selected through this 2019 call for projects. The FIRE Africa Awards will be presented to ongoing initiatives or completed projects that submit concrete evidence of their impact . Projects pending execution or which are about to begin will not be accepted.

The FIRE Award consists of a USD 3,000 cash prize plus full travel and accommodation for one representative of the selected project to attend the awards ceremony, and participate in sessions which will be held in Berlin Germany during the 2019 Internet Governance Forum starting from 25th to 29th November 2019

Key dates for the 2019 Awards proposals

  • Call for proposals opens 29th April 2019
  • Deadline for Submission 31st May 2019 at 11:59 PM GMT
  • Screening, Evaluation and Selection 3rd June to 5th July 2019
  • Due Diligence review and contracts 8th July to 31st July
  • The announcement of Successful Applicant 1st August 2019

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As the community is aware, the results of the vote at the May/June 2018 AGMM led to an unprecedented situation where AFRINIC could not call and hold the June 2019 AGMM as the Company did not satisfy the provisions regarding quorum as provided for in Art 12.10 of its Constitution.

AFRINIC was advised to apply to the Supreme Court of Mauritius under section 118 of the Companies Act 2001 for an Order from the said Court to be able to call the June 2019 AGMM.

As was reported by the Chairman of the Board on 7 February 2019 (see https://afrinic.net/2019-02-07-afrinic-2019-agmm-quorum-ruling), the Supreme Court of Mauritius has made an order, under case reference SC/COM/MOT/01411/2018, whereby the Learned Judge has: 

  • waived the requirements of Art 12.10 of the AFRINIC Constitution,  and
  • declared that a minimum of 10 members (irrespective of their status as regional or non-regional directors, registered or resource members) duly constitutes a quorum for the purposes of the AGMM to be held on or about June 2019.

The AFRINIC Board has authorised publication of a redacted version of the court record in which personal information is blacked out. Interested persons may obtain the entire court record directly from the Registry of the Supreme Court of Mauritius.

Please see the following file:

Regards,
Alan Barrett
CEO, AFRINIC

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