[Kictanet] AfriNic Board Nominations

[Alice Wanjira]

AfriNIC Board Nomination form

Nominated by Alice W. Munyua:
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC). Catalysing Access to
ICTs in Africa (CATIA)

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 Nominee Brian Longwe
Physical address: P. O. Box 30054-00100, Nairobi, KENYA
 e-mail address: brian at pure-id.com
 Phone number: +254 722 5188744
 Fax number: +254 20 4452327
 Country and sub-region: Kenya, East Africa

 Brief statement explaining the candidate's background and
 motivation (Not more than 500 words):

 Brian Longwe is the incumbent primary board member for the East
 African region. Since election to the board in 2004, he has
 participated with other Board member, the CEO and staff of AfriNIC
 in bringing the organisation to gain full recognition as a Regional
 Internet Registry by ICANN in April 2005. Prior to and since
 gaining full recognition, AfriNIC has undergone a number of
 significant changes, the most crucial being the transfer and
 enrolment of members (LIRs) from other regional internet
 registries and the establishment of an operational base, legal,
 financial and administrative structures. At the moment the current
 Board is in the process of establishing structures that will
 facilitate better governance of the affairs of the organisation.
 These range from the definition of various policies to the
 establishment of a number of Board committees to better provide
 support to the CEO and staff of the organisation in fulfilling the
 mandate and objectives of the organisation.

 Brian Longwe serves a Chairman of one of the Board committees and
 is a member on a number of others. It is his earnest wish that he be
allowed to continue in his service to the community in capacity as Board
member from the Eastern African region.

 Brian's long experience and involvement with AfriNIC ever since the 
initial proposal in 1998 has helped the organisation grow into its
current status. His 14 years of experience in information and
communications technologies institutions in various countries in Africa
has also helped him obtain a wide range of skills and  capacity, which
are of benefit to AfriNIC and the member community  as a whole. Brian has
played a key role in Africa's Internet  industry over the past 10 years
in the following organisations:

 - 1996-1997: Form-Net Africa: Nairobi, Kenya - Network Manager

 - 1997-1999: Mission Aviation Fellowship, Nairobi, Kenya -
 Information Systems Manager

 - 1999-2005: IS Kenya Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya - Chief Technology Officer

 - 2001-2004: African Network Operator Group, Continental - Track
 Leader, Instructor and member of organising Committee

 - 2002-Present: African Internet Service Providers Association,
 Continental - General Manager

 - 2005-Present: InHand Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya - Chief Executive Officer




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Alice Wanjira-Munyua
National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
alice at apc.org
http://www.apc.org
wanjira at cck.go.ke
http://www.catia.ws
Cell: +254 733 731074