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<p><b>AFRINIC's Fund for Internet Research and
Education – FIRE Programme</b><br>
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<p>AFRINIC-The African Network Information Centre
encourages Organisations in Africa to apply for
its Grants and Awards programme – <b>Project
financing up to USD 10,000.</b></p>
<p>The FIRE Programme is designed to encourage,
foster and facilitate ICT development initiatives
within the African region under three main
categories for 2012:<br>
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1) Innovation on Access provision: fostering ICT
growth in Africa by ensuring that the delivery
mechanism is available, reliable and scalable;</p>
<p>2) E-development: the development, deployment and
enhancement of content, applications and
solutions.</p>
<p>3) Freedom of Expression: initiatives related to
freedom of expression, freedom of association,
privacy, security, consumer's rights, new forms of
intellectual property in the digital environment,
and a wider range of issues related to Internet
and human rights.</p>
<p><big><big><b>Applications have been extended to
the 16th August 2012.</b></big></big></p>
<p>For more information please visit our website: <a
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href="http://www.fireafrica.org">www.fireafrica.org</a>
or send us an e-mail on: <a
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href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a></p>
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