The immediate past Chief Executive Officer of AfriNIC,
the Internet Numbers Resource Registry for Africa, Mr. Adiel Akplogan has been
appointed the Vice President for Technical Engagement at the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), reports ITRealms.
Akplogan, an Internet technology expert, ITRealms
reports was the CEO of AfriNIC since 2004 until last December.
Confirming this to ITRealms, Special Advisor to the President for Global Stakeholder Engagement, Sally Costerton said that Akplogan’s role as VP Technical Engagement is aimed at strengthening ties with the technical community.
Costerton expressed delight over Akplogan’s appointment,
describing him as a highly respected contributor to the Internet community and
his experienced leadership will reinforce and deepen ICANN's long term
participation in the technical community of which it is a critical part.
Also, Costerton told ITRealms
that Akplogan is among the original
Internet pioneers in West Africa, where he has played a critical role in
setting up and managing a Togolese-based CAFENet, one of the first private Internet
Service Providers in the region.
Reacting to his appointment, Akplogan declared, "It's
my sincere hope that I can help ICANN achieve the high level of operational
excellence that it is aiming for. We are
all striving to maintain and improve a global communication and information system
that will define our future on multiple levels," he said.
Additionally, ITRealms
gathered that in his new position, Akplogan will help ICANN conduct technical
engagement and outreach, as well as provide some valuable links to the ICT
community on the African continent, since he was instrumental in establishing
several technical coordination bodies such as the African Network Operators
Group (AfNOG), the African ccTLD Managers Association (AfTLD), AfricaCERT and
the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).
Further, ITRealms
reports that Akplogan will be based in Montreal, Canada and will assume his new
position on March 1, 2015.
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