[IRTalk] Winner of the Africa Tech CIO Award - Congratulations to Boniface O. Akuku, KALRO

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues

We want to make use of this opportunity to congratulate Boniface O. Akuku<mailto:Boniface.Akuku at kalro.org>, Director ICT, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)<http://www.kalro.org/>, for being awarded the Africa Tech CIO of the Year, during the recent  Africa Tech Week<https://africatechweek.co.za/#winners2019> event in Cape Town, SA (on 5 March 2019). Awards do not only acknowledge success; they also recognize many other qualities, such as ability, struggle, effort, internal motivation, but above all - excellence. This is a great acknowledgment for the hard work and tireless efforts Boniface, in promoting open access to quality data and research related to agriculture, and many more! AOSP and the Africa community are incredibly proud of you! Congratulations, and well deserved! Visit the following: KALRO e-Repository<http://www.kalro.org:8080/repository/> and the KAINet e-Repository<http://www.kainet.ne.ke/>.

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Ina Smith
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