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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear Meoli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You are an African ICT research star
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> and are doing amazing work, asking amazing questions! You will do us all proud – am positive!!!
 The world should take note of the great things coming from Africa </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We will soon be starting to work on the ICT Infrastructure framework for AOSP, and will invite you to also contribute. Hope you saw the little article
 on the meeting we had last week? <a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/?p=852">
http://africanopenscience.org.za/?p=852</a> Having the regional directors also on board so nice, and also informing the project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com [mailto:african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Meoli Kashorda<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 24, 2018 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za>; african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Prof Meoli Kashorda to present on NRENs supporting international science during TNC18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Ina,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much for your wishes – they have put a lot of pressure on me! It is a BIG conference. I hope I will not let down my African colleagues. I have been interviewed and now there is a social media campaign. This is all very new
 but should be good for African NRENs and the science community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meoli <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com">
african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com">african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ina Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com">african-open-science-platform@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Prof Meoli Kashorda to present on NRENs supporting international science during TNC18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Dear African Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">We are extremely proud of Prof Kashorda (Executive Director, KENET, Kenya) who will be presenting a keynote at the TNC18 conference! NRENs play an important
 role in providing the necessary ICT infrastructure to make the sharing of science and data possible. All the best Meoli!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">More info at
<a href="https://tnc18.geant.org/">https://tnc18.geant.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Ina Smith</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Project Manager:
<a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/">African Open Science Platform</a> <br>
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<br>
<a href="https://blog.doaj.org/2016/09/07/the-doaj-ambassadors-biographies/">DOAJ Ambassador, Southern Africa Region</a><br>
<a href="https://loy2016blog.wordpress.com/">LIASA Librarian of the Year 2016</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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