Dear AFRALO family, (French version below)

This is wishing us all a happy Eid-El-Kabir celebration, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters.

I look forward to bringing my Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experience and new media skills to bear on this ALAC assignment as always, with documented feedback and reports.

As you may recall, I am the pioneer and current team lead cum chairman of the AFRALO Newsletter Team which have been publishing since inception up to Volume 11 that we just concluded to share developing and success stories as it may affect and concern At-Large Structures (ALSes) on our continent of Africa and its membership, of course with support of team members including Olévié Kouami as the co-chair.

It’s no longer news that the template for the AFRALO Newsletter was promptly developed by me soon after our emergence despite the varying challenges we face on the continent.

Below is my brief profile for your hearty consideration.

Brief Profile: Remmy Nweke for ALAC Representative as pasted below and attached.

REMMY NWEKE is the Lead Consulting Strategist at DigitalSENSE Africa [digitalsenseafrica.com.ng], an ICANN-certified At-Large Structure (ALS) and a project of international multiple award-winning ITREALMS Media group [itrealms.com.ng], where he is the Group Executive Editor. Remmy was recently elected to the Board of Trustees (BoTs) of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) and currently, the Publicity Secretary, Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Nigeria and chairman, Awareness and Sensitisation Committee, Nigerian Content Consultative Forum on Information and Communications Technologies (NCCF-ICT) Sectoral Working Group.

At DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), Remmy leads a team that hosts several industry stakeholders since 2009 to the impressive Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), IPv6 Roundtable, ITREALMS' E-Waste Dialogue and Digital Rights Series by DSA.

A dynamic member at AFRALO and ALAC monthly calls, Remmy has been an active player on development of our AFRICANN Statements that we advance at every pre-ICANN meeting and a member of the 2023 AFRALO General Assembly Organising Committee, where he has brought his ICT event planning and project management to bear.

Dependable member and former Executive Director, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) Remmy served as the chairman, Publicity at NIRA and on various committees including the Establishment and Finance, Accreditation as well as promoted the institutionalization of NIRA House and pioneered the NIRA Media College during his term on the board, among other initiatives, with collaboration of Executive Board of Directors (EBoD).

An active founding member of the Multistakeholders Advisory Group (MAG) of Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), Remmy, is a member of ALAC and AFRALO Outreach and Engagement Committee respectively and a former NPOC Representative to the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG-Finance Committee) at the Generic Name Supporting Organisation (GNSO), equally is the chairman, Communications and Advocacy at IPv6 Council Nigeria.

Remmy, the immediate past Vice President, African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS), holds MA in Contemporary Diplomacy from University of Malta with background in new media journalism with over 25 years’ experience in Nigeria and global ICT industry, crowned with several professional awards including the prestigious Highway Africa News Agency (HANA) African Journalist of the Year, Africa Siemens Profile Awards, African Information Society Awards to name but a few.

Remmy’s stakeholders’ membership interest cuts across the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG); Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), AFRALO in addition as a team member of the NomCom Implementation Review Working Group (NomComIRWG), Internet Society (ISOC) Nigeria, Language Services Working Group on ICANN website document translation; Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS); Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability [CCWG-ACCT] [Ws2-hr] HR subgroup.

A former member of the NIRA Constitution Review Committee as well as ISOC Nigeria Chapter Constitution Review Committee among others, Remmy is an Online Personality (OP). He is the pioneer Publicity Secretary, Open-Source Foundation for Nigeria (OSFON) and the National Coordinator, Media Centre Against Child Malnutrition (MeCAM), pioneer Secretary, Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (Lagos branch). Additionally, Remmy is the author of industry books not limited to "A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria, the award-winning series, Sagacity of a digital revolution, Role of Nigeria in Peace Keeping in West Africa" to name a few.

As an Associate Member (Patron), Nigeria Red Cross, Remmy is also an Associate (Patron | Lt. Col), Man of Order and Discipline (MoD). He was admitted into the Knight of Saint Mulumba in 2022, and Leads, Cyber Rights Advocacy Coalition (West Africa). Further, Remmy, a former Chairman of Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU Lagos branch), is lead representative of ADU to the Association of Anambra State Development Unions (AASDU) in Lagos.

Remmy pledges to collaborate with AFRALO colleagues, especially representatives to ALAC, to deepen AFRALO engagement that will be mutually beneficial to our membership. So, a vote for me will make this a reality and uphold the tenets of AFRALO we all will be proud of.

Please find my Statement of Interest (SOI) here.

Thank you and God bless you as you vote wisely for the growth of our AFRALO.

Remmy Nweke

(French version below)

Chère famille AFRALO, 

C’est nous souhaiter à tous une joyeuse célébration de l’Aïd-El-Kabir, en particulier nos frères et sœurs musulmans.

Pour rappel, permettez-moi de remercier une fois de plus Raymond et Chokri pour ma nomination pour terminer le mandat de notre chère Sarah Kiden qui a récemment quitté son poste de représentante de l’AFRALO auprès de l’ALAC.

J’ai hâte d’apporter mon expérience des technologies de l’information et des communications (TIC) et mes nouvelles compétences en médias pour cette mission ALAC comme toujours, avec des commentaires et des rapports documentés.

Comme vous vous en souvenez peut-être, je suis le pionnier et l’actuel chef d’équipe et président de l’équipe AFRALO Newsletter qui publie depuis sa création jusqu’au volume 11 que nous venons de conclure pour partager des histoires de développement et de réussite car cela peut affecter et concerner les structures At-Large (ALS) sur notre continent africain et ses membres, bien sûr avec le soutien des membres de l’équipe dont Olévié Kouami en tant que co-président.

Ce n’est plus une nouvelle que le modèle de la lettre d’information AFRALO ait été rapidement développé par moi peu de temps après notre émergence, malgré les différents défis auxquels nous sommes confrontés sur le continent.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous mon bref profil pour votre considération chaleureuse.

Bref profil: Remmy Nweke pour le représentant de l’ALAC tel que collé ci-dessous et ci-joint.