29 January 2018 - AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-28 Meeting to be held in Dakar, Senegal from 6 May to 11 May 2018.

The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations, universities, and media who are actively involved in Internet operations and development or ICT policies in their countries.

The fellow is expected to positively and actively contribute to IP address management awareness in the AFRINIC service region.

To qualify for the fellowship, you:

1. Must be a resident of an African nation
2. Don't need to be an AFRINIC member
3. Are involved in the Internet community
4. Are willing to report on how this fellowship has benefited you/your Organisation/country within an agreed time frame.

Upon selection, AFRINIC will notify the selected fellows directly and allow them seven (7) days to accept or reject the offer.

A public announcement of the fellowship awardees will be made after the acceptance by the selected candidates.

Please find hereafter the schedule for the fellowship process:

• Call closes on Sunday, 18 February 2018
• Selected fellows contacted on Friday, 09 March 2018
• Deadline for fellowship acceptance Wednesday, 21 March 2018
• Fellows list announced on Tuesday, 27 March 2018

The fellowship includes:

1. Full assistance with round-trip airfare to the meeting venue
2. Hotel accommodation for the AFRINIC event from the day before the beginning to the last day of the event

If you think you meet the criteria above, please fill in the fellowship application form at:https://registration.afrinic.net/events/node/5/and submit it with requested information before Sunday 18 February 2018, 00:00 UTC.

Good luck and we look forward to receiving your applications!

The AFRINIC Meeting Team