<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><img class="m_-6561245977876578026gmail-alignnone m_-6561245977876578026gmail-wp-image-1134" src="http://africanopenscience.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/boniface.png" alt="" width="300" height="400" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;float:right"></p><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">CODATA would like to warmly congratulate <a href="mailto:Boniface.Akuku@kalro.org" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">Boniface O. Akuku</a>, Director ICT, <a href="http://www.kalro.org/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)</a>, for being awarded the Africa Tech CIO of the Year, during the recent <a href="https://africatechweek.co.za/#winners2019" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">Africa Tech Week</a> event in Cape Town, South Africa (on 5 March 2019). Boniface is one of the co-chairs of the <a href="http://www.codata.org/task-groups/agriculture-data" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">CODATA Agricultural Data Task Group</a>.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This is award signifies very well-deserved recognition of Boniface's skills and tireless efforts in managing the KALRO data resources, promoting the availabiity of quality data and information resources for farmers and agricultural scientists. </p><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Boniface's work with the Agricultural Data Task Group includes driving the agenda for FAIR agricultural data, developing skills and capacity and engaging stakeholders around data and information services in the East African Region. </p><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Well done, Boniface!</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">See:</p><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;list-style:none;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px"><a href="http://www.codata.org/task-groups/agriculture-data" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">CODATA Agricultural Data Task Group</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px"><a href="http://www.kalro.org:8080/repository/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">KALRO e-Repository</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px"><a href="http://www.kainet.ne.ke/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)" target="_blank">KAINet e-Repository</a></li></ul><div><font color="#444444" face="Droid Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best,</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Asha<br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">___________________________<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div><b>Upcoming Conferences:</b></div><div><br></div><div>Call for Sessions, <a href="https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/" target="_blank">CODATA 2019 Conference 'Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms'</a>, Beijing, China, 19-20 September: <a href="https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/submit/" target="_blank">deadline 15 April</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Publications:</b></div><div><br></div><div>CODATA Update and Important Dates 2019: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2561414" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2561414</a><br><br>CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2018: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2559274" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2559274</a></div><div><br></div><div>The European Commission Expert Group Report ‘Turning FAIR into Reality’ was published on 23 November: <a href="https://doi.org/10.2777/1524" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2777/1524</a><br><br>The Future of Science and Science of the Future: Vision and Strategy for the African Open Science Platform <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2222418" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2222418</a>; presentation <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2357337" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2357337</a><br><br></div><div><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">join the CODATA International News list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?<span class="gmail-m_5040844193042199010Apple-converted-space"> </span> <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">Sign up to the CODATA early career community-run data science training and careers list</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">- </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"droid sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></p><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"droid sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;list-style:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></ul></div>
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