AFRINIC-The African Network Information Centre encourages Organisations in Africa to apply for its Grants and Awards programme – Project financing up to USD 10,000.

The FIRE Program is designed to encourage, foster and facilitate ICT development initiatives within the African region under three main categories for 2012:

1. Innovation on Access provision: fostering ICT growth in Africa by ensuring that the delivery mechanism is available, reliable and scalable;
2. E-development: the development, deployment and enhancement of content, applications and solutions.
3. Freedom of Expression: initiatives related to freedom of expression, freedom of association, privacy, security, consumer's rights, new forms of intellectual property in the digital environment, and a wider range of issues related to Internet and human rights.

Applications are open and proposals can be submitted latest 1st August 2012.

For more information please visit our website: www.fireafrica.org or send us an e-mail on: fireprogram[at]afrinic.net