NRO NC / ASO AC Representative Election

Candidate Profile	Biography & Strategic Vision
Musa S. Honlue Cameroon Project Manager, Smart Africa	Musa Stephen Honlue is a highly accomplished bilingual (English & French) Senior Agile Project/Program Manager and Technical Trainer with over 15 years of experience leading complex IT and digital transformation initiatives in the African Internet ecosystem. He has established a strong reputation for driving operational excellence, stabilizing project mandates, and building robust capacity-building frameworks across major continental institutions. Currently, Mr. Honlue serves as the Project Manager for SADA (Smart Africa Digital Academy) under the DTfA-WARDIP program at Smart Africa. In this role, he leads the planning, resourcing, and execution of a continent-wide initiative to strengthen digital policy and regulatory skills, ensuring strict compliance with World Bank administrative and procurement rules. Prior to this, he spent six years (2020–2025) at AFRINIC as a Project Manager and Transformation Lead, where he was instrumental in establishing Agile frameworks, leading platform modernization, and directing corporate crisis communications and public relations. Education & Credentials MBA (In Progress) - Edinburgh Business School, UK MSc in ITIC - Université de Gaston Berger MSc in Computer Distributed Systems - University of Dschang Certifications: AgileSHIFT, AIMPP Product Manager, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Internet Governance & Leadership Former member of the MANRS Steering Committee (2022–2025), MANRS Fellow & Ambassador. Active AfNOG Instructor (since 2016) and ISOC Moderator/Trainer, mentoring 400+ engineers globally. Designed and successfully launched the revenue-generating certi::6 IPv6 Certification MVP at AFRINIC. Strategic Objectives for AFRINIC NRO NC / ASO AC Representative Establish predictable, transparent operational cadences and governance controls within the AFRINIC framework. Leverage extensive community training experience to bridge technical operations and policy-making. Contribute to robust risk management, capacity building, and collaborative digital policies.
Nitin K. Sookun Mauritius Systems Architect, La Sentinelle Ltd & openSUSE Board Member	Nitin Kelawon Sookun is an experienced Systems Architect, open-source technologist, and digital community leader based in Mauritius. With over 20 years of experience in system administration, IT architecture, and technology advocacy, he is recognized for designing resilient corporate infrastructures, managing cross-functional engineering teams, and promoting open-source adoption across the global and African technology sectors. Mr. Sookun currently serves as the Systems Architect at La Sentinelle Ltd, a leading diversified media and printing group in Mauritius. Since joining the group in 2015, he has spearheaded critical digital initiatives, including the development of high-traffic news portals like `lexpress.mu`, `top100companies.mu`, and `5plus.mu`, and designed the group's centralized Mail and Single Sign-On (SSO) infrastructures entirely utilizing open-source solutions. In 2025, he was elected to the global openSUSE Project Board (Nuremberg, Germany), having contributed to the openSUSE Linux project since 2010. Education & Credentials MBA in Artificial Intelligence - Rome Business School, Italy Professional Certifications: SUSE Certified Engineer in SLE 15 (2024) Novell Certified Linux Administrator (2012) Linux Professional Institute / LPIC-1 (2012) Internet Governance & Leadership Elected Board Member of the openSUSE Project (2025–Present). Elected VP Marketing & Communication for the PMI Chapter of Mauritius (2026). Technical Committee Member of the Mauritius Internet Exchange Point (MIXP). Appointed member of the Mauritius ICT Advisory Council (2015). Strategic Objectives for AFRINIC NRO NC / ASO AC Representative Advocate for transparency, structural accountability, and community-centric policy consensus. Foster open-source software and infrastructure mirroring as key drivers of local and regional digital capacity. Promote project governance standard practices and coordinate multi-stakeholder collaboration frameworks.

Candidate Profile

Biography & Strategic Vision

Musa S. Honlue

Cameroon

Project Manager, Smart Africa

Musa Stephen Honlue is a highly accomplished bilingual (English & French) Senior Agile Project/Program Manager and Technical Trainer with over 15 years of experience leading complex IT and digital transformation initiatives in the African Internet ecosystem. He has established a strong reputation for driving operational excellence, stabilizing project mandates, and building robust capacity-building frameworks across major continental institutions.

Currently, Mr. Honlue serves as the Project Manager for SADA (Smart Africa Digital Academy) under the DTfA-WARDIP program at Smart Africa. In this role, he leads the planning, resourcing, and execution of a continent-wide initiative to strengthen digital policy and regulatory skills, ensuring strict compliance with World Bank administrative and procurement rules. Prior to this, he spent six years (2020–2025) at AFRINIC as a Project Manager and Transformation Lead, where he was instrumental in establishing Agile frameworks, leading platform modernization, and directing corporate crisis communications and public relations.

Education & Credentials

MBA (In Progress) - Edinburgh Business School, UK
MSc in ITIC - Université de Gaston Berger
MSc in Computer Distributed Systems - University of Dschang
Certifications: AgileSHIFT, AIMPP Product Manager, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Internet Governance & Leadership

Former member of the MANRS Steering Committee (2022–2025), MANRS Fellow & Ambassador.
Active AfNOG Instructor (since 2016) and ISOC Moderator/Trainer, mentoring 400+ engineers globally.
Designed and successfully launched the revenue-generating certi::6 IPv6 Certification MVP at AFRINIC.

Strategic Objectives for AFRINIC NRO NC / ASO AC Representative

Establish predictable, transparent operational cadences and governance controls within the AFRINIC framework.
Leverage extensive community training experience to bridge technical operations and policy-making.
Contribute to robust risk management, capacity building, and collaborative digital policies.

Nitin K. Sookun

Mauritius

Systems Architect, La Sentinelle Ltd & openSUSE Board Member

Nitin Kelawon Sookun is an experienced Systems Architect, open-source technologist, and digital community leader based in Mauritius. With over 20 years of experience in system administration, IT architecture, and technology advocacy, he is recognized for designing resilient corporate infrastructures, managing cross-functional engineering teams, and promoting open-source adoption across the global and African technology sectors.

Mr. Sookun currently serves as the Systems Architect at La Sentinelle Ltd, a leading diversified media and printing group in Mauritius. Since joining the group in 2015, he has spearheaded critical digital initiatives, including the development of high-traffic news portals like `lexpress.mu`, `top100companies.mu`, and `5plus.mu`, and designed the group's centralized Mail and Single Sign-On (SSO) infrastructures entirely utilizing open-source solutions. In 2025, he was elected to the global openSUSE Project Board (Nuremberg, Germany), having contributed to the openSUSE Linux project since 2010.

Education & Credentials

MBA in Artificial Intelligence - Rome Business School, Italy
Professional Certifications: SUSE Certified Engineer in SLE 15 (2024)
Novell Certified Linux Administrator (2012)
Linux Professional Institute / LPIC-1 (2012)

Internet Governance & Leadership

Elected Board Member of the openSUSE Project (2025–Present).
Elected VP Marketing & Communication for the PMI Chapter of Mauritius (2026).
Technical Committee Member of the Mauritius Internet Exchange Point (MIXP).
Appointed member of the Mauritius ICT Advisory Council (2015).

Strategic Objectives for AFRINIC NRO NC / ASO AC Representative

Advocate for transparency, structural accountability, and community-centric policy consensus.
Foster open-source software and infrastructure mirroring as key drivers of local and regional digital capacity.
Promote project governance standard practices and coordinate multi-stakeholder collaboration frameworks.

Note

As only the above-named candidates have been found eligible to stand for election in accordance with the applicable Election Guidelines, there shall be no contested election for the community-elected AFRINIC representatives to the NRO NC/ ASO AC. Accordingly, pursuant to established electoral rules, the above-named candidates shall be deemed elected unopposed. However, subject to section 6.2.9 of the Election Guidelines, the election shall nevertheless proceed for the purpose of determining the duration of each successful candidate’s term of office, which shall be allocated according to the number of valid votes cast in favour of each candidate.