Thanks for the information Barrack. Cheers, Tomslin
On Mon., 2 Jul. 2018, 07:25 Barrack Otieno, <[email protected]> wrote: > Listers, > > On 3-5 July, the sixth Africa DNS Forum <https://dnsforum.africa/> will > take place under the theme “Building a Sustainable Domain Name Industry > in Africa” in Cotonou, Benin. The Forum is co-organized by the Internet > Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Africa Top Level > Domains Organization (AfTLD <http://aftld.org/#&panel1-1>), and > AfRegistrar <http://afregistrar.org/>. It will be hosted by the > Regulatory Authority of Communications Electronics in Benin (ARCEP > <https://www.arcep.fr/>). This year's forum follows on the success of the > preceding forums, held in Durban, South Africa (2013), Abuja, Nigeria > (2014), Nairobi, Kenya (2015), Marrakech, Morocco (2016), and Dar es > Salaam, Tanzania (2017). > > Over the past six years, the Africa DNS Forum has become an important > annual event, bringing together regional players and world experts in the > DNS field to share experiences, best practices, and provide updates on > developments in the domain industry. This year's three-day event builds on > the takeaways from the previous one, and addresses key issues that directly > concern the regional industry. Among this year's topics are data protection > and privacy, registry and registrar platform development, Internationalized > Domain Names and Universal Acceptance initiatives in Africa, and investment > opportunities in the Africa DNS industry. > > Moreover, on 6 July, the African Internet community will celebrate 20 > years of Internet Governance in Africa <http://internethistory.africa/>. > Representatives of ICANN leadership as well as the Internet pioneers of > Africa will come together for the celebrations in Benin, twenty years after > the first African Internet Governance Forum was held in Benin in 1998. The > anniversary will be marked by a day-long event themed “An Efficient > Governance of Internet in the Service of Africa Development.” > Representatives of ICANN, Internet Society (ISOC), local governmental > authorities, United Nations Development Programme, Internet pioneers of > Africa, and more will be partaking in the event. For more information on > the event, visit www.internethistory.africa. > > The first week of July will allow the regional Internet stakeholders to > celebrate and reflect back upon the journey of the Internet in Africa, and > discuss ways to improve the Internet penetration rates, online business > opportunities, and participation in the global Internet Governance across > the continent. > > We look forward to both events that will give us the opportunity to once > again convene with our African stakeholders. > > For registration and more information on the Africa DNS Forum, visit > www.dnsforum.africa. > Kindly note that you can participate remotely. > > > > Best Regards > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann >
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