It's already started. On Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 10:59 Tomslin Samme-Nlar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann >
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