How do one participate, is there any form of registration or sponsorship for interested individuals/students in the ICT world please? On Feb 5, 2019 09:46, "Barrack Otieno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Nairobi, 5th February 2019 > > The 7th edition of the Africa Domain Name System Forum (AFDNS) will be > held in Gaborone Botswana from 22nd to 24th July 2019. The forum will be > hosted by the Botswana Communication and Regulatory Authority (BOCRA). > > The Africa Domain Name System Forum is an annual open event for > stakeholders in the Domain Name Industry in Africa, organized by Africa Top > Level Domains Organization (AFTLD), the African Registrars Association, and > the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). > > The objective of the three-day event is to help the Africa Domain Name > Industry grow at a competitive rate; and ensure that the continent is on > par with the rest of the world. Over the years, the AFDNS forum has lived > up to its expectations, identifying key national and cross-border issues > that continue to challenge the growth of the industry > > The Africa DNS Forum brings together Top-Level Domain registries, > registrars, and stakeholders from Africa and around the world to share, > learn, interact and discuss ways of how the African Domain Name Space can > be improved, by sharing experiences and best practices in the domain name > industry at a global level, and of the emerging business opportunities. > > The forum is open to anyone interested in issues pertaining to the domain > name industry and the business opportunities it can provide, and engage > with key players and experts in the field. We expect participation from > over 200 participants representing government, private sector, civil > society, media and the technical community from the region and globally, > interested in investing in the Africa Domain Name industry. Discussions > will cover the state of the domain name industry in Africa, opportunities > and challenges faced by businesses, entrepreneurs and Internet users > across Africa. > > This will be the seventh forum following events in Durban, South Africa > (2013), Abuja, Nigeria (2014), Nairobi, Kenya (2015), Marrakech, Morocco > (2016), Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (2017) and Cotonou, Benin (2018). > > Stakeholders from Africa and beyond interested and involved in the domain > name industry are welcome to contribute and participate in the event. > > *About AFTLD* > > AfTLD is recognized as the representative of country code Top Level Domain > (ccTLD) managers from Africa. It is an active participant in the ICANN > ccNSO, and also actively participates in various Internet governance fora > with the African continent and beyond, including the IGF, where it has run > a number of workshops. With collaboration in Internet governance and > development a cornerstone of the bottom up policy development processes > that make the Internet truly a multi-stakeholder phenomenon, AfTLD works in > collaboration and partnership with other Regional Top-Level Domain > Organizations (RTLDOs), these being APTLD, CENTR and LACTLD. > > www.aftld.org > > *About AfRegistrar* > > AFREGISTRAR association includes all ICANN Accredited Registrars based in > the African Continent, The AfRegistrars shall fulfill the role, > responsibilities and functions of the AFREGISTRARS as defined within the > ICANN Bylaws as referenced at [ICANN-BYLAWS]. > > www.afregistar.org > > *About ICANN* > > ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global > Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an > address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That > address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN > helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. > ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation > with a community of participants from all over the world. > > https://www.icann.org/get-started > > BOCRA was established through the Communications Regulatory Authority Act, > 2012 (CRA Act) to regulate the communications sector in Botswana, > comprising telecommunications, Internet and Information and Communications > Technologies (ICTs), radio communications, broadcasting, postal services > and related matters. > > BOCRA is also designated to: > > · To manage and operate the .BW ccTLD in an efficient and > non-discriminatory manner to ensure fairness in the use and allocation of > the .bw name space; > > · To accredit agencies to provide secure electronic signatures as > per the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act (No. 14 of 2014); > > · To establish, as Certifying Authority, an approved process for > the production and certification of electronic documents records systems > for purpose of integrity. > > https:www.bocra.org.bw > > Contacts: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann > >
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