October 2025 - AFRI-Discuss

Fw: [AFRINIC-Announce] Board Announcement: Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
by Nikesh B. Simmandree Oct. 8, 2025

Oct. 8, 2025

Congratulations to Adewale Adedokun ! All the best wishes ! 🎉 To Aziz Hilali, Vice Chair and the entire board members as well. AFRINIC is breathing again... AFRINIC En Avant ! Best Regards, Nikesh B. Simmandree +230-5-907-3413 nikeshbs(a)outlook.com This message and its attachments are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and are strictly confidential. If you have received this in error, please delete it from any devices after having informed the sender. ________________________________ From: AFRINIC Communication via Announce <announce(a)afrinic.net> Sent: Friday, October 3, 2025 9:08 PM To: announce(a)afrinic.net <announce(a)afrinic.net> Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Board Announcement: Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman Dear colleagues, The AFRINIC Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Adewale Adedokun as Chairman of the Board and Prof. Aziz Hilali as Vice-Chairman. These appointments were made following the Board’s election held on 12 September 2025. While this announcement comes later than anticipated, the Board wishes to reassure the community that it has been actively working to ensure continuity, stability, and effective governance during this period of transition and with the close collaboration of the Receiver, Mr Gowtamsingh Dabee. The Board takes this opportunity to sincerely thank AFRINIC members and stakeholders for their continued trust, patience, and support. We have well taken note of all the goodwill messages and expressions of collaboration. Your engagement remains vital as we work together to strengthen AFRINIC and serve the African Internet community. The Board looks forward to working under the leadership of Prof. Adedokun and Prof. Hilali in advancing AFRINIC’s mission and addressing the important challenges ahead, in close collaboration with our members and stakeholders. AFRINIC BOARD AND THE RECEIVER _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions”
by ICANN Policy Calendar Oct. 6, 2025

Oct. 6, 2025

** Please register and share this invitation amongst your ALSes and members ** Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH…> English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese interpretation Dear All, Invitation to attend the Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions” on Wednesday 08 October 2025 from 18:00 – 20:00 UTC. This is meant to be an informative, awareness and educational webinar about the upcoming round of new gTLDs, the Applicant Support Program (ASP) and the assistance provided to create support for the underserved communities. In addition, the webinar will provide regional specific case studies that tell the story of a TLD including its background and business objectives. Agenda (TBC): https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQATHg [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQA…> Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH…> Interpretation: English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese Important: please keep note of the zoom room as you will be sent an unique link. Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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Congratulations again to Adewale Adedokun and Aziz Hilali
by Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi Oct. 6, 2025

Oct. 6, 2025

Congratulations again to AFRINIC Chair Adewale Adedokun and to AFRINIC Vice Chair Aziz Hilali, best of luck to the entire board of diurectors. Kindest regards Hadia Elminiawi AFRALO Chair مهندسة/ هادية المنياوى كبير خبراء - البنية التحتية والطيف الترددي الجهاز القومي لتنظيم الاتصالات القرية الذكية، طريق مصر اسكندرية الصحراوي تليفون: 20235344392 Eng. Hadia Elminiawi, M.Sc. Chief Expert - Infrastructure and Radio Spectrum Planning National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA) Tel: 202 3534-4392 Email: Hadia(a)tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg> Smart Village, Cairo/Alex Desert Road, Giza, Egypt 12577 www.tra.gov.eg<http://www.tra.gov.eg/> AFRALO Chairwoman & SSAC member Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar
by ICANN Policy Calendar Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

** Please register and share this invitation amongst your ALSes and members ** Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYS…> English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese interpretation Dear All, Invitation to attend the Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions” on Wednesday 08 October 2025 from 18:00 – 20:00 UTC. This is meant to be an informative, awareness and educational webinar about the upcoming round of new gTLDs, the Applicant Support Program (ASP) and the assistance provided to create support for the underserved communities. In addition, the webinar will provide regional specific case studies that tell the story of a TLD including its background and business objectives. Agenda (TBC): https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQATHg [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQ…> Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYS…> Interpretation: English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese Important: please keep note of the zoom room as you will be sent an unique link. Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/> [cid:f20de501-d393-424f-8f80-5007feae32eb]

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Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar
by ICANN Policy Calendar Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

** Please register and share this invitation amongst your ALSes and members ** Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYS…> English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese interpretation Dear All, Invitation to attend the Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions” on Wednesday 08 October 2025 from 18:00 – 20:00 UTC. This is meant to be an informative, awareness and educational webinar about the upcoming round of new gTLDs, the Applicant Support Program (ASP) and the assistance provided to create support for the underserved communities. In addition, the webinar will provide regional specific case studies that tell the story of a TLD including its background and business objectives. Agenda (TBC): https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQATHg [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQ…> Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYS…> Interpretation: English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese Important: please keep note of the zoom room as you will be sent an unique link. Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/> [cid:f20de501-d393-424f-8f80-5007feae32eb]

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Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar AFRALO Webinar
by ICANN Policy Calendar Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

** Please register and share this invitation amongst your ALSes and members ** Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYS…> English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese interpretation Dear All, Invitation to attend the Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions” on Wednesday 08 October 2025 from 18:00 – 20:00 UTC. This is meant to be an informative, awareness and educational webinar about the upcoming round of new gTLDs, the Applicant Support Program (ASP) and the assistance provided to create support for the underserved communities. In addition, the webinar will provide regional specific case studies that tell the story of a TLD including its background and business objectives. Agenda (TBC): https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQATHg [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQ…> Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYS…> Interpretation: English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese Important: please keep note of the zoom room as you will be sent an unique link. Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/> [cid:f20de501-d393-424f-8f80-5007feae32eb]

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large! - IGBANET
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

Dear Harold Adjaho & Sena Abslom Boko, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (374) IGBANET has been accredited as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in AFRALO and ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. It’s very important to keep the members of your organization informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest. Here are a few of the tools members of At-Large find useful: The At-Large wiki space is where you can find most of the relevant information: The At-Large introductory page<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2265510> help you navigate through the wiki contents. This is where you can find the latest announcements, and subscribe to the At-Large Google calendar<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Calendar> at the bottom of the page. This will ensure you never miss a meeting! From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki, you can find your bearings easily by navigating via the purple box at the top left-hand corner of the page. It is very convenient to be able to consult the latest At-Large Policy Development Activity<https://community.icann.org/x/bwFO>, find out more about the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs)<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Regional+At-Large+Organisations>, and about At-Large Working Groups<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Working+Groups>. For the most up to date information about At-Large meetings during ICANN Public meetings, it is worth bookmarking this wiki page<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ICANN+Meetings>! Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/afralo Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/apralo European Region: https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/euralo Latin America/Caribbean Region: https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/lacralo North American Region: https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/naralo At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many At-Large email lists, for each region, you can sign up to them and manage your subscriptions at: https://lists.icann.org/postorius/lists/ . The primary and secondary points of contact you have identified in the application form will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. ALAC website. The ALAC website<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to At-Large Staff.<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> ICANN website: The ICANN website<https://www.icann.org/> is where all announcements<https://www.icann.org/news> are posted, and where you can find practical information about ICANN Public meetings<http://meetings.icann.org/>. Teams chat: At-Large community members and staff use Teams group chats extensively. A group chat exists for most Working Groups and RALOs. So please don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Teams ID and we’ll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please click here <http://www.skype.com/en/> if you don’t have a Teams account. It’s free and staff are available to help if you run into any trouble. You may refer to the latest AFRALO Monthly Teleconference<https://community.icann.org/x/JgUt> and also would like to refer to the AFRALO wiki workspace <https://community.icann.org/x/25Mi> for further engagement opportunities. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee http://www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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🌍 Announcing the Emerging Economies AI Network (EEAIN)
by Khaled Koubaa Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

Dear Friends, I am pleased to announce the creation of the *Emerging Economies AI Network (EEAIN) <www.eeain.org>*, a new multistakeholder initiative dedicated to ensuring that emerging nations are active participants in shaping the governance of Artificial Intelligence. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: *A world where emerging economies engage actively in global AI governance, align with responsible AI principles, and deploy AI in ways that advance sustainable and inclusive development.* The network will serve as a collaborative platform where policymakers, researchers, innovators, and civil society leaders from across emerging regions can: - Share knowledge and research, - Strengthen capacity in AI governance and ethics, and - Amplify their voices in global discussions shaping the future of AI. 🤝 Whether you are already working on AI governance, or simply wish to contribute to building a more inclusive AI future, we warmly invite you to join the network. Together, we can help shape the AI of tomorrow , fair, accountable, and inclusive of all voices. 👉 https://forms.gle/V1gDhmWdKEcfetSP6 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eeain/ Thank you for being part of this important journey. Warm regards, Khaled Koubaa Co-Founder, Emerging Economies AI Network (EEAIN) Khaled Koubaa Twitter : @koubaak <https://twitter.com/koubaak> LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/koubaak/ <http://www.linkedin.com/in/koubaak/> Website : koubaa.net

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Registration | Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions”
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 2, 2025

Oct. 2, 2025

** Please register and share this invitation amongst your ALSes and members ** Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese interpretation Dear All, Invitation to attend the Joint AFRALO-LACRALO Webinar “Unlocking Opportunities: Upcoming Rounds of New gTLDs and What they mean for the African and LAC Regions” on Wednesday 08 October 2025 from 18:00 – 20:00 UTC. This is meant to be an informative, awareness and educational webinar about the upcoming round of new gTLDs, the Applicant Support Program (ASP) and the assistance provided to create support for the underserved communities. In addition, the webinar will provide regional specific case studies that tell the story of a TLD including its background and business objectives. Agenda (TBC): https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQATHg Zoom registration: https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AtnYSH9BST2n994MH8pHvg Interpretation: English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese Important: please keep note of the zoom room as you will be sent an unique link. Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>

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Re: REMINDER/Meeting invitation: AFRALO Monthly Call on Wednesday, 01 October 2025 at 18:30 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 2, 2025

Oct. 2, 2025

Dear All, The next AFRALO Monthly Call has been scheduled to Wednesday, 01 October 2025 at 18:30 UTC for 90 mins, For other times: https://tinyurl.com/3trztu35 The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYBiHQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/93721579479?pwd=m6HWKDxe9a6NL2V92u4OPf1KhHJc2E.1 Password: AFRA10SEP* Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community www.icann.org

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