Dear Seun,

Glad to have AFRALO as a key partner and participant. We will be discussing the evolution of the DNS ecosystem in Africa and strengthening of collaboration and engagement amongst the key actors in the Domain Name System Ecosystem in Africa. You can register on www.dnsforum.africa

Looking forward to seeing many colleagues on the forum

Day 1: 27 July 2021

TIME (UTC)

SESSION

      PRESENTER

09:00 - 09:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:30 - 10:00

Opening Ceremony

 

      Moderator: Barrack Otieno - AFTLD

 

      Panelists:

     Ali Hadji Mmadi - President - AFTLD

     Mouhamet Diop - Chairman - AfRegistrar

     Pierre Dandjinou - VP Stakeholder Engagement Africa - ICANN Org

     Hadja Ouatarra Sanon - Minister of Digital Economy, Postal Services and Digital Transformation - Republic of Burkina Faso

 

      Keynote: Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa -

      Neil Dundas - CEO - DNS Africa

BREAK

10:30 - 11:30

Panel: Discussion on the Evolving DNS Ecosystem in Africa, with a Focus on:

        Technical Issues

     Business Issues

     Legal and Regulatory Issues

      Moderator: Oluniyi Ajao - Web4Africa

 

      Panelists:

     Michael Musya - Afriregister

     Joel Karubiu - KeNIC

     Edith Udeagu - NIRA

     Elena Plexida - ICANN

 

BREAK

13:00 - 14:30

Panel: Showcases From Established and New National DNS Forum Initiatives Across Africa

 

Interactive Discussion on the Opportunities and Challenges of National DNS Forums

      Moderator:  Bob Ochieng - ICANN

 

      Panelists:

     Harold Adjaho - ISOC BENIN - Benin DNS Forum

     Tomboye Ebrahim - ADETIC - Chad DNS Forum

     Jasper Mangwana - ISOC Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe DNS Forum

     Albert Kamga - ANTIC - Cameroon DNS Forum

     Joe Marwa - KeNIC - Kenya DNS Forum

 

END OF DAY 1

 

 




On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 6:15 AM Seun Ojedeji via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
This is an fyi to members who will like to participate at the Africa DNS forum. It starts today. I encourage our members to attend the event as there is remote participation option.

Regards

Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021, 04:08
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] The 9th Africa Domain Name System Forum starts today
To: AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>


Dear Colleagues,

The 9th Africa Domain Name System Forum will start this morning at 9 UTC. The Minister for Digital Economy , Postal Services and Digital Transformation in the Republic of Burkina Faso will grace the opening session whose details are below:

09:00 - 09:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:30 - 10:00

Opening Ceremony

 

      Moderator: Barrack Otieno - AFTLD

 

      Panelists:

     Ali Hadji Mmadi - President - AFTLD

     Mouhamet Diop - Chairman - AfRegistrar

     Pierre Dandjinou - VP Stakeholder Engagement Africa - ICANN Org

     Hadja Ouatarra Sanon - Minister of Digital Economy, Postal Services and Digital Transformation - Republic of Burkina Faso

 

      Keynote: Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa -

      Neil Dundas - CEO - DNS Africa


For up to date information on the forum and the agenda kindly visit www.dnsforum.africa


Thank you

Best Regards

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Barrack O. Otieno
+254721325277
www.aftld.org
www.dnsforum.africa



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