The below webinar by AfriNIC may be of interest to some. It takes place on Thursday 9 April 2020 at 12.30 UTC. If interested, pre-registration is required.

Fahd

Date: Monday, April 6, 2020 at 12:27 PM
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Participate in AFRINIC's next webinar ''Preparing Critical Internet Infrastructure for Black Swan Events''

Dear Colleagues,

Like many professionals around the world, recent events have affected your everyday practices and routines. You might even wish there was a fast forward button to skip 2020.

One or more of the following may have happened to you:

Working from home is the new normal
Someone you know has lost all or part of their income
Your children or friend’s children have had to stop going to school

You have considered making a sacrifice to the gods of the Internet (ok — maybe not). You may also have realised that perhaps those people who were pushing for Internet access as a human right weren’t so wrong after all - the Internet is no longer a nice-to-have. It’s an essential requirement for survival in the 21st century.

Join us as we discuss critical internet infrastructure. We will specifically focus on:

What is critical Internet infrastructure?
How do Black Swan events, e.g. pandemics, affect critical Internet infrastructure?
How are critical infrastructure holding up around the world during this COVID-19 pandemic?
How do we determine and plug the critical infrastructure deficits at organisational and national levels?

Register >> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2015686259690/WN_uNfJ7GZfT72__ktKZ2espw

Date: 9th April 2020

Time:

   16:30 GST (Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar)
   12:30 UTC (Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire)
   13:30 WAT (Nigeria, Cameroon)
   15:30 EAT (Kenya, Uganda)

The webinar will be in English. A French one will be organised later. Please do not forget to add the event to your calendar.

Susan M.A. Otieno

Marketing and PR Manager