[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Accredits First Registrar in Senegal

[Khaled KOUBAA]

Mohamed,
Gongratulation brother :) We are very happy to see a new African 
Registrar. We wich you good luck and big success.
Khaled

Anne-Rachel Inné wrote:
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>
>         Dear All,
>
>
> Please join in congratulating Mouhamet Diop for the birth of 
> KHEWEUL.COM <http://KHEWEUL.COM>, the first registrar accredited by 
> ICANN in West Africa! Good luck Mouhamet.
> ar
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>         ICANN Accredits First Registrar in Senegal
>
> 14 May 2007
>
> *MARINA DEL REY, Calif.*: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names 
> and Numbers (ICANN) has signed its first accreditation agreement with 
> a Senegal-based Registrar – Kheweul.com <http://Kheweul.com> SA from 
> Dakar.
>
> "We have accreditation agreements with more than 890 Registrars across 
> the world – and this is only the second in Africa," said Anne-Rachel 
> Inné, ICANN's Regional Liaison for Africa. "ICANN is continually 
> working to expand its international participation and representation – 
> and this agreement is an important step forward in that."
>
> Kheweul.com <http://Kheweul.com> has been accredited to register 
> domain names from the .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, .org, and .pro 
> top-level domains.
>
> "We're proud to be the first ICANN-accredited Registrar in West Africa 
> and the second in Africa," said Mouhamet Diop, Chairman and CEO of 
> Kheweul.com <http://Kheweul.com>. "Kheweul.Com is going to work 
> closely with all African country-code top-level domain managers and 
> all world-wide registries to provide domain name services to local 
> African communities. We also plan to promote the digitalization of 
> African cultural heritage and help the preserve of African multimedia 
> content."
>
> ICANN successfully introduced competition in the registrar marketplace 
> that has resulted in the over 890 ICANN accredited registrars now 
> offering a range of registration services. A complete list of 
> accredited registrars is available at: 
> http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html.
>
> ICANN has a contractual relationship with all accredited registrars 
> that clearly sets forth the obligations of accredited registrars. This 
> information is available at: 
> http://www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm.
>
> * About ICANN: *
>
> ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's 
> system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and 
> country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of 
> Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the 
> Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the 
> Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to 
> develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and 
> stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit 
> non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org 
> <http://www.icann.org/>.
>
> *About Kheweul.Com: *
>
> Kheweul.Com is a Senegalese private company based in Senegal, 
> registered under the African Jurisdiction, called OHADA, and will 
> serve all African countries for any purposes related to Domain Names 
> business. For more information please visit: www.kheweul.com 
> <http://www.kheweul.com/>.
>
> Mouhamet Diop's bio and involvement with the international functions 
> of ICANN are online at: http://www.icann.org/biog/diop.htm.
>
> *Media Contacts: *
>
> Jason Keenan
> Media Adviser, ICANN (USA)
> Ph: +1 310 382 4004
> E: jason.keenan at icann.org <mailto:jason.keenan at icann.org>
>
> Mouhamet Diop
> Chairman & CEO
> Kheweul.Com
> SENEGAL
> Ph: +221 821 29 39
> Cell: +221 638 42 88
> E: mouhamet.diop at kheweul.com <mailto:mouhamet.diop at kheweul.com>
>
> International: Andrew Robertson
> Edelman (London)
> Ph: +44 7921 588 770
> E: andrew.robertson at edelman.com <mailto:andrew.robertson at edelman.com>
>
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