[AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference

[rafik dammak]

Hi Alice,

Tunisia prevously hosted ICANN meeting in 2003 I think.
I think that Kenya can host ICANN meeting as country from the east part of
Africa .

Regards

Rafik

On 9/1/07, alice <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>
> Hi rafik and all
>
> I understand that Egypt, Senegal and Uganda are also bidding. Perhaps
> Anne Rachel could give us more information. Egypt, South Africa and
> Ghana have previously hosted ICANN meetings.
>
> As a member of the KENIC board, I wish to request support from the ICANN
> African community to support Kenya's bid to host the ICANN meeting in
> November 2008.
>
> regards
>
> alice munyua
>
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > there are other African countries candidates to host the ICANN meeting?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > On 9/1/07, *Anne-Rachel Inné* < annerachel at gmail.com
> > <mailto:annerachel at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     * <<
> >     <http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832> *
> >
> >     The East African Standard | Online Edition
> >     <http://www.eastandard.net/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     *  Saturday September 1, 2007 *
> >
> >
> >
> >     * Kenya bids to host top IT conference *
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >     *By Alari Alare*
> >
> >     Kenya has submitted a bid to host the African round of the
> >     Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann)
> >     meeting set for November next year.
> >
> >     The bid was submitted by the board of the Kenya Information Centre
> >     (Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government.
> >
> >     Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday, chairman
> >     Anthony Mugambi, disclosed that a team comprising Government,
> >     private sector and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) will be
> >     constituted to lobby for the bid.
> >
> >     As a trustee for the dot. ke country-code-top-level-domain, Kenic
> >     oversees the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and
> >     administering the dot .ke in conformity with global Internet
> policies.
> >
> >     Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on
> >     the other hand is responsible for managing and coordinating the
> >     global Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure each address is unique
> >     and that users of the Internet could find valid addresses. It does
> >     this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP (Internet
> >     Protocol) addresses and domain names.
> >
> >     "In an effort to expose Kenya's vibrant ICT community to the rest
> >     of the world, the
> >
> >     Kenic Board has submitted a bid to host the African round of the
> >     Icann meeting in November next year in Nairobi, Kenya", said
> Mugambi.
> >
> >     "We are confident of winning the bid to host the event and we
> >     shall be seeking your support in hosting the event," said Mugambi.
> >
> >     During the meeting, a new board led by Mugambi was named to steer
> >     the Centre's activities.
> >
> >
> >
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> >     <http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832>
> >
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