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

[alice]

Morocco as well.  :-)
Thanks for the vote of confidence :-)

best
alice


rafik dammak wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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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