[AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference
rafik dammak
rafik.dammak at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 12:35:21 SAST 2007
Hi,
where I can find more information about KENIC project to bid for hosting?
how can we help and support the Kenya candidature?
Regards
On 9/1/07, alice <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > << Back
> > >
> > <http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832>
> > >
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