[AfrICANN-discuss] Congratulations!!

Wed May 20 16:02:32 SAST 2009

Hi Katim,

Thanks very much, man. AfTLD looks forward to continued and improving
collaboration with ICANN, AfriNIC and our sister ICT organisations in Africa
and abroad.

Regards,

Vika Mpisane

Chairman

African Top Level Domains (AfTLD)

Tel: +27 11 275 0082

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From: africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net] On
Behalf Of Brian Munyao Longwe
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:59 PM
To: africann at afrinic.net
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Congratulations!!

Hi Katim,

New executives are for AFTLD - not AfriNIC :-) the new AfriNIC Board members
will be announced at the end of this week after tomorrows elections.

Brian

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Katim S. Touray <kaamt at yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear all,

Jambo!  It has been a long time I last posted on this list, but I've been
following the discussion as much as I can.  First off, let me take this
opportunity to congratulate the new Executive of AfriNIC (Vika and Co.), and
wish them all the very best during their tenure of office.  It also goes
withouth saying that they would need the support of all of us to succeed,
and I hope we all bear this in mind moving forward.  Vika's team is a
dynamic one, and I'm sure they'll deliver.

I'd also like to congratulate Mauritius and Nigeria on their success in
getting the redelegation of their ccTLDs.  Coming as they do shortly after
the ATU-organized and ICANNN-sponsored forum on ccTLDs in Mauritius, this is
really great news.  Not only does this build confidence, it also proves that
we can, despite the odds, achieve a lot once we agree to work together.  I
hope the rest of us get inspired by this, and implore both Mauritius and
Nigeria to share their experiences and lessons learned with other countries.
To paraphrase Nkrumah, the reledelegation of the .mu and .ng ccTLDs is
meaningless unless it is link to the redelegation of all African ccTLDs.
Remember the grand theme of the ATU forum:  a ccTLD for every African
country.

Finally, I'd like to encourage all and sundry again to take an active part
in ICANN's organs and activities.  Anne-Rachel has been posting a lot of
information about ICANN, especially solicitations of comments and feedback
on various documents and issues.  Your input into these discussions is
invaluable.  For example, the draft FY2010 Operating Plan and Budget
(http://www.icann.org/en/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-v1-fy10-17may09-e
n.pdf) has been posted for comments, and as you can imagine, feedback
received is going to determine the allocation of resources on such expenses
as fellowship programs to sponsor people like us attend ICANN meetings.
Ditto for discussions on the upcoming introduction of internationalized
domain names (IDNs), and new gTLDs.  Finally, you can make valuable
contributions via the various supporting organizations and committees that
make up ICANN.

That's about it for now.  Again, congratulations to every one, and keep up
the great job!

Katim

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From: Dr Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003 at gmail.com>
To: africann at afrinic.net; cangaye at nitda.gov.ng
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:05:20 PM
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD

Dear Professor,

I am very pleased to see that the effort made to have the management of .ng
has reached this important stage.

Congratulations to you and the .ng management and its communities.

Well done and God Bless

Dr Y Mshana

(ex-ccNSO Council Africa)

 2009/5/19 Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com>

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666

Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD

By Efem Nkanga, 05.18.2009

The Nigerian Internet community has effected the  redelegation of the .ng
ccTLD and attained  full local management of the domain.  The President,
Internet Registration Association of Nigeria , Engr Ndukwe Kalu, disclosed
this in a statement made available to THISDAY yesterday.
Ndukwe stated that Nigeria had for long sought for full control which if
finally attained at ‘’exactly 4pm GMT May 13, 2009, when  Verisign made the
ICANN approved root server changes to the .ng ccTLD, a few hours later
ICANN/IANA effected the board approved redelegation of the Nigerian ccTLD on
the IANA website’’ He reiterated that ‘’This effectively brings to an end
the long drawn desire and expectation of the Nigerian Internet community to
effect redelegation of the .ng ccTLD and full local management’’.
Ndukwe went down memory lane and disclosed that the .ng ccTLD journey
started in 1995 with the first delegation to one of   Mrs Ibukun Odusote as
the then admin contact. He added that by 2004 with the intervention of the
former president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo the Nigerian Internet
community represented by the G22 reached a consensus on a not for profit all
inclusive body to manage the .ng ccTLD. With the formation and final
election of the NIRA executive board in May 2007 the stage was then set for
conclusion of the redelegation process and fully localize the management of
the ng cc TLD
He added that the attempt to obtain full control met with a lot of
challenges because as a totally new entity the executive had to concentrate
on putting in place the required structure and infrastructure that would
sustain the .ng ccTLD. He added that the efforts has however paid off
because the .ng ccTLD would now be offering its domains in the ccTLD with
the most robust technical infrastructure in Africa . The .ng ccTLD according
to him is the only ccTLD with multiple anycast name servers offering local
resolutions of .ng domain in over 40 cities in five continents with a 100%
uptime guarantee. He reiterated that apart from that Nigeria is the second
country in Africa to have a fully automated registry with full EPP access
making it of global standard that allow registrars from all over the world
to interact with it.  Now with the Nigerian registry anyone can register a
.ng in seconds and be sure that the name would always be available and
visitors to the websites would get translations of the domain names in over
40 local cities making for better web experience.

Ndukwe added that this was a defining moment  for  the Nigerian Internet
community and Nigerians.  He added that the redelgation makes NIRA the
sponsoring organization and manager of the .nccTLD bringing  the .ng as
desired to the greater participation of all stakeholders both government and
private sector. He stressed that it has also accorded the former head of
NITDA the late Prof Ajayi a new peace as one of his key desires comes to
pass and his name is rested from the IANA website. According to him, with
the change NIRA has deemphasized personalization of the domain managers but
rather has used roles with the admin contact as the role of NIRA President.

 He also emphasized that the issue NIRA has to grapple with now is that of
the full population of the .ng ccTLD, a task which he described as very
daunting because of the primary reason that all of the African ccTLDs put
together cannot make the ccTLD Top 25. He stated that for an Information Age
where the main asset is knowledge, a firm presence in cyberspace cannot be
overemphasized. According to him NIRA is set to tackle this challenge by
massively pursuing the  population of the .ng ccTLD. It would start this
quest by coming out with key projects to achieve this. The vision of NIRA is
domiciled in making   Nigeria to make the ccTLD top 20 by year 2011. He
emphasised that this vision is not just for the sake of making the top 20
but to positively impact the Nigerian economy because with the development
of the Nigerian cyberspace countless opportunities would be born for both
the state and citizens.

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