[AfrICANN-discuss] Application for the .Africa gTLD

[Anne-Rachel Inne]

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Cc: Moses Bayingana <BayinganaM at africa-union.org>; Christian S. Minoungou <MINOUNGOUC at africa-union.org>; Diaby at mail.afrinic.net <Diaby at mail.afrinic.net>; Auguste K. Yankey <YANKEYKA at africa-union.org>; HAMDY Ahmed <HAMDYA at africa-union.org>; Moustapha Mamy <DiabyMM at africa-union.org>; Zouli Bonkoungou <ZouliB at africa-union.org>; Moctar Yedaly <YedalyM at africa-union.org>
Sent: Wed Nov 10 00:20:08 2010
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Application for the .Africa gTLD
Dear All,

The African Union Commission (AUC) conducted an African Expert meeting to discuss all relevant issues regarding the .Africa gTLD project which aims at branding the African continent on the cyberspace and provide African community with a continental mark on the Internet.

The meeting took place on the UNECA on 5-6 November 2010. The participants were 13 experts from different organizations and member states. It is worth mentioning that the AUC was mandated by the AU Communication and Information Technologies Ministerial Conference (CITMC) and the consequent AU Heads of States Summit decisions to carry out the required steps towards having .Africa gTLD.

Thus, the meeting has recommended different scenarios and actions taking into consideration the tight timeline Africa have before the forthcoming round of applications in ICANN. These scenarios covered the issues of the potential institutional structure, Technical and Financial modules. The following points have been recommended as immediate actions to be taken:


1-      Announce the intention in the public forum of ICANN and in all Technical, Business and Policy forums..

2-      Sign the Guide Book Letter.

3-      Write a message to the GAC.

4-      Formalize project Task Force.

5-      Prepare and submit the required documents to ICANN.
Accordingly, the meeting recommended all participated Experts to be members of the Task Force and also to expedite the process.

Best.

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