[AfrICANN-discuss] AfTLD ARCEP and ABDI organize Initial Registry Operation Workshop in Burkina Faso

[Barrack Otieno]

*Ougadougou, Burkina Faso 6th May 2019*


Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AfTLD), the association of African
country code top level domain registries (ccTLDs), Autorite de Regulation
des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) and Association
Burkinabe des Domains Internet (ABDI) are hosting an Initial Registry
Operations Course (IROC) workshop in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).


The workshop that is being held as from 6th to 10th May 2019 aims to
facilitate a smooth transition of the registry management to a
multistakeholder model. This is in line with AfTLD’s key strategic
objective of building capacity in African ccTLDs with an aim of enhancing
and improving ccTLD management in Africa.

The Ouagadougou workshop that is being conducted in French follows a
similar successful workshop held in Banjul, the Gambia in February 2019.
More than 30 participants drawn from the government, private sector,
technical community, civil society and academia are participating in the
workshop.

For further information about the event please contact the AfTLD
secretariat at secretariat at aftld.org.


*About AfTLD*


Africa Top Level Domains Organization (www.aftld.org) was established in
2002 to act as a focal point for African Country Code Top Level Domain
(ccTLD) managers in coordinating, formulating, developing and presenting a
unified approach to issues related to the Domain Name System. The African
Top Level Domains Organization also presents a forum for sharing ideas
between the regions Internet community with an aim of promoting the
utilization of national country’s Top Level Domains.
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