[AfrICANN-discuss] The Africa Domain Name System Forum Awards Call for nominations

[Barrack Otieno]

Background

This year, the Africa DNS Forum, a journey that started in 2013, turns 10
years old. It has been a decade of mixed results, great insights,
challenges, and opportunities. We are confident of the tremendous success
witnessed in the industry and the opportunities that abound considering the
DNS landscape in Africa which could not have been achieved without the
support of various actors within and beyond the African continent. One of
the objectives of the forum inception is to recognize, reward, appreciate
and acknowledge excellence in the Africa DNS Marketplace. This would be by
establishing a well thought out and transparent criteria for selecting
deserving individual and institutional players who have made significant
contribution to the overall growth and development of the Africa DNS
Industry and marketplace.

Categories of the Awards

There will be two categories of awards during this 10th Africa DNS Forum


   1.

   Recognition and Acknowledgement Award (Ten in total): This award will
   target institutions and / or individuals who were outstanding in
   contributing to the development of the DNS industry in Africa; Could be
   organizers of the DNS Forum or any other events that have contributed to
   DNS development in Africa.
   2.

   Africa DNS Excellence Award: (Two in total) to be offered to one
   institution and one individual who have been demonstrated being innovative
   and successful in maintaining a resilient and sustainable development of
   the DNS industry in Africa. Target institutions could include but not
   limited to registries, registrars, registrants, ISPs, or research
   institutions. This would be an annual award going forward.


Selection Criteria

The Ideal candidates may be organizations or Individuals that meet some of
most of the below properties.

   -

   Developing capacity-building programs that positively influenced African
   DNS landscape
   -

   Past Hosts for Africa DNS Forums
   -

   Consistent sponsors of Africa DNS Forum over the years
   -

   Establishment and Promotion of National DNS Fora Across Africa
   -

   Championing innovative solutions to improve the African DNS Marketplace
   -

   Individuals should be of African nationality
   -

   Promoting Research in the Africa DNS Market Place
   -

   Institutions / organizations should headquartered in Africa


Selection Panel

A community based review panel of eminent personalities in the domain name
ecosystem will consider the nominations in light of the criteria and
recommend a short list of nominees for each category to the organizing
partners of the Africa DNS Forum for consideration and adoption. The
proposed members of the selection panel include.

   1.

   Prof Souleymane  Oumtanga
   2.

   Prof. Prof Nicolas Razafindrakoto
   3.

   Hadia El Miniawi
   4.

   Oluniyi Ajao
   5.

   Ramanou Biaou
   6.

   Mary Uduma


The panel shall select their own chair and agree on working methods, and
the secretariat of the Africa DNS forum would offer any necessary support
to the panel to ensure they execute their work within the required
timelines.

Timelines

Nominees and interested candidates are requested to send their proposals
via email to awards at dnsforum.africa. The following is a timeline of
activities:

   1.

   Call for Nominations published online by Sept 12, 2022
   2.

   Deadline for receiving nominations is Sept 19, 2022
   3.

   Deadline for Consideration and Evaluation of Nominations Sept 23, 2022
   4.

   Selected Nominees are submitted to the Secretariat by Sept 26, 2022.

The recipients will be officially unveiled during the Africa DNS Forum Gala
on October 5, 2022.


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Barrack O. Otieno
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www.dnsforum.africa
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