[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Announces US$ 1 Million Contribution to Support the Internet Governance Forum

[Barrack Otieno]

Dear Yaovi,

This is great news. Thank you ICANN  for this great gesture and for setting
the stage.

Best Regards

On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM Kossi AMESSINOU <amessinoukossi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is good news for igf .
>
> *Kossi AMESSINOU*
> *Chef du Service du Suivi et de l'Accompagnement du Secteur
> Privé/DGE/MEF/Bénin*
> *Enseignant chercheur- collaborateur externe à l'Université
> d'Abomey-Calavi au Bénin*
>
> *Président de l'ONG Women Be Free au Bénin*
>
> *Head of the private sector monitoring and support service/DGE/MEF/ Bénin*
>
>
> *Teacher researcher - external collaborator at the University of
> Abomey-Calavi in ​​BeninChair of the NGO Women Be Free in Benin*
> *Docteur en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication*
> *Expert en gouvernance de l'internet, en transformation digitale,
> communication numérique et en études du Développement*
> Ancien Directeur de l'Informatique et du Pré-archivage
> Ancien Coordonnateur de projet et Chef service informatique
> Téléphone/Whatsapp: +229 95 19 67 02
> Boîte Postale: 01BP7304 Cotonou - Bénin
> Emails: kamessinou at finances.bj|amessinoukossi at gmail.com
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> www.linkedin.com/pub/kossi-amessinou
>
> Le lun. 8 juin 2026, 12:27, Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun at icann.org> a
> écrit :
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today
>> announced that the ICANN Board of Directors has approved a one-time US$ 1
>> million contribution to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to support its
>> long-term sustainability, operations, and global participation. Further
>> details are available here
>> <https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-us-1-million-contribution-to-support-the-internet-governance-forum-08-06-2026-en>.
>> You may sign up for the IGF mailing list here
>> <https://www.icann.org/en/government-engagement/internet-governance-network>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Yaovi Atohoun
>>
>> Director Stakeholder Engagement & Operations for Africa – ICANN
>>
>> www.icann.org
>>
>>
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