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

[Keith Andere]

Dear Yaovi,


This is a great gesture, and we hope many other organisations will come out
to support the IGF, particularly the NRIs.


Onwards and forwards


Regards
Keith

On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 8:18 AM Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> http://www.facebook.com/amessinoukossi |
>> 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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*Kind Regards,*
*Keith ANDERE*
Internet 4 Development

*"The internet could be a very positive step towards education,
organisation and participation in a meaningful society." ~ Noam Chomsky*
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