<h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Dear All,</h4><br>Please join in congratulating Mouhamet Diop for the birth of <a href="http://KHEWEUL.COM">KHEWEUL.COM</a>, the first registrar accredited by ICANN in West Africa! Good luck Mouhamet.
<br>ar<br><br><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">---------------------------------------------------------<br></h4><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px;">ICANN Accredits First Registrar in Senegal</h4>
<p style="margin: 0px;">14 May 2007</p>
<p> <strong>MARINA DEL REY, Calif.</strong>: The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has signed its first
accreditation agreement with a Senegal-based Registrar – <a href="http://Kheweul.com">Kheweul.com</a> SA
from Dakar. </p>
<p> "We have accreditation agreements with more than 890 Registrars
across the world – and this is only the second in Africa," said
Anne-Rachel Inné, ICANN's Regional Liaison for Africa. "ICANN is
continually working to expand its international participation and
representation – and this agreement is an important step forward in
that." </p>
<p><a href="http://Kheweul.com">Kheweul.com</a> has been accredited to register domain names from the
.biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, .org, and .pro top-level domains. </p>
<p>"We're proud to be the first ICANN-accredited Registrar in West
Africa and the second in Africa," said Mouhamet Diop, Chairman and CEO
of <a href="http://Kheweul.com">Kheweul.com</a>. "Kheweul.Com is going to work closely with all African
country-code top-level domain managers and all world-wide registries to
provide domain name services to local African communities. We also plan
to promote the digitalization of African cultural heritage and help the
preserve of African multimedia content." </p>
<p> ICANN successfully introduced competition in the registrar
marketplace that has resulted in the over 890 ICANN accredited
registrars now offering a range of registration services. A complete
list of accredited registrars is available at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html">http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html</a>. </p>
<p> ICANN has a contractual relationship with all accredited registrars
that clearly sets forth the obligations of accredited registrars. This
information is available at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm">http://www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm</a>. </p>
<p><strong> About ICANN: </strong></p>
<p> ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and
country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet
protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet.
Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop
policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit
company. For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>. </p>
<p><strong>About Kheweul.Com: </strong></p>
<p> Kheweul.Com is a Senegalese private company based in Senegal,
registered under the African Jurisdiction, called OHADA, and will serve
all African countries for any purposes related to Domain Names
business. For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.kheweul.com/">www.kheweul.com</a>. </p>
<p> Mouhamet Diop's bio and involvement with the international functions of ICANN are online at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/biog/diop.htm">http://www.icann.org/biog/diop.htm</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Media Contacts: </strong></p>
<p>Jason Keenan<br>
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA) <br>
Ph: +1 310 382 4004 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:jason.keenan@icann.org">jason.keenan@icann.org</a></p>
<p>Mouhamet Diop <br>
Chairman & CEO <br>
Kheweul.Com <br>
SENEGAL <br>
Ph: +221 821 29 39 <br>
Cell: +221 638 42 88 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:mouhamet.diop@kheweul.com">mouhamet.diop@kheweul.com</a></p>
<p>International: Andrew Robertson <br>
Edelman (London) <br>
Ph: +44 7921 588 770 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com">andrew.robertson@edelman.com</a></p>