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color=#0000ff size=2>Yes A-R, Mouhamet deserves a big pat on his back for this
achievement!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>All the best, Mouhamet Diop:-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><B><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vika
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face=Arial size=2>.za Domain Name Authority</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> africann-bounces@afrinic.net
[mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Anne-Rachel
Inné<BR><B>Sent:</B> 15 May 2007 07:59<BR><B>To:</B>
africann@afrinic.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Accredits First
Registrar in Senegal<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<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>
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<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></BODY></HTML>