Hi,<br><br>where I can find more information about KENIC project to bid for hosting?<br>how can we help and support the Kenya candidature?<br><br>Regards<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
alice</b> <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Morocco as well. :-)
<br>Thanks for the vote of confidence :-)<br><br>best<br>alice<br><br><br>rafik dammak wrote:<br>> Hi Alice,<br>><br>> Tunisia prevously hosted ICANN meeting in 2003 I think.<br>> I think that Kenya can host ICANN meeting as country from the east
<br>> part of Africa .<br>><br>> Regards<br>><br>> Rafik<br>><br>> On 9/1/07, *alice* <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>>> wrote:
<br>><br>> Hi rafik and all<br>><br>> I understand that Egypt, Senegal and Uganda are also bidding. Perhaps<br>> Anne Rachel could give us more information. Egypt, South Africa and<br>> Ghana have previously hosted ICANN meetings.
<br>><br>> As a member of the KENIC board, I wish to request support from the<br>> ICANN<br>> African community to support Kenya's bid to host the ICANN meeting in<br>> November 2008.<br>
><br>> regards<br>><br>> alice munyua<br>><br>> ><br>> > Hi everybody,<br>> ><br>> > there are other African countries candidates to host the ICANN<br>> meeting?
<br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> ><br>> > On 9/1/07, *Anne-Rachel Inné* < <a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">annerachel@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">
annerachel@gmail.com</a>><br>> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">annerachel@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">annerachel@gmail.com</a>>>> wrote:<br>> >
<br>> > * <<<br>> ><br>> <<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832">http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832</a>> *<br>> >
<br>> > The East African Standard | Online Edition<br>> > <<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/">http://www.eastandard.net/</a>><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > * Saturday September 1, 2007 *<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > * Kenya bids to host top IT conference *<br>> ><br>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > *By Alari Alare*<br>> ><br>> > Kenya has submitted a bid to host the African round of the
<br>> > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann)<br>> > meeting set for November next year.<br>> ><br>> > The bid was submitted by the board of the Kenya Information
<br>> Centre<br>> > (Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government.<br>> ><br>> > Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday,<br>> chairman
<br>> > Anthony Mugambi, disclosed that a team comprising Government,<br>> > private sector and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) will be<br>> > constituted to lobby for the bid.<br>> >
<br>> > As a trustee for the dot. ke country-code-top-level-domain,<br>> Kenic<br>> > oversees the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and<br>> > administering the dot .ke in conformity with global Internet
<br>> policies.<br>> ><br>> > Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and<br>> Numbers on<br>> > the other hand is responsible for managing and coordinating the
<br>> > global Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure each address is unique<br>> > and that users of the Internet could find valid addresses.<br>> It does<br>> > this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP (Internet
<br>> > Protocol) addresses and domain names.<br>> ><br>> > "In an effort to expose Kenya's vibrant ICT community to the<br>> rest<br>> > of the world, the
<br>> ><br>> > Kenic Board has submitted a bid to host the African round of the<br>> > Icann meeting in November next year in Nairobi, Kenya", said<br>> Mugambi.<br>> >
<br>> > "We are confident of winning the bid to host the event and we<br>> > shall be seeking your support in hosting the event," said<br>> Mugambi.<br>> ><br>> > During the meeting, a new board led by Mugambi was named to
<br>> steer<br>> > the Centre's activities.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > << Back<br>> ><br>> <<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832">
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