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 part of Africa .<br><br>Regards<br><br>Rafik<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;">
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 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 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>>> wrote:
<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>> *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 Centre<br>> (Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government.<br>><br>> Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday, 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, Kenic
<br>> oversees the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and<br>> administering the dot .ke in conformity with global Internet policies.<br>><br>> Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and 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. 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 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 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 Mugambi.<br>><br>> During the meeting, a new board led by Mugambi was named to steer<br>> the Centre's activities.<br>><br>
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