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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks very much, man. AfTLD looks forward
to continued and improving collaboration with ICANN, AfriNIC and our sister ICT
organisations in <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> and abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Vika Mpisane</span></font></b></strong><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>African Top Level Domains (AfTLD)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel: +27 11 275 0082<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
africann-bounces@afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brian Munyao Longwe<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:59
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">africann@afrinic.net</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss]
Congratulations!!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Katim,<br>
<br>
New executives are for AFTLD - not AfriNIC :-) the new AfriNIC Board members
will be announced at the end of this week after tomorrows elections.<br>
<br>
Brian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Katim S. Touray <<a
href="mailto:kaamt@yahoo.com">kaamt@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear all,<br>
<br>
Jambo! It has been a long time I last posted on this list, but I've been
following the discussion as much as I can. First off, let me take this
opportunity to congratulate the new Executive of AfriNIC (Vika and Co.), and
wish them all the very best during their tenure of office. It also goes
withouth saying that they would need the support of all of us to succeed, and I
hope we all bear this in mind moving forward. Vika's team is a dynamic
one, and I'm sure they'll deliver.<br>
<br>
I'd also like to congratulate <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mauritius</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region>
on their success in getting the redelegation of their ccTLDs. Coming as
they do shortly after the ATU-organized and ICANNN-sponsored forum on ccTLDs in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mauritius</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
this is really great news. Not only does this build confidence, it also
proves that we can, despite the odds, achieve a lot once we agree to work
together. I hope the rest of us get inspired by this, and implore both <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Mauritius</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region> to share their experiences
and lessons learned with other countries. To paraphrase Nkrumah, the
reledelegation of the .mu and .ng ccTLDs is meaningless unless it is link to
the redelegation of all African ccTLDs. Remember the grand theme of the
ATU forum: a ccTLD for every African country.<br>
<br>
Finally, I'd like to encourage all and sundry again to take an active part in
ICANN's organs and activities. Anne-Rachel has been posting a lot of
information about ICANN, especially solicitations of comments and feedback on
various documents and issues. Your input into these discussions is
invaluable. For example, the draft FY2010 Operating Plan and Budget (<a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-v1-fy10-17may09-en.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-v1-fy10-17may09-en.pdf</a>)
has been posted for comments, and as you can imagine, feedback received is
going to determine the allocation of resources on such expenses as fellowship
programs to sponsor people like us attend ICANN meetings. Ditto for
discussions on the upcoming introduction of internationalized domain names
(IDNs), and new gTLDs. Finally, you can make valuable contributions via
the various supporting organizations and committees that make up ICANN.<br>
<br>
That's about it for now. Again, congratulations to every one, and keep up
the great job!<br>
<br>
Katim<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dr Yassin Mshana
<<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com" target="_blank">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>; <a
href="mailto:cangaye@nitda.gov.ng" target="_blank">cangaye@nitda.gov.ng</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 20, 2009
12:05:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss] Re:
Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD<br>
</span></font><br>
Dear Professor,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am very pleased to see that the effort made to have the management of
.ng has reached this important stage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Congratulations to you and the .ng management and its communities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Well done and God Bless<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dr Y Mshana<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>(ex-ccNSO Council Africa)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> 2009/5/19 Anne-Rachel Inné <<a
href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com" target="_blank">annerachel@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666"
target="_blank">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;
margin-left:0in'><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Nigeria</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region>
Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>By Efem Nkanga, 05.18.2009</span></font></tt><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Nigerian
Internet community has effected the redelegation of the .ng ccTLD and
attained full local management of the domain. The President,
Internet Registration Association of Nigeria , Engr Ndukwe Kalu, disclosed this
in a statement made available to THISDAY yesterday.<br>
Ndukwe stated that Nigeria had for long sought for full control which if
finally attained at ‘’exactly 4pm GMT May 13, 2009, when Verisign made
the ICANN approved root server changes to the .ng ccTLD, a few hours later
ICANN/IANA effected the board approved redelegation of the Nigerian ccTLD on
the IANA website’’ He reiterated that ‘’This effectively brings to an end the
long drawn desire and expectation of the Nigerian Internet community to effect
redelegation of the .ng ccTLD and full local management’’.<br>
Ndukwe went down memory lane and disclosed that the .ng ccTLD journey started
in 1995 with the first delegation to one of Mrs Ibukun Odusote as
the then admin contact. He added that by 2004 with the intervention of the
former president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo the Nigerian Internet
community represented by the G22 reached a consensus on a not for profit all
inclusive body to manage the .ng ccTLD. With the formation and final election
of the NIRA executive board in May 2007 the stage was then set for conclusion
of the redelegation process and fully localize the management of the ng cc TLD<br>
He added that the attempt to obtain full control met with a lot of challenges
because as a totally new entity the executive had to concentrate on putting in
place the required structure and infrastructure that would sustain the .ng
ccTLD. He added that the efforts has however paid off because the .ng ccTLD
would now be offering its domains in the ccTLD with the most robust technical
infrastructure in <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> . The .ng ccTLD
according to him is the only ccTLD with multiple anycast name servers offering
local resolutions of .ng domain in over 40 cities in five continents with a
100% uptime guarantee. He reiterated that apart from that <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region> is the second country in <st1:place
w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> to have a fully automated registry with full EPP
access making it of global standard that allow registrars from all over the
world to interact with it. Now with the Nigerian registry anyone can
register a .ng in seconds and be sure that the name would always be available
and visitors to the websites would get translations of the domain names in over
40 local cities making for better web experience.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ndukwe
added that this was a defining moment for the Nigerian Internet
community and Nigerians. He added that the redelgation makes NIRA the
sponsoring organization and manager of the .nccTLD bringing the .ng as
desired to the greater participation of all stakeholders both government and
private sector. He stressed that it has also accorded the former head of NITDA
the late Prof Ajayi a new peace as one of his key desires comes to pass and his
name is rested from the IANA website. According to him, with the change NIRA
has deemphasized personalization of the domain managers but rather has used
roles with the admin contact as the role of NIRA President.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> He
also emphasized that the issue NIRA has to grapple with now is that of the full
population of the .ng ccTLD, a task which he described as very daunting because
of the primary reason that all of the African ccTLDs put together cannot make
the ccTLD Top 25. He stated that for an Information Age where the main asset is
knowledge, a firm presence in cyberspace cannot be overemphasized. According to
him NIRA is set to tackle this challenge by massively pursuing the
population of the .ng ccTLD. It would start this quest by coming out with key
projects to achieve this. The vision of NIRA is domiciled in making
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to make the ccTLD top 20 by year 2011. He emphasised that this vision is not
just for the sake of making the top 20 but to positively impact the Nigerian
economy because with the development of the Nigerian cyberspace countless
opportunities would be born for both the state and citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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