<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000; font-size:10pt;"><div>I agree...</div><div><br></div><div>Business in Africa that is gathering momentum will slow down drastically, job opportunities will diminish, youth restiveness will increase; and the much celebrated free flow of information will be a thing of the past.</div><div><br></div><div>We must work to keep the Internet one.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">--------------------------------------------------------------<br>Jimson Olufuye, fncs, ficma, PhD<br>CEO Kontemporary® <br>Chair, AfICTA<br>connecting African ICT players & <br>... fulfilling the promise of the Digital Age for everyone in Africa.<br><a href="http://www.aficta.org">www.aficta.org</a> <br><a href="http://www.kontemporary.net.ng">www.kontemporary.net.ng</a><br>M: +234 802 3183252<br>Skype: jolufuye </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Disclaimer:<br>This email is for the exclusive recipient/s and it may contain confidential materials. If you have received it and it is not meant for you, please alert me @ <a href="mailto:jolufuye@aficta.org">jolufuye@aficta.org</a> or discard at once. AfICTA would not be held liable for any material in this email. Thank you. </div><div><br><br></div>
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From: Nii Narku Quaynor <<a href="mailto:quaynor@ghana.com">quaynor@ghana.com</a>><br>
Date: Fri, January 31, 2014 7:59 pm<br>
To: Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>>, AfrICANN list<br>
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<div><br></div><div><br>On Jan 31, 2014, at 8:10, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">For questions of sovereignty and geostrategy, requirement of a non-fragmented Internet in the future is a utopia.</div></div></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">The only possible and justifiable reason for not having a fragmented Internet configuration is within a nation or state ..<br><div><span><br></span></div></div></div></blockquote>...and counties, provinces, federal states <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">and </span>districts within nations as well?</div><div><br></div><div>No. Africa would lose in a fragmented Internet</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div> </div><div>-- <br>Pierre Lotis NANKEP <br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> Le Vendredi 31 janvier 2014 0h07, Victor Ndonnang <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz">ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz</a>> a écrit :<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0983354911"><style>
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</style><div><div class="yiv0983354911WordSection1"><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal">No one wants a fragmented Internet…Interesting interview of the ICANN CEO about the importance of keeping the Internet One and Open. </div><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal">"If we cannot find a way to govern the Internet in an equal footing, in an open transparent way this year, we might descend into a fragmented version of the Internet," Chehadé said. "The moment we fragment the Internet it is possible there will be tariffs between borders, there will be rules... it will not be the internet as we know it."</div><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal">More on: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_4635949.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=4156157,b=facebook">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_4635949.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=4156157,b=facebook</a> </div><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv0983354911MsoNormal">Victor Ndonnang. </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AfrICANN mailing list</span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a></span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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