<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Dr Ben,<br><br></div>Many thanks for these useful questions you are raising. As we proceed with implementation of the Africa strategy we hope the African community will help provide the answers through a series of discussions we will launch in coming weeks.<br>
<br>As was suggested in London, our goal is to have a steering committee set up in the course of FY15 (July 2014 to June 2015); that committee shall provide guidance towards reviewing of the strategy, deepening inter African collaboration and partnership on the Africa strategy, and channeling resources towards a sustained implementation.<br>
<br></div> FYI, updates on the strategy are available at <a href="http://www.africanncommunity.org">http://www.africanncommunity.org</a><br><br></div>Pierre<br><div><br><br><div><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Dr. Ben Fuller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@fuller.na" target="_blank">ben@fuller.na</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Pierre,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the presentation last week. Putting all the different activities together in one place makes them easier to understand. It also raises some questions for us to take forward. Let me put down a few so we can discuss. All of what follows is open to debate:<br>
<br>
1. Why do we do this?<br>
This is always a good place to start in any endeavour, and a good place to return to from time to time. Having a consistent and concise message helps us stay on track and makes it clear to others what we do and do not do. This is very important in development. Well, ICANN does Assigned Names and Numbers — a small but significant part of Internet operations. To develop the Internet in Africa we have to ensure that the DNS and NIC operations are done well throughout the continent.<br>
<br>
2. Are we reaching the right people?<br>
I ask this because of the DNSSEC roadshows and after visiting the Afrinic web site. A lot of effort has gone into spreading the word about DNSSEC and IPv6. Yet, what are the levels of implementation? The Afriinc annual report for 2013 shows a drop in IPv6 distributions, at .NA we’ve had signed zones for years and few in the country seem to notice. Are there ways we can change the messages to improve the implementation?<br>
<br>
3. Do we understand the domain name market in Africa?<br>
We have a programme for underserved regions that focuses on ICANN accredited registrars. Is this the correct focus? Currently there are fewer than 10, and as you stated they are not very profitable. Yet, there are many national registrars who offer domain name registrations. Our experience in Namibia is that national registrars are more diverse in their services offering hosting, web design, mail, etc. Many national registrars in Nambia sell an array of TLDs such as .com, .org, and .NA. They are clearly meeting a market need. How do we enable these businesses to better provide domain name services?<br>
<br>
Some stuff for us to think about.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Ben<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
________________<br>
Dr Ben fuller<br>
<a href="mailto:ben@fuller.na">ben@fuller.na</a><br>
<a href="http://www.fuller.na" target="_blank">http://www.fuller.na</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
AfrICANN mailing list<br>
<a 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>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Pierre Dandjinou<br>Cotonou - 229 90 087784 / 66566610</div>
<div>Dakar 221 77 639 30 41</div>
<div><a href="http://www.scg.bj/" target="_blank">www.scg.bj</a></div>
<div>skype : sagbo1953</div>
<div><br> </div>
</div>