<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Yaovi</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Merci/Shukran/Thank you for sharing. Very informative.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Curious though..Is there any particular reason that the rest of Africa was left out in this report? Or is there a similar report for the rest of Africa that you can share?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Principal</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b>Hussein & Associates</b></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"> </font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">

</span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black">13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black">Chiromo Road, Westlands,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black">Nairobi, Kenya.</span></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br><font size="1">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</font></span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>

<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Yaovi Atohoun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yaovi.atohoun@icann.org" target="_blank">yaovi.atohoun@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div dir="auto">
<div>Hi all / Bonjour à tous,</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div class="m_-1763393354962809968WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN has published a press release on the study ““<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/accelerating-digital-economy-report-09oct17-en.pdf" target="_blank">Accelerating the Digital Economy in the
 Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey</a>”<b>.  <u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Commissioned by ICANN, the study identifies the dynamics of the current digital economy and recommends points of development in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Here are the links to the release, which also includes a link to the full report:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">English: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-en" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-en</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Arabic: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-ar" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-ar</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">French: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-fr" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-fr</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Spanish: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-es" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-es</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Russian: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-ru" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-ru</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Turkish: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-tr" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-tr</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Chinese: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-zh" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/press-material/<wbr>release-2017-10-09-zh</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div>Thanks/Merci</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br>
</div>
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Yaovi Atohoun</span>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Stakeholder Engagement & Operations Manager - Africa</span></div>

</font></span></div>

<br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
AfrICANN mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/africann</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=51839d43-3d7f-4d57-fec2-6a8121fe6238&ti=undefined" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"></div>