<p dir="ltr">How do one participate, is there any form of registration or sponsorship for interested individuals/students in the ICT world please?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 5, 2019 09:46, "Barrack Otieno" <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span lang="EN-US"><br><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">Nairobi, 5th
February <span> </span>2019<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">The 7<sup>th</sup>
edition of the Africa Domain Name System Forum (AFDNS) will be held in Gaborone
Botswana from 22<sup>nd</sup> to 24<sup>th</sup> July 2019. The forum will be
hosted by the Botswana Communication and Regulatory Authority (BOCRA).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">The Africa
Domain Name System Forum is an annual open event for stakeholders in the Domain
Name Industry in Africa, organized by Africa Top Level Domains Organization
(AFTLD), the African Registrars Association, and the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">The objective of
the three-day event is to help the Africa Domain Name Industry grow at a
competitive rate; and ensure that the continent is on par with the rest of the
world. Over the years, the AFDNS forum has lived up to its expectations,
identifying key national and cross-border issues that continue to challenge the
growth of the industry<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">The Africa DNS
Forum brings together Top-Level Domain registries, registrars, and stakeholders
from Africa and around the world to share, learn, interact and discuss ways of
how the African Domain Name Space can be improved, </span><span lang="EN-US">by sharing experiences and best
practices</span><span lang="EN-US"> in the domain name industry at a global
level, and of the emerging business opportunities. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">The forum is
open to anyone interested in issues pertaining to the domain name industry and
the business opportunities it can provide, and engage with key players and
experts in the field.<span> </span>We expect
participation from over 200 participants representing government, private
sector, civil society, media and the technical community from the region and globally,
interested in investing in the Africa Domain Name industry. Discussions will
cover the state of the domain name industry in Africa, opportunities and
challenges faced by </span><span>businesses,
entrepreneurs and Internet users across Africa. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">This will be the
seventh forum following events in Durban, South Africa (2013), Abuja, Nigeria
(2014), Nairobi, Kenya (2015), Marrakech, Morocco (2016), Dar Es Salam,
Tanzania (2017) and Cotonou, Benin (2018).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">Stakeholders
from Africa and beyond interested and involved in the domain name industry are
welcome to contribute and participate in the event.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span lang="EN-US">About AFTLD<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">AfTLD is
recognized as the representative of country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD)
managers from Africa. It is an active participant in the ICANN ccNSO, and also
actively participates in various Internet governance fora with the African
continent and beyond, including the IGF, where it has run a number of
workshops. With collaboration in Internet governance and development a
cornerstone of the bottom up policy development processes that make the
Internet truly a multi-stakeholder phenomenon, AfTLD works in collaboration and
partnership with other Regional Top-Level Domain Organizations (RTLDOs), these
being APTLD, CENTR and LACTLD. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.aftld.org" target="_blank">www.aftld.org</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span lang="EN-US">About
AfRegistrar<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">AFREGISTRAR
association includes all ICANN Accredited Registrars based in the African
Continent, The AfRegistrars shall fulfill the role, responsibilities and
functions of the AFREGISTRARS as defined within the ICANN Bylaws as referenced
at [ICANN-BYLAWS].<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.afregistar.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">www.afregistar.org</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span lang="EN-US">About ICANN<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">ICANN's mission
is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach
another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a
number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so
computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support
these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a
not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from
all over the world.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.icann.org/get-started" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/get-<wbr>started</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">BOCRA was
established through the Communications Regulatory Authority Act, 2012 (CRA Act)
to regulate the communications sector in Botswana, comprising
telecommunications, Internet and Information and Communications Technologies
(ICTs), radio communications, broadcasting, postal services and related
matters. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">BOCRA is also
designated to:<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>To manage and operate the .BW ccTLD in an
efficient and non-discriminatory manner to ensure fairness in the use and
allocation of the .bw name space;<span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>To accredit agencies to provide secure
electronic signatures as per the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act
(No. 14 of 2014);<span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>To establish, as Certifying Authority, an
approved process for the production and certification of electronic documents
records systems for purpose of integrity.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US">https:<a href="http://www.bocra.org.bw" target="_blank">www.bocra.org.bw</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a name="m_-64744736148462761__GoBack"></a><span lang="EN-US">Contacts: <a href="mailto:secretariat@aftld.org" target="_blank">secretariat@aftld.org</a><span></span></span></p>
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