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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear All,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<br>
This is a polite reminder about the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ITU-ATU-ICANN Regional Technical Information Online Webinar dedicated to strengthening digital infrastructure in Africa. This webinar will be held
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">today</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">on the<b> 25 February 2026</b> from <b>14:00-15:30 EAT (UTC +3)</b> and has been organized jointly by the ITU Regional Office for Africa, the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of the collaboration under the Coalition for Digital Africa (CDA), ITU and ICANN are working closely with African governments to strengthen digital
infrastructure beyond basic connectivity. This joint webinar will highlight key areas of cooperation in Internet governance, core DNS infrastructure, security, performance, interconnection, and multilingual access, with a strong emphasis on practical, country-level
implementation aligned with national digital priorities. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 90-minute session will feature presentations and discussion on the following current topics:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internet Governance and Infrastructure: A practical briefing for governments, policymakers, and Parliamentarians.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Strengthening ccTLD Operations: Technical, business, and trust foundations supporting the national digital economy.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Strengthening DNS Ecosystem Resilience and Security: Why DNSSEC matters.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Root Server System Infrastructure: Supporting local DNS resilience <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Role of IXPs: Improving network performance and reducing costs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universal Acceptance : Enabling the Internet to function in all languages. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
The session will also outline next steps, including an invitation for interested Member States to submit expressions of interest for collaborative projects on the topics discussed. Selected initiatives will be announced later this year and advanced for implementation.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration for the webinar can be done at the following link, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.itu.int/net/CRM/js/sr/C-00016304" title="https://www.itu.int/net/CRM/js/sr/C-00016304"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886;text-decoration:none">Register
here.</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Simultaneous interpretation in English and French will be available for the webinar. Should you require any further information, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:gseafrica@icann.org" title="mailto:gseafrica@icann.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886;text-decoration:none">gseafrica@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> or </span><a href="mailto:ITU-RO-Africa@itu.int" title="mailto:ITU-RO-Africa@itu.int"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">ITU-RO-Africa@itu.int</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Regards,<br>
Stacy Ayoo<br>
<i>Secretariat- Coalition for Digital Africa</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Stacy Ayoo <stacy.ayoo@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 16 February 2026 at 14:43<br>
<b>To: </b>"africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Coalition for Digital Africa <cda.africa@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Invitation to the ITU-ATU-ICANN Regional Information Webinar Dedicated to Strengthening Digital Infrastructure in Africa, 25 February 2026.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear All,<br>
<br>
We would like to invite you to the ITU-ATU-ICANN Regional Technical Information Online Webinar dedicated to strengthening digital infrastructure in Africa. This webinar will be held on the<b> 25 February 2026</b> from
<b>14:00-15:30 EAT (UTC +3)</b> and has been organized jointly by the ITU Regional Office for Africa, the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of the collaboration under the Coalition for Digital Africa (CDA), ITU and ICANN are working closely with African governments to strengthen digital infrastructure
beyond basic connectivity. This joint webinar will highlight key areas of cooperation in Internet governance, core DNS infrastructure, security, performance, interconnection, and multilingual access, with a strong emphasis on practical, country-level implementation
aligned with national digital priorities. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 90-minute session will feature presentations and discussion on the following current topics:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internet Governance and Infrastructure: A practical briefing for governments, policymakers, and Parliamentarians.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Strengthening ccTLD Operations: Technical, business, and trust foundations supporting the national digital economy.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Strengthening DNS Ecosystem Resilience and Security: Why DNSSEC matters.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Root Server System Infrastructure: Supporting local DNS resilience <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Role of IXPs: Improving network performance and reducing costs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universal Acceptance : Enabling the Internet to function in all languages. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
The session will also outline next steps, including an invitation for interested Member States to submit expressions of interest for collaborative projects on the topics discussed. Selected initiatives will be announced later this year and advanced for implementation.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration for the webinar can be done at the following link,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.itu.int/net/CRM/js/sr/C-00016304"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886">Register here.</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Simultaneous interpretation in English and French will be available for the webinar. Should you require any further information, please contact us at </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:gseafrica@icann.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886">gseafrica@icann.org</span></a> or <a href="mailto:ITU-RO-Africa@itu.int"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ITU-RO-Africa@itu.int</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Regards,<br>
Stacy Ayoo<br>
<i>Secretariat- Coalition for Digital Africa</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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