[Icann-aswg] Re: [DNB] Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move

[Nii Quaynor]

Yup...and good 

On Oct 23, 2012, at 18:15, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> Did you see this one..?
> Btw, Andrew now works for Uniforum..
>  
> Regards
> Pierre
> 
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> From: Ian Cook <ian at cymru.com>
> Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:29 PM
> Subject: [DNB] Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move
> To: ians_dragon_newsbytes at lists.cymru.com
> 
> 
> Title: Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move
> Author: Andrew Mack
> Source: CircleID
> Date Published: 23rd October 2012
> 
> Excerpt:
> 
> '....There was one obvious take-away from this week's ICANN meetings
> in Toronto, and for once it was less about policy and more about
> geography. Simply put, Africa is really — finally — coming together
> at ICANN, with a new energy, new unity and lots of new participation
> from African participants. And from top to bottom, the ICANN
> community seems to be taking notice.
> 
> The evidence was everywhere… You could see it in the large number of
> African participants from all over the continent, and in active
> African engagement in the GAC. You could see it in the statements
> from the ICANN CEO, Board Chair and constituency leaders who came to
> the release of the new Africa strategy and praised both the strategy
> and the strategy process — inclusive, fast-moving and importantly,
> driven by African stakeholders at ICANN, not imposed from above. You
> could also see it in the tremendous enthusiasm for the AUC-endorsed
> dotAfrica (.africa) application, which has become a real a focal
> point of an emerging "African Agenda".
> 
> Of course, the hard work is yet to be done......'
> 
> To read the complete article see:
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_move/
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