[kictanet] Fwd: Africa domain?

[Barrack Otieno]

Interesting, on another note i suppose this should be in the AFTLD domain,
or we might end up with another 'affirmation of commitments', signs of
things to come :-)

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:

> For those concerned, please note that contrary to claims made at the EA IGF
> last week, Ms. Sophia Bekele does NOT have the endorsement of the AU. Please
> refer to the attached.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
>  Dear Colleagues and Friends,
>
>
>
> Attached find the letter sent to Ms. Sophia regarding her continuous
> assertion for DOT-Africa and I think it’s very clear. Moreover, find
> attached also report & declaration of the last CITMC held from 3-7 August
> 2010 in Abuja and you can find a clear recommendation about DOT-Africa.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> *
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *
> *Mr. Esam M. Abulkhirat (MSc)*
> Senior ICT Policy Officer
> Dep. Human Resources Science & Technology
> African Union Commission
> P.O.Box 3243
> Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
> Mobile: +251 911 22 70 26
> Abulkhirate at Africa-Union.Org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "All Things Are Difficult Before They Are Easy"
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> *To:* Esam Abulkhirat <aldhina at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com>; Cecilia Mamelodi <
> cmamelodi at sadc.int>; Edmund Katiti <EKatiti at eafricacommission.org>;
> Mouhamet Diop <mouhamet at gmail.com>; Vika <president at aftld.org>;
> aliebah at yahoo.com; TTamrat at uneca.org; Adiel A. Akplogan <adiel at afrinic.net>;
> Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com>; alice wanjira <
> wanjiraalice at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wed, August 18, 2010 1:35:39 PM
> *Subject:* Africa domain?
>
> Is it true that AU has consented/endorsed Sophia Bekele's push for this? I
> know that she is a very controversial figure and has made wild claims of
> support in the past.
>
> Apparently this issue came up last week at the East African IGF in Uganda -
> she was there and tried to claim legitimacy but ended up being outrightly
> rejected and received a "dressing up" from most of the delegates there....
>
>
> http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35837:african-domain-gets-a-nod&catid=147&Itemid=68&o=eidc
>
> Please comment?
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>
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