[kictanet] [AfTLD-Discuss] PRESS RELEASE: AfTLD to Hold 5th Annual African ccTLD Event in Accra, Ghana

[Joe Kiragu]

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> From: "Eric Akumiah" <eric at aftld.org>
> Date: January 17, 2011 10:33:02 AM GMT+03:00
> To: aftld-discuss at aftld.org
> Subject: [AfTLD-Discuss] PRESS RELEASE: AfTLD to Hold 5th Annual  
> African ccTLD Event in Accra, Ghana
>
> AfTLD to Hold 5th Annual African ccTLD Event in Accra, Ghana
>
> 15 January 2011 Accra, Ghana. The African Top Level Domains  
> Organization
> (AfTLD), the association of African country code top level domains
> (ccTLDs), announces its 5th Annual African ccTLD Event. The event  
> which
> will be held in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 23 April 2011 will be hosted  
> by
> the National
> Information Technology Agency (NITA) of Ghana with the support of the
> Ministry of Communication and other local sponsors.  The event will
> include a five-day technical training workshop on Secure Registry
> Operation Course (SROC) , an initiative of ICANN, ISOC and NSRC  
> which will
> be held in English and French, a policy workshop to review ccTLD
> activities on the continent and the AfTLD Annual General meeting.  
> The SROC
> workshop is in line with AfTLD’s theme of “Enhancing Internet  
> Management
> in Africa” and is part of AfTLD’s ongoing effort to enhance capacity  
> of
> ccTLD managers in the Africa region to manage their registries  
> efficiently
> and in a cost effective manner. Previous workshop o Initial Registry
> Operation Course (IROC) and Advanced Registry Operation Course  
> (AROC) in
> French and English have been in
> various cities across Africa for ccTLD manager within the region. The
> Security Registry Operation Course (SROC) is most crucial in the  
> wake of
> heightened cyber security attacks to registries and other national
> infrastructure. The Policy Workshop will access the current  
> situation of
> ccTLDs in Africa in the light of the Pailles Declaration made during  
> the
> ccTLD stakeholder meeting in Mauritius in March 2009. AfTLD’s five  
> year
> strategic plan will be unveiled and discussed by policy makers and  
> other
> ccTLD stakeholders on the African Continent. Several speakers on ccTLD
> across the globe will speak at the workshop. At the AfTLD
> Annual General Meeting, a number of new policies proposed by the board
> will be discussed and voted on by formal members of AfTLD.
>
> More details including registration page, detailed event program,  
> hotel
> and venue information will be available on the AfTLD website shortly  
> at
> http://www.aftld.org.
>
> You can find a pdf copy of this press release at
>
> http://http://www.aftld.org/docs/Accra2011_prepress.pdf
>
> For enquiries on sponsorship and other issues please contact AfTLD  
> General
> Manager at secretariat at aftld.org.
>
> About AfTLD
> AfTLD was established in 2002 to act as a focal point for African  
> Country
> Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD)
> managers in coordinating, formulating, developing and presenting a  
> unified
> approach to issues related
> to the Domain Name System. AfTLD also presents a forum for sharing  
> ideas
> between the regions Internet community with an aim of promoting the
> utilization of national country’s Top Level Domains.
>
> About ICANN
> CANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit  
> corporation
> with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the
> Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and
> develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.
> (http://www.icann.org)
>
> About ISOC
> The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organization founded in  
> 1992 to
> provide leadership in Internet related standards, education and  
> policy. We
> are dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of  
> the
> Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.
> (http://www.isoc.org)
>
> About NSRC
> Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) is a non-profit activity that  
> has
> worked since the late 1980s to help develop and deploy networking
> technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin
> America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the New Independent
> States. (http://www.nsrc.org)
>
>
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Joe Kiragu
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Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC)
"Where the internet begins in Kenya"
kiragu at kenic.or.ke






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