[kictanet] Fw: [AfriNIC-rpd] Call for Public Comments on AfriNIC Board Candidates

[Walubengo J]

@10rdmwesh - being a Prof. is not easy ;-)

Anyhow, your question maybe be better handled by the next Board, however I can give some personal analysis from experience.

1.  Despite AfriNIC training thousands of Internet Engineers in IPv6, you will agree that adoption/uptake of IPv6 has been comparatively poor.  So expect to see more emphasise on  IPv6 Training for "Non-Techies" i.e. Business & Government Leaders in an attempt to present the case for IPv6 in non-technical jargon in order to reach decision makers outside the hard-core tech-field.

2. As IPv4 (the original Internet Protocol "Platform") numbers get depleted in other regions (e.g. Asia, Europe) expect the black-market for IPv4 trading which does exist in developed economies to start focusing on the large perhaps "idle" African IP resources. So the next Board has to deal with this reality sooner  rather than later. 

3. Cyber Security: As the African region  gets more and more online, the Cyber Incidences and issues will become more prominent and more people (Governments) especially will begin to justifiably wonder how and if the critical building block of the the Internet - the IP number - can be used to enhance Security.  So expect to see a more pronounced outreach to Governments as an effort to better understand how both stakeholders can work together rather against each other to enhance Cyber-security.

4. Also expect to have some Agencies exploiting Point 2 and 3 above as reason enough to have IP resources allocated to Governments
 rather than AfriNIC in order to hold the same in trust. I may not agree
 with this but it will be something to deal with going forward.

walu.

--- On Fri, 4/20/12, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

From: Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: [AfriNIC-rpd] Call for Public Comments on AfriNIC Board Candidates
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "I-Network Uganda"
 <i-network at dgroups.org>, "eThinkTankTZ eThinkTankTZ" <ethinktanktz at yahoogroups.com>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012, 12:35 PM

Mr. Walubengo (soon to be Prof), as we endorse your second term
candidature at https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-16/?q=content/board-elections-candidates,
and with the good work the board did for the last 3 years including
bringing Afrinic14 home at Daressalaam, and holding a KENIC/IPV6
training workshop in conjunction with Tespok at Sarova Stanley hotel
Nairobi. What should we expect as a region for the next 3 years?


10rdmwesh
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