Estimated
1,800 participants are taking part in the on-going public meeting of the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in the city of
Durban, South Africa.
Disclosing
this to ITRealms was the chief
executive officer and president of ICANN, Mr. Fadi Chehade during his opening remarks
at the Durban 47 on Monday.
According
to him, 1,800 attendees from 92 countries are taking part in the meeting while
South Africa has about 10 per cent of the today, that is, in excess of 100
participants.
He commended
Africa and South Africa specifically for the agreeing to host ICANN public
meeting 47.
Chehade,
enjoined Africans to imbibe the spirit of Madiba in the development of Internet
on the continent.
Also,
he urged participants to deploy this kind of spirit in engagement of one
another, learning and sharing throughout the public meeting, so as to leave
Africa and the entire ICANN global committee, mostly by the end of the meeting.
The day was closed with an event by AFRALO which began with entertainment from local dancers from Durban.
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