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ICANN press conference @Durban47: L-r Vice President, ICANN
Stakeholder Engagement
for Africa, Mr. Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN
President, Mr. Fade Chehade, chairman, board
of
directors, Dr. Steven Crocker, chairman of the Africa Strategic Working Group,
Dr. Nii Quaynor.
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President and chief executive officer of the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Mr. Fadi Chehade has described Africa as a
hopeful continent and fastest growing continent in the world.
This is coming as he said that ICANN is changing its DNA in order to
walk the talk when it comes to multi-stakeholderism spirit.
Speaking to ITRealms at a
press conference at the ongoing 47 public meeting of ICANN in Durban, South
Africa, Mr. Chehade who was accompanied at the session by the chairman, board
of directors of ICANN, Dr. Steven Crocker, chairman of the Africa Strategic
Working Group, Dr. Nii Quaynor and Vice President for Africa at ICANN on
Stakeholder Engagement, Mr. Pierre Dandjinou, said that 1 out of every six
Africa have access to the Internet today.
He said, ICANN is positive to be in Africa to present ICANN to Africa
and the world, just as he believes ICANN have the mechanism to address growth
issues in the Domain Name industry, especially regarding the post-agreement
signing with some ICANN registrars based on the new Registrar Accredited
Agreement (RAA).
According to him, Africa made history today with the signing of the performed
on its soil, assuring that ICANN has to move on with its vision carefully,
stressing that his organization is determined to evolve with other global organization
with similarity in its agenda to work together.
Internet, he said, is a different kind of resource that no one single
country or organization can manage single-handedly including ICANN.
ICANN, he further said, should evolve as an oasis by being all
inclusive.
“We’re changing the DNA of ICANN by hiring outside the US,” he said,
adding that ICANN included in the latest RAA the rights of registrars, so they
should be seen as part of ICANN but not ICANN customers.
For Mr. Pierre Dandjinou, his appointment is a new
season for Africa, even as ICANN depends largely on partnership by making
Africa real and help in development the DNS industry.
He urged African government to have a rethink on how
they see the Internet and its governance because of its benefits, which are enormous.
ICANN 47 public meeting as it has been
tagged, began on Sunday, July 14 and would last till Thursday, July 18, 2013,
at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Durban.
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1 comment:
Taking goods from where they are produced to where they are needed is a good way of making money. Many business people could probably make a lot more if they were able to get into markets that really need whatever they are offering. I think if African business people focus more on these opportunities, they will spur growth even more.
However a large number of businesses, particularly young businesses, choose to only offer their products and services to the domestic market. This is sometimes due to standards that are applied, which the company would have to spend large amounts of money to meet.
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