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Africa DNS Forum 2021 Registration Open

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The 2021 edition of the Africa DNS Forum is being held online. The event will be held on July 27th and 28th via Zoom, as well as being streamed via Facebook. The theme for this year's event is "Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa". Speakers and other details of the agenda have not been announced yet, but should be made available on the event's official site in the … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum 2021 Registration Open

Africa DNS Forum Goes Virtual

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In common with most events this year's Africa DNS Forum will not be taking place "face to face". They've decided instead to adopt a virtual format. This year's event will be centred around the theme "DNS as a Catalyst for Social and Economic Resilience in the Face of Calamities". The event, which is organised by ICANN, AFTLD and AfRegistrar will take place 27-28 … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum Goes Virtual

AFRINIC Hiring Head Honcho

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AFRINIC is one of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). In very simple terms it looks after the IP address allocations for the Africa region, while RIPE does Europe and the Middle East, ARIN handles North America, LACNIC Latin America and APNIC does Asia Pacific. However the role of an RIR within the broader internet eco system is often a lot bigger than simply … [Read more...] about AFRINIC Hiring Head Honcho

Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Gaborone

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The 7th Africa Domain Name System Forum (AFDNS) will be held in Gaborone Botswana from 22nd to 24th July 2019. The event will be hosted by the Botswana Communication and Regulatory Authority (BOCRA). According to the official announcement: The Africa Domain Name System Forum is an annual open event for stakeholders in the Domain Name Industry in Africa, organized by … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Gaborone

Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Tanzania

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The 5th annual Africa DNS Forum is being held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on July 26 - 28. The event, which is being organised by AfTLD,  ICANN and ISOC in association with a number of other organisations, will run over two days and cover both technical and business aspects of the domain name industry. The current draft schedule has speakers covering topics such as DNSSEC, … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Tanzania

ISOC Hiring For Africa

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ISOC are hiring. They are currently advertising a vacancy for chapter development in Africa "Manager Chapter Development Africa". Interested? Here's the full spec: Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Bureau Director, Africa and the Regional Bureau Director – Middle –East with a view to develop and implement the overall strategic engagement with ISOC Members … [Read more...] about ISOC Hiring For Africa

DotAfrica Gets Green Light From ICANN Board

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ICANN 55 is ramping up here in Marrakech. Yesterday the ICANN Board met and gave the ZACR bid for .africa the green light. Resolved (2016.03.03.01), the Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to proceed with the delegation of .AFRICA to be operated by ZACR pursuant to the Registry Agreement that ZACR has entered with ICANN. The .africa saga has been long … [Read more...] about DotAfrica Gets Green Light From ICANN Board

ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case

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The controversy over the competing .africa TLD applications has been going on for some time. A recent decision by the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (ICDR) said that ICANN had breached its own by-laws and has questioned why ICANN won't allow a current board member and the former GAC Chair to speak to them and provide evidence. A letter that was published on the … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case

Nominet’s New CEO Announced

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Nominet have announced the appointment of Russell Haworth as their new CEO. Mr Haworth will join the company in January 2015. Mr Haworth was most recently Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Thomson Reuters. He'd been with the company in a variety of roles since 2000. Mr Haworth apparently had a website at russellhaworth.com up until relatively recently, but it's … [Read more...] about Nominet’s New CEO Announced