<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have watched this all morning and there have been some great speakers including ISOC&#39;s Olaf Kolkman and Dawit Bekele. In the new gTLD panel Lucky Masilela of .za said that, before African gTLDs can take off 1) cost has to be cheaper than $185k in the next round, and 2) there has to be harmonization of affordable pricing across African registries.  Andrew Mack of PIR emphasized the need for strong and persistent marketing.One big success story today is Nigeria&#39;s .ng due to it being a component of so many asian names! </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: &quot;The 2015 Africa Domain Name System Forum is underway held at the Sarova Pan Afric Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya from July 6-8 2015. The Africa Domain Name System Forum is an annual open event for stakeholders in the domain name industry in Africa. The forum ena&quot; </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%;height:8px;background-color:#43a4d0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum" tabindex="-1"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: white;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/africa_dns_forum_170x255.png" alt="Africa DNS Forum" border="0"></a>The <strong>2015 <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://aftld.org/events/?_sfwCOM=event:show;233050" tabindex="-1">Africa Domain Name System Forum</a></strong> is underway held at the Sarova Pan Afric Hotel in <strong>Nairobi, Kenya</strong> from <strong>July 6-8 2015</strong>. The Africa Domain Name System Forum is an annual open event for stakeholders in the domain name industry in Africa. The forum enables registries, registrars and other stakeholder in Africa to share experiences, interact and learn from each other about the domain name system. The Forum is being <strong>webcast</strong> live via the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum" tabindex="-1">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>. Nairobi is UTC+3 = 7 hours ahead of NYC.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://aftld.org/events/?_sfwCOM=event:show;233050" tabindex="-1">Africa Domain Name System Forum 2015</a><br> Where: Sarova Pan Afric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya<br> When: July 6-8 2015<br> Agenda: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://aftld.org/events/?_sfwCOM=Event:Show;233050&amp;pg=233105" tabindex="-1">http://aftld.org/events/?_sfwCOM=Event:Show;233050&amp;pg=233105</a><br> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum" tabindex="-1">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum</a><br> Twitter: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23africadnsforum&amp;src=typd&amp;vertical=default&amp;f=tweets" tabindex="-1">#africadnsforum</a><br> Facebook: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://facebook.com/hashtag/africadnsforum" tabindex="-1">#africadnsforum</a></strong></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td 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