[AFRI-Discuss] Questions for the CEO

Barrack Otieno otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 14:37:34 UTC 2020


Dear Chair,

Many thanks for relaying our questions and for this prompt feedback. We
appreciate.

Best Regards

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 5:32 PM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <
muyiwacaleb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Many thanks, @Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>  for this summary and
> feedback.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:49 PM Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> The RALO Leaders met with the ICANN CEO Göran Marby as scheduled, and as
>> an fyi, here is the summary of the 2 main questions received from our RALO:
>>
>> CEO vision for Africa:
>>
>> The CEO pointed out that African Internet penetration is around 30% and
>> that ICANN org is  aware that Africans need to access the internet in their
>> local languages. Göran Marby noted that one of the reasons for IDNs is
>> because the internet is also very local and that people want to access
>> local content. He also noted the African strategy, which was developed in a
>> bottom up process, which takes into account all of the issues impacting the
>> internet access and development in Africa. The CEO expressed his views that
>> the internet has the ability to bring information to all, connecting the
>> poor which has the potential to lift them out of poverty.
>>
>> Timezone for the Virtual ICANN meeting:
>>
>> The CEO Göran Marby noted the challenge with trying to strike a balance
>> on the timezone issue and thanked the community for making an effort to
>> still participate. He encouraged that we continue to bear with this,
>> accommodating one another in solidarity.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:20 AM Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Colleagues,
>>>
>>> Trust you are doing well and staying safe, I will be having a one on one
>>> session with the CEO and other RALO leaders. If you have any question that
>>> you like to ask the CEO, please let me know by 24th of this month at the
>>> latest.
>>>
>>> We will share summary of responses to them during our September call and
>>> recordings of the session will also be made available.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Sent from my mobile
>>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Bringing another down does not take you up - think about your action!
>>
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