[AFRI-Discuss] Questions for the CEO

[Wisdom Donkor]

Thanks very much for the feedback.

On Thursday, September 10, 2020, 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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