<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Seun,</div><div><br></div><div>Glad to have AFRALO as a key partner and participant. We will be discussing the evolution of the DNS ecosystem in Africa and strengthening of collaboration and engagement amongst the key actors in the Domain Name System Ecosystem in Africa. You can register on www.dnsforum.africa<br></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing many colleagues on the forum</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Day 1: 27 July 2021<span></span></span></b></p>
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</span>Moderator: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Barrack Otieno - AFTLD<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ali Hadji Mmadi -
President - AFTLD<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mouhamet Diop - Chairman
- AfRegistrar <span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pierre Dandjinou - VP
Stakeholder Engagement Africa - ICANN Org<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hadja Ouatarra Sanon -
Minister of Digital Economy, Postal Services and Digital Transformation -
Republic of Burkina Faso<span></span></span></p>
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</span>Keynote:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa -<span></span></span></p>
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Focus on: <span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span> </span>Moderator: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oluniyi Ajao - Web4Africa<b><span></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Michael Musya -
Afriregister<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Joel Karubiu - KeNIC<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Edith Udeagu - NIRA<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Elena Plexida - ICANN <span></span></span></p>
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Initiatives Across Africa<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interactive Discussion on the Opportunities and Challenges of National
DNS Forums</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span></span></span></b></p>
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ICANN <b><span></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Harold Adjaho - ISOC
BENIN - Benin DNS Forum<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tomboye Ebrahim - ADETIC
- Chad DNS Forum<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jasper Mangwana - ISOC
Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe DNS Forum<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Albert Kamga - ANTIC - Cameroon
DNS Forum<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Joe Marwa - KeNIC - Kenya
DNS Forum<span></span></span></p>
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</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 6:15 AM Seun Ojedeji via AFRI-Discuss <<a href="mailto:afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org">afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">This is an fyi to members who will like to participate at the Africa DNS forum. It starts today. I encourage our members to attend the event as there is remote participation option.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards<br><br><div dir="auto">Sent from my mobile<br>Kindly excuse brevity and typos</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Barrack Otieno</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021, 04:08<br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] The 9th Africa Domain Name System Forum starts today<br>To: AfrICANN Community List <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>The 9th Africa Domain Name System Forum will start this morning at 9 UTC. The Minister for Digital Economy , Postal Services and Digital Transformation in the Republic of Burkina Faso will grace the opening session whose details are below:</div><div><br></div><div>
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</span>Moderator: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Barrack Otieno - AFTLD<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ali Hadji Mmadi -
President - AFTLD<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mouhamet Diop - Chairman
- AfRegistrar <span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pierre Dandjinou - VP
Stakeholder Engagement Africa - ICANN Org<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hadja Ouatarra Sanon -
Minister of Digital Economy, Postal Services and Digital Transformation -
Republic of Burkina Faso<span></span></span></p>
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</span>Keynote:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Evolving the DNS Ecosystem in Africa -<span></span></span></p>
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