Mr. Tarek Kamel is an Egyptian expert in global Internet governance issues. He is considered the father of the Internet in Egypt. His recent posting came as a big break when he was appointed in August 2012 to serve as a Senior Advisor to its President of ICANN. Read More
ICANN has posted 242 early warnings thought the governmental advisory group GAC. These warnings were lodged by organizations interested in the new gTLD applications. .. Africa which has 17 new gTLD applications coincidentally has 17 GAC early warnings on the .africa application with 16 from different countries and one from the newest member of the …
A recent article I read by LosAngeles times, California USA, celebrated PS Ndemo’s achievements in Internet Revolution in Africa: “Since Bitange Ndemo got Kenya hooked up to high-speed Internet, there has been no stopping his cyber-progress. A ‘Silicon Savannah’ is now flourishing” Kenya is known as a powerhouse in Africa for many developments in the agriculture, health, business …
The ICANN-45 International meeting of the ICANN Global Community in Toronto, Canada provided an opportunity for the unveiling of the initial draft of the ICANN Africa Strategy, an episode that will always be remembered as a landmark moment which signaled the official commencement of ICANN’s new approach to Africa. Indeed, a new chapter has started …
The current domain prices that are existing in the market have not benefited the African blogger or domain name subscriber, also coupled with second rate long and complicated names that do not accompany a true brand. Many African countries continue to record a substantially low number of ccTLD subscriptions because the prices are too high …
Rapid urbanization and mobile phones are converging to drive major changes in Africa. With the continent poised to become primarily urban and with mobile penetration passing 80 percent in many countries, Africans are now consuming their media primarily via their phones Read More