Port Louis, Mauritius, on 17 September 2014, Badru Ntege, the Chairman of AFRINIC’s Board, announced that AFRINIC’s founding CEO, Mr. Adiel A. Akplogan, will be leaving his position on 31st January 2015. Mr. Akplogan departs After leading AFRINIC’s accreditation process to become the world’s fifth Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for a decade, similar to its …
ICANN has responded to a letter by Mr. Lucky M. Masilela the CEO ZA Central Registry who had written to ICANN to express his worries on .africa delays saying that “In terms of ICANN’s by-laws the IRP panel should strive to issue its written declaration no later than 6 months after the filing of the …
As posted on CircleID by Philip S. Corwin, In a rapid follow-up to the unprecedented joint letter sent on August 26th by all members of the ICANN community questioning the proposed Accountability Process imposed by ICANN staff, three of the groups that signed that letter have now submitted a formal Reconsideration Request (RR) to the …
The Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Trust fired back a written response on CircleID – an ICANN related industry opinion blog to clarify to a statement made by ICANN’s CEO at a press conference to journalist at ICANN 50 International meeting in London, to what he said “Similarly the Africa where single applicant has filed …
During the just ended ICANN 50 meeting in London, several domain issues came to the fore. Hot in the heels of a disappointed .Wine opposers about how ICANN managed the decisions of the domain with the EU and specifically France showing the deep disappointment with ICANN. The .africa delay was also part of the GAC …
“It is likely that this complaint has led to increased awareness of the possibilities of conflict of interest, which the Board will carefully consider in terms of the existing policy about conflict, when the issue arises. I consider this should continue to be a matter for consideration in gTLD decision making by the Board.” Wrote …
Since the late 2010 there has been different aspersions cast on DotAfrica a domain that has got to be one of the most interesting domains ever applied for in the ICANN new gTLD series, I personally think it’s one of my most watched domains. From its origins, it has been a duel between two groups …
With user affordability in mind, DCA Trust proposed the sum of US$10.00 as the registration cost per standard domain name in the new .Africa gTLD extension. …Whilst DCA Trust evidently based its domain name pricing criteria on affordability, UniForum on the other hand could be almost accused of inexcusable profiteering based on its exorbitant US$18.00 …
Even though your published story written by Mr. Gareth Van Zyl is quite balanced, we wish to use this opportunity to provide some relevant comments that would help to further elucidate this issue for the interest of your readers and the global Internet and African public. Read More
Alice Munyua is know in the internet Circles as an astute Kenyan representative largely been identified with the local internet in Kenya Kenic as well as the GAC . ICANNrelies on certain advisory committees to receive guidance and advice related to the interests and needs of stakeholders who are not able to directly participate in …