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Status Update: ICANN Africa Strategy FY16 – FY20

Bob Ochieng | ME-DNS Forum | 22 May – 2017

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Overarching Objectives of the Africa Strategy

Transform the DNS & Internet Industry in Africa byFacilitating capacity development and Cultivating an environment for the emergence of an Africa grown domain name industry and business.

Promote Awareness and Meaningful Participation of Africa in ICANN & the wider IG Ecosystem in partnership with other I* and Af* Organizations.

Over the last 4 years and as we begin a new season in the Post Transition ICANN, I am confident that we, working with our community, have laid a strong foundation for ICANN in Africa. We shall work to build on this work.

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Significant Gains Realized in the last 4 Years

ImprovedVisibilityforICANNintheregionbyparticipatinginvariousfora

AfricaIntroducedConceptoftheDNSforumandDNSAwards(5th Editionthis2017)

IntroducedMultiplecommunicationchannelswithCommunity(Lists,webinars…)

Held2TopicalWorkshops(FocusingonemergingissueslikeIP&Trademarks)

FacilitatedMoreL-RootcopiesdeploymentinAfrica(Tanzania,Mauritius,Kenyaetc…)

Over20DNSSECRoadshows(.TZ,.KE,.ZM,.SN,.ZAsignedasaresult)

WeheldapremierStakeholderBriefingSessioninNairobiKenya(Oct2016)

Over10AdditionalAfricancountrieshavejoinedtheGAC

LaunchedDNSBusinessExchangeProgram(SentinternstoIPMirror&Affilias)

Over350Registrars/Registriesfrom8CountriestrainedsofaronDNSMarketing

OrganizedCapacityBuildingWorkshopforAfricaGACRepresentatives(Jan2017)

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In May 2016, We formally Launched Our Africa Engagement Office in Nairobi Kenya

1. This is the Engagement Centre for Africa

• The Office serves Entire Africa

• It’s also serves as ICANN’s foot-hold

and physical presence in Africa

2. It Supports our Institutional

Engagement with:

• Af* & I*

• Youth and Academia

• Governments &

• IGO organizations in the continent

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Looking ahead: Deepening ICANN’s work in Africa

+ Deepen our Engagement

with Private Sector

(Business Community)

+ Deepen Engagement with

governments and possibly

more GAC reps

+ Key focus on New audience

in ICANN (Work with

Academia)

Outreach to All Stakeholders Encourage the African community to participate in

ICANN’s available programs, including online learning opportunities, CROPP, attending events in Africa, supporting the development of these programs, and encouraging new programs such as DNS Entreprenuership and ccTLD education programs.

Encouraging Participation in ICANN Programs

• We plan to keep supporting our flagship DNSSEC project with focus on signings for

the countries already trained.

• Encourage the IDN program in Africa and focus more on Supporting DNS

Entrepreneurship.

• We also seek to keep hosting our annual Topical Workshop program in partnership

with other institutions.

Training and Support to Stakeholders

WehopetoofficiallylaunchtheAfricaDNS

MarketStudyatICANN59

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Some Challenges / Opportunities

+Limited financial resources to cover all projects outlined in the Africa Strategy

+Low participation from the community to global discussions (We need Volunteers)

+Language barriers for some community members

+Lack of broadband connectivity as well as high cost of connectivity to enable in increasing internet services especially domain names environment.

+Low information sharing practices within the community

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Reach me at:Email: [email protected]: www.icann.org

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