Hi dear Rafik ! +1 @U. I'm intrersted to join you in this effort and learn more from you and team. Only this information motivated me : "As of 16 April 2014, there were 1,010 ICANN-accredited Registrars. Of those, seven are located in Africa. Fourteen are located in the Middle East." So, from 1,010 there are only 7 accredited-registras in Africa since 1998. I'm called. Please, add me in. Cheers ! -Olévié- 2014-05-15 10:28 GMT-03:00 Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi everyone, > > Quite important comment to respond : it is a continuity of the work > started with the new gTLD applicant support Working Group or JAS that was > pushed by NCSG in Kenya meeting in 2010 and initiated as joint cross > community group between GNSO and ALAC. The WG provided several > recommendations to the board to support applicants form developing > countries and in particular non-profit to become registries. unfortunately > the board acted too late and there was no enough outreach during the > critical time of application period. > > There were also requests from African and MENA strategy working group to > (Amr and me were members of the latter) to support more DNS industry in > developing countries in order to have more registrars. > > the report outlines several issues and barriers for any entrepreneur from > developing countries to be an ICANN accredited registrar. they are due to > ICANN requirements and to the registrar accreditation agreement which is > the contract between registrar and ICANN. > > having more registrars and registries from Africa, LAC, AP is important to > serve users more closely and for strengthening internet infrastructure in > developing countries. registries and registrars are part of the internet > ecosystem and their presence is enabler for more local content (providing > cheaper access to hosting service since registrars usually provide bundled > services etc). it will important to support non for profit model to serve > communities. > > I think that I will start drafting a comment and welcome any volunteer to > join me in this effort. we have other comments in parallel and we will try > to share the workload. just contact me . > > Best Regards, > > Rafik > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Yaovi Atohoun <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 2014-05-15 17:19 GMT+09:00 > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for comments- appel à commentaires; > Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions > To: AfrICANN list <[log in to unmask]> > > > Dear all, > (Français plus bas) > > This is a report about supporting the domain name industry in underserved > regions, prepared by ICANN staff for public comment. Public comments on > this report will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name > industry in underserved regions. > > More information at > http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm > > > Thanks > ----- > Bonjour à tous, > > C'est un appel à commentaire du rapport sur l'appui à l'industrie des Noms > de Domaies dans les regions mal désservies. Les commentaires publics > serviront pour la détermination des prochaines étapes pour l'appui à > l'industrie des Noms de Domaines dans les régions mal désservies. > > Plus d'information à > > http://www.icann.org/fr/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-14may14-fr.pdf > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm > > - > > Merci > > > -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI DG Ets GIDA-OKTETS CEO de INTIC4DEV (http://www.intic4dev.org) SG de ESTETIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Membre de ISoc (www.isoc.org <http://www.isog.org/>) & du FOSSFA ( www.fossfa.net) Membre de l'ICANN-NCSG/NPOC (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) BP : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 98 43 27 72 Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé - Togo