All, So when this particular 'controversial' lady was making an 'AU statement' doesn't it mean she must have been pushed by someone? I'm sure there are more who have may have wanted to bring about the positions of Africawide bodies but again, they use the fence instead of the door. Were her 'recommedations, suggestions' or whatever, adapted during EAIGF in UG? Maybe we should vet who will be representing the views of Africa on suc fora. Thank you Brian for this infornation. On 18/08/2010, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for this Pierre, i was rather pessimistic because i aaumed AU would be too Bureucratic, nonetheless, i will study the resource you have just posted, then throw in further comments should there be need.
Thank you
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou@gmail.com>wrote:
Brian and all,
Indeed the AU's position sounds more inclusive and transparent; it's a community based endeavour which gives back to the community through capacity development;
And in fact all current african Internet related organizations (The so called AF* including the AfTLD) have crafted the original concept paper on dotafrica in 2006 (www.dotafrica.org) and/or have been kept in the loop; Even the african business is being called upon to contribute. Thus, whatever personal initiative is being pushed now is a pure and pale copy of the original one.
Rgds Pierre Dandjinou
On 8/18/10, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote:
I actually think that the AU's position - where they prefer a community based approach towards activating the domain - is a much better, more inclusive and transparent way.
I also agree that AFTLD can and should take the initiative to show leadership on the matter, of course, working closely with other stakeholder groups and organisations like AfriNIC, AfNOG etc...
Regards,
Brian
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:
Interesting, on another note i suppose this should be in the AFTLD domain, or we might end up with another 'affirmation of commitments', signs of things to come :-)
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
For those concerned, please note that contrary to claims made at the EA IGF last week, Ms. Sophia Bekele does NOT have the endorsement of the AU. Please refer to the attached.
Regards,
Brian
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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Attached find the letter sent to Ms. Sophia regarding her continuous assertion for DOT-Africa and I think it’s very clear. Moreover, find attached also report & declaration of the last CITMC held from 3-7 August 2010 in Abuja and you can find a clear recommendation about DOT-Africa.
Regards
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* *Mr. Esam M. Abulkhirat (MSc)* Senior ICT Policy Officer Dep. Human Resources Science & Technology African Union Commission P.O.Box 3243 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA Mobile: +251 911 22 70 26 Abulkhirate@Africa-Union.Org
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Is it true that AU has consented/endorsed Sophia Bekele's push for this? I know that she is a very controversial figure and has made wild claims of support in the past.
Apparently this issue came up last week at the East African IGF in Uganda - she was there and tried to claim legitimacy but ended up being outrightly rejected and received a "dressing up" from most of the delegates there....
Please comment?
Regards,
Brian
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