The Africa Domain Name System

(DNS) Forum

Join us and make your contributions to

the future of the African DNS Industry!
The objective of the
forum is to help the
domain name industry
in Africa to grow at
a competitive rate
and ensure that the
continent is on par
with the rest ofthe
world.

What is the Africa DNS Forum?

The Africa Domain Name System Forum is an annual open
event for stakeholders in the Domain Name Industry in Africa
organized by Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AfTLD),
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) and the Internet Society.
Since 2013 the DNS Forum has been held in Durban, South
Africa (2013), Abuja, Nigeria (2014), Nairobi, Kenya (2015) and
Marrakech, Morocco (2016).

Objective
The objective of the forum is to help the domain name industry in Africa
to grow at a competitive rate and ensure that the continent is on par with
the rest ofthe world.
As a three-day event, the forum brings together African registries; African
ICANN accredited registrars, resellers, infrastructure service and solution
providers; as well as entrepreneurs interested in investing in the African
Domain Name Space from within and out of Africa. The forum further
offers a platform for interesting discussions highlighting opportunities
in the African Domain Name industry as well as networking sessions
between registrars, resellers, and the registries.

Who should attend?

The forum targets registries, registrars, resellers, registrants DNS experts,
government representatives and policy makers from the African region
and beyond to collaborate and share strategies that will help grow the
domain name business in Africa.

Why should you attend?

More that 200 attendees consisting of domain registries, domain registrars,
business people and government representatives drawn from all over
Africa take part in this annual multi stakeholder Forum where they will be
engaged in interesting and timely discussions highlighting opportunities in
the African Domain Name industry.

Sponsorship Opportunities
The country and venue for the 2017 Africa DNS Forum will be announced
in the 3rd Quarter of 2016. Various sponsorship opportunities are available
from platinum, gold to silver sponsorship. To discuss any of the above
opportunities further, please contact:

Howard Baggott | Director, Sponsorship & Membership

Development Internet Society

+41 22 717 8749 | +41 76 334 0337
baggott@isoc.org

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