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Save the date! 4th Africa DNS Forum in March 2016

By Betel HailuManager, Organization Members Engagement

Join us for the 3 days of sharing, learning and networking at the 4th Africa Domain Name System- DNS Forum 2016!

Date: 4-6 March 2016
Location: Marrakech, Morocco
Venue: Hotel Pullman Marrakech Palmeraie Resort and Spa
Event page:  https://www.internetsociety.org/events/africa-domain-name-system-dns-forum-2016

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. The objective of the three-day event is to help the African domain name industry in Africa to grow at a competitive rate and ensure that the continent is on par with the rest of the world.

Who should attend?

Registries, registrars, resellers, registrants DNS experts, government representatives, policy makers from the African region and beyond as well as entrepreneurs interested in investing in the African Domain Name space. The event will be co-hosted with ICANN 55.

Why should you attend?

More that 200 technical people, business people and government representatives drawn from all over Africa will take part in this multi stakeholder Forum where they will be leading interesting discussions highlighting opportunities in the African Domain Name industry. This will be the fourth African DNS Forum following events in Durban, South Africa (2013), Abuja, Nigeria (2014) and Nairobi, Kenya (2015).

So Join us and make your contributions to the future of the African DNS Industry! 

For more information please visit the event website.

Disclaimer: Viewpoints expressed in this post are those of the author and may or may not reflect official Internet Society positions.

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