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ATU conference on IGF for policy makers in Africa
 
11:21
wanjiku -  Welcome to the ATU forum
11:22
wanjiku -  The theme is "A country code Top Level Domain for every country in Africa"
11:22
wanjiku -  Akossi Akossi, Secretary General of ATU
11:25
wanjiku -  This is the first meeting by ATU involving various sectors to address issues of ccTLDs
11:25
wanjiku -  many people prefer to use gTLDs instead of their country domains because they believe it gives them more visibility
11:26
wanjiku -  this pereception can only be addressed through public private partnerships
11:27
wanjiku -  The meeting will discuss the various levels of collaboration and partnership
11:28
wanjiku -  ATU is an intergovernmental body under the AU
11:29
wanjiku -  Lack of bandwidth makes connectivity a major issue in Africa but there are other options available that partners can explore
11:29
wanjiku -  ATU has 46 member states and 18 associate members
11:31
wanjiku -  Jean Pierre Ezin Commissioner in charge of human resources, science and technology- Africa Union
11:32
wanjiku -  The domains are core resources supporting intenet services to more than a billion users
11:33
wanjiku -  Internet is the most empowerment tool, provides better life with no discrimination
11:34
wanjiku -  with the Internationalised Domain Names, the internet will be open to more users,
11:35
wanjiku -  The state of the African ccTLDs leaves alot to be desired, Afric is still way behind, lack of knowledge, awareness and skills, people utilize gTLDs seeking credibility
11:35
wanjiku -  out of 60 million domains, only 2 million are ccTLDs and Africa has no stake in this
11:36
wanjiku -  improving access will help meet the MDGs
11:39
wanjiku -  Asraf Ally, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Mauritius
11:41
wanjiku -  This forum is important, Mauritius is about to initiate the redelegation of .mu domain
11:42
wanjiku -  the government is setting up the required infrastructure to get back the domain
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