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a cross
section of participants with chairman, NiRA BoT Dr.
Isaac Odeyemi and president Mary Uduma
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coming as its managers, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA)
has also been commended for the level of growth and progress made in the last eight
years of its formation.
Leading the
path to the ranking, was the AfTLD Director of Strategic Partnership, Mr. Eric
Akumiah in his remark on behalf of the chairman and board of AFTLD, during
the opening session of the 2013 first semester workshop on Advanced Registry Operations
Course (AROC), which commenced in Lagos Golden Tulip on Monday.
“I am happy NIRA is now number two and with
time may scale to number 1,” he declared, stressing he was impressed by the
development and structures being put in place by NIRA for the growth of .ng
ccTLD.
He
urged African TLD managers to collaborate, adding that it will not only make
the continent great and heaven for domain name business.
For
him, Africa and members of the AfTLDs are in the era of the new gTLD to debut
soon, pointing out that Africa has to position herself to ensure that when eventually
the new gTLD comes out, the continent would be sufficiently ready for the
likely competition.
Emphasising
the importance of gathering information on the state of TLDs on the continent,
even as Akumiah called for more retreat like AROC, to
pave way for a better business development in the domain industry.
Equally
speaking, the Administrative Manager for AfTLD orgaanisation, Mr.
Barrack Otieno, said that the success recorded by .ng registry was part of the
encouragement for AfTLD to bring its AROC to Nigeria.
He noted
that aside South Africa’s .za, dotNG has grown experientially and deserves
commendation.
“NIRA
is one of the best registries on the continent,” he declared, urging
participants to learn a lot from NIRA in the management of their TLDs.
AfTLD
organization, Otieno said, is the focal point for all the African TLD managers,
pointing out that AROC offers them opportunity to discuss matters of policy
that affect ccTLDs globally and then to present the groups position as one
voice.
He
urged the involvement of all the stakeholders to understand the eco system, so
as to can make relatively even progress.
“We
have got to break the borders, hence a Nigerian may need .ke as much as a Kenyan
can need .ng. So, we have to work together,” he enjoined.
In
his remark, the chief operating officer, NiRA, Mr. Ope Odusan stressed the importance
of AFTLD to the economy of African countries, citing the United States of
benefitting from the domain name business to the tune of billion of USD.
Odusan
also said that acquiring technical skills is key to a successful management of
TLDs.
“We,
Africans need to develop DNS skills,” he asserted, maintaining that the DNS industry
contributes billions of dollars to the developed country, just as he tasks
participants to use their skills to proffer policy statement for prospective
government in Africa to set the right policies.
Welcoming
participants to the three-day session, NIRA president, Mrs. Mary Uduma,
described it as a dream come through.
“This
is a dream come through by AfTLD collaborating with NIRA to bring capacity,
she said.
she said.
Uduma
expressed optimism that participants would go home with a new knowledge and
understanding that would benefit their home registries.
“So
,it's a hand’s-on, so she enjoined them to be sure of gaining some knowledge by
this end of the course,” she said.
DigitalSENSEBusiness News gathered that AROC course 2 is for Registry Operations
curriculum, instructs the principles and components of expanding the technical
operation of a registry through effective network management.
Remmy Nweke/ DigitalSENSEBusiness News
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