The recently elected
council member of the Generic Name Supporting Organisation (GNSO) at the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Mr. Lanre Ajayi is
to preside over the 2012 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on
Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) slated to hold in Lagos, next
month.
The Executive Director, Operations at
the DigitalSENSE Africa, the organizers of the annual internet stakeholders
meet, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke said that its gladdening to note that Mr. Lanre
Ajayi would be chairing this year’s event, scheduled to hold at the
Golden Gate Paradise, Ikoyi-Lagos between March, Thursday 8 and Friday 9, 2012,
with the theme: Internet Governance and Mobile Economy in Nigeria.
According to her, Mr. Ajayi who was the
immediate past president of the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) has proved his
love for Internet penetration and positive adaptation in the country since
inception of NIG and particularly the forum on Internet Governance for
Development (IG4D) being organized by DSA.
She said that Mr. Ajayi in his capacity
as the chairman of the 2012 NDSA forum on Internet Governance for Development
(IG4D), would be sharing some insights based on his experiences as an active
player in the development of Internet and its penetration in the country.
Additionally, Mrs. Nweke pointed out
that the former vice president of Internet Service Providers Association
(ISPAN), would further elucidate discussions on what should be expected of his
current office as a council member of the Generic Name Supporting Organisation
(GNSO) at ICANN.
As said by her, Mr. Ajayi has over time
proven he is an encyclopedia of Internet evolution in the country, of which
most Nigerians and the Internet community in the country have lot to learn
from, especially the youths.
She, therefore urged Nigerians to keep
a date with this Internet guru as the nation charts a new course for the
Nigeria’s internet development in line with the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
objectives, which this year, she noted will be in Azerbaijan, South Caucasus in
September 2012.
She emphasised that the Nigeria
DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) remains
the only annual event which acts as a rallying point for Nigerian internet
stakeholders in raising and addressing salient issues concerning the
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector with particular
reference to the Internet Governance-related issues and development in Nigeria.
The forum, she said, offers
stakeholders the needed platform to take a stand and speak out on Internet Governance
and accurately align Nigeria’s position into the global Internet Governance
Forum and enjoined players in the mobile sector of the economy to take
advantage of this year’s theme.
Further, Mrs. Nweke recalled that Mr.
Ajayi, has been a director at ISPAN and holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in
Electrical Engineering at the University of Lagos.
In his acceptance to preside over the
2012 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance
for Development (IG4D).
Ajayi, she said, had worked for the
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NiTEL) for 11 years before delving into
private practice by the establishment of PiNet Informatics, reputed as one of
the nation’s first Internet Service Providers (ISP).
A co-founder of the Nigeria Internet
Group, a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of the Internet in
the country, Mr. Ajayi has served as the Vice president of ISPAN and vice
chairman of African ISP Association (AfrISPA).
Equally, he has served on the council
of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), while presiding over the Research and
Statistics committee, even as he was ISPAN committee chairman on the
implementation of the Nigeria Internet Exchange Point (IXPN) as well as
chairman of the Technical Committee on the Nigeria’s Country Code Top Level
Domain (ccTLD) name, .ng, to name a few.
(Excerpts from ITRealmsOnline)
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