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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">Hi
everyone,</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria, serif">Yesterday, Caleb Ogundele and I
organised and participated in a session at the
recently-concluded
Digital Rights Inclusion Forum 2019 here in Lagos, Nigeria
called
"<b>I</b><span style="font-style: normal"><b>nternet Governance:
Multi-stakeholderism and Participation in the Assigned Names
and
Numbers Space.</b></span>"</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%" align="justify"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">This
session featur</font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">ed</font><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">:
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u><span
style="font-weight: normal"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anriette_Esterhuysen">Anriette
Esterhuysen</a> </span></u></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">(NCUC </span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">and NomCom</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">) </span></font></font></font>
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<font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal"><a
href="https://icannwiki.org/Ines_Hfaiedh">Ines
Hfaiedh</a> </span></font></font></font></u></span></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><font color="#000000"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">(NCUC
AND AFRALO) </span></font></font></font></u></span></font>
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<font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="https://icannwiki.org/Caleb_Olumuyiwa_Ogundele"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3">Caleb Ogundele</font></font></a></u></span></font><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">
(NPOC, NCUC and AFRALO) </font></font> </p>
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<font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="https://icannwiki.org/Sunday_Folayan"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Sunday Folayan</span></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> (</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">ccNSO</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">)</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Lawrence </span></font></font></font></u></span></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceor/"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Olawale-Robert</span></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><font color="#000000"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">s</span></font></font></font></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> (BC </span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">and NomCom</span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">)</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="https://icannwiki.org/Oreoluwa_Somolu_Lesi"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">Oreoluwa
Lesi </span></font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">(NPOC and AFRALO) – </span></font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Moderator </span></font></font></font>
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</li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%" align="justify"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><font color="#000000"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">(</span></font></font></font></u></span></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="https://icannwiki.org/Seun_Ojedeji"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Seun
Ojedeji</span></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span style="font-weight:
normal">
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">of
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">ALAC, AFRALO and ASO
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: normal">was
meant to have joined us, but was unavoidably absent due to
work
obligations.)</span></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria, serif">Our session <font style="font-size:
12pt" size="3">explained
who ICANN is, their role in ensuring the interoperability and
coordinating key technical and policy aspects of the
underlying core
infrastructure and the domain name system. Our discussion
included
explanations of the multistakeholder model, the </font><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">ICANN
structure</font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">, PDPs,
GDPR
and EPDPs </font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">and </font><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">ways
to contribute to and join ICANN,.</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria, serif">All in all, </font><font
face="Cambria, serif">I
</font><font face="Cambria, serif">hope and </font><font
face="Cambria, serif">believe</font><font face="Cambria, serif">
</font><font face="Cambria, serif">we had an engaging and
interesting
discussion, sharing what we do at ICANN. You can watch the </font><font
face="Cambria, serif"><b>video
recording </b></font><font face="Cambria, serif">here:
<a href="https://youtu.be/v_Pzfd6v4Sk">https://youtu.be/v_Pzfd6v4Sk</a>
</font>
</p>
<p><font face="Cambria, serif">I will be putting together a short
report about the session over the next week and will be sure to
share
it with you all.</font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria, serif">Best regards,</font></p>
<p><font face="Cambria, serif">Ore</font></p>
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</span>Oreoluwa Lesi
NPOC - Secretariat
Executive Director - Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.wtec.org.ng">www.wtec.org.ng</a> | @wteconline
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