<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks Adyen for the editing, the comment looks neat.</div><div class="gmail_extra">the ICANN staff is planning to make its response report by 18/19th May, if we want to have our comments included we should submit by this Friday <br>I see that many of our African members agree with the content and I don't see any specific concern in the statement other than the confusion about sampling (i.e. 1400 domain) which was resolved already by removing it due to nonconsensus. I do interpret that we have support from NCSG list.</div><div class="gmail_extra">we need PC members to go through the statement and give their opinion on Friday in order to submit in time.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-05-12 5:10 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>I have just done some edits on the Google Doc too, adding some pleasantries to the introduction, fixing the formatting, and shortening a few sentences to make them easier to read. But I stopped on page 3, because I have not read the report and I can't comment on our arguments. Some of them are giving me pause. I don't know that I disagree with them, I just don't have the background to understand what we are asking versus what the report currently contains. I have deleted a few sentences from the first page which were not consistent with the draft report that I skim read, but I think the entire comment would benefit from review from someone who has actually, comprehensively, read it. <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>- Ayden <br></div></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="m_-2075756757903711149protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-2075756757903711149protonmail_signature_block-proton m_-2075756757903711149protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="m_-2075756757903711149protonmail_quote"><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div><div>Subject: Re: [NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Endorsement<br></div><div>Local Time: 11 May 2017 4:35 AM<br></div><div>UTC Time: 11 May 2017 03:35<br></div><div>From: <a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.<wbr>utoronto.ca</a><br></div><div>To: <a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><span style="font-size:undefinedpx" class="m_-2075756757903711149size"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande'" class="m_-2075756757903711149font">I did an edit on the
          Google doc, just to smooth the additions and different style
          of the various authors.  I have no content to add,
          sorry....but please feel free to edit if I have destroyed the
          sense of a given segment.  It seems to me it could go now.</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size:undefinedpx" class="m_-2075756757903711149size"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande'" class="m_-2075756757903711149font">Stephanie</span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div class="m_-2075756757903711149moz-cite-prefix">On 2017-05-10 21:45, Rafik Dammak
      wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Dorothy,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div>are you proposing those changes below to be included in the
          document as a response to Ayden?<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">the document to be tidied-up and need
          someone to go through at least checking format and
          proofreading.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">for submission, my suggestion was to do
          it by Friday so we should finalize review and endorsement by
          then. definitely, we shouldn't miss that extended deadline<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>2017-05-10 23:43 GMT+09:00 dorothy g <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:dgdorothydg@gmail.com" target="_blank">dgdorothydg@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>1.  Include country profiles <br></div><div><br></div><div>2.  Use global references for determining
                  methodology of analysis<br></div><div><br></div><div>3.  Increase the emphasis on out reach and
                  education to get greater buy in of stakeholders
                  especially in response to questionnaires.<br></div><div><br></div><div>4.  Include scenarios for typology of countries.
                  E.g. Nacent,  Mid-range, Mature, <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I am afraid this will be another case where we
                  discuss and then end up not sending anything because
                  of timing.  How much more time are we giving this? 
                  Who finalises?<br></div><div>best<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-2075756757903711149h5">On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:51 AM,
                      Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-2075756757903711149h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Ayden,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for the
                            comments,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span><div>2017-05-10
                                22:30 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span>:<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hi,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't think this comment is ready
                                    for submission just yet, but it is
                                    getting there. I am very grateful to
                                    Dorothy for drafting it, and to all
                                    those who have contributed comments.
                                    Alas, I think we need to be more
                                    specific about what we would like
                                    done differently next time the study
                                    is conducted. <br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>can you make the suggetsion directly
                                in the document? <br></div><span><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>I am also not sure that the third
                                    point is correct. It was not that
                                    1,400 domains out of 4.1 million
                                    were analysed; it was that surveys
                                    were sent to 1,400 respondents from
                                    six sectors (some of whom were
                                    registrants). Even if it was
                                    referring to domains, my hunch is
                                    that a sample size of 1,400 domains
                                    probably is representative. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I also am curious about the comment
                                    Anriette made on-list about budget;
                                    I wonder if it was a case of the
                                    external consultants who drafted the
                                    report underbidding for the project,
                                    or if ICANN paid a suitable amount
                                    for the work but they did not pay
                                    the local contractors a suitable
                                    amount for their contributions, or
                                    something else altogether. I am not
                                    sure we need to bring this into our
                                    comment but it is interesting to me.<span class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784HOEnZb"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"></span></span><br></div></div><span class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784HOEnZb"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><div><br></div></span></span></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>understood, but I am not sure that is
                                the comment is the right place for that
                                while we can ask details about the
                                budgeting planned for those studies and
                                which criteria for informational
                                purpose.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Rafik <br></div><div><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945h5"><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784HOEnZb"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784m_4857256973632677416protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784m_4857256973632677416protonmail_signature_block-user"><div><br></div></div></div></span></span><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784HOEnZb"><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784h5"><blockquote class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784m_4857256973632677416protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div>-------- Original Message
                                            --------<br></div><div>Subject: [NCSG-PC]
                                            African DNS market Study
                                            NCSG comment / Endorsement<br></div><div>Local Time: May 10, 2017
                                            6:01 AM<br></div><div>UTC Time: May 10, 2017
                                            5:01 AM<br></div><div>From: <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>To: ncsg-pc <<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>>,
                                            dorothy g <<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:dgdorothydg@gmail.com" target="_blank">dgdorothydg@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>we got several comments
                                              from NCSG members on the
                                              draft (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/docum<wbr>ent/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxb<wbr>xl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit</a>)
                                              and I am really happy to
                                              see several
                                              fellow Africans participate
                                              in the review.<br></div><div>I could get from ICANN
                                              staff to accept the
                                              submission of NCSG comment
                                              after the deadline and by
                                              this week. I would like to
                                              kindly ask you to review
                                              the draft for endorsement
                                              or not in order to submit
                                              it by this Friday.<br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Rafik<br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>----------
                                                  Forwarded message
                                                  ----------<br></div><div>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rafik
                                                    Dammak</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span><br></div><div>Date: 2017-05-05
                                                  18:40 GMT+09:00<br></div><div>Subject: African
                                                  DNS market Study NCSG
                                                  comment / Call for
                                                  comments<br></div><div>To: "<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a><wbr>"
                                                  <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a><wbr>><br></div><div>Cc: ncsg-pc <<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Hi all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dororthy kindly
                                                      drafted a NCSG
                                                      comment ( <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/docu<wbr>ment/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjx<wbr>bxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit</a>.
                                                       ) about the
                                                      African DNS Market
                                                      Study (<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-<wbr>comments/africa-dns-market-stu<wbr>dy-2017-03-11-en</a>) <br></div><div><br></div><div>While the
                                                      dealdine is for
                                                      the 5th May, I
                                                      already sent a
                                                      request to the
                                                      ICANN staff
                                                      telling them that
                                                      we are going to
                                                      make a late
                                                      submission and
                                                      asking for
                                                      extension. I would
                                                      like to ask
                                                      members and in
                                                      particular those
                                                      from Africa to go
                                                      through the draft
                                                      in google doc for
                                                      review and
                                                      comments. We
                                                      should submit this
                                                      comment by next
                                                      week after NCSG
                                                      Policy Committee
                                                      endorsment based
                                                      on members
                                                      feebdack here and
                                                      in the document.<br></div><div>It will be
                                                      great of you can
                                                      make comments and
                                                      any suggestion for
                                                      edits by Tuesday
                                                      9th May so we can
                                                      resolve them
                                                      before
                                                      submission. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Rafik<br></div><div dir="ltr"><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size"><br class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784m_4857256973632677416gmail-m_-1017518765137812358gmail-m_7110549939002699006gmail-kix-line-break">==============================<wbr>=====================</span></span></span></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration-line:none" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market
                                                          Study</span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size"> (ADNSMS)</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">The NCSG welcomes the opportunity to comment on
                                                          the Draft 2016
                                                          African Domain
                                                          Name Market
                                                          Study carried
                                                          out by a
                                                          consortium led
                                                          by the South
                                                          Africa
                                                          Communications
                                                          Forum.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Methodology</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">This  is a first attempt to present a snapshot of
                                                          the African
                                                          Domain Name
                                                          Market.  The
                                                          report sets
                                                          out clearly
                                                          the data
                                                          challenges
                                                          that hampered
                                                          analysis in
                                                          conducting
                                                          this baseline
                                                          survey.  The
                                                          study
                                                          indicates that
                                                          poor response
                                                          levels (22% to
                                                          the online
                                                          survey) could
                                                          have been
                                                          affected by
                                                          the length of
                                                          the
                                                          questionnaire,
                                                          and the
                                                          difficulty in
                                                          getting
                                                          responses for
                                                          the full set
                                                          of six
                                                          specifically
                                                          targeted
                                                          questionnaires
                                                          registrar,
                                                          regulator etc
                                                          per country.
                                                          The report’s
                                                          authors note
                                                          that the
                                                          survey
                                                          questionnaire
                                                          could have
                                                          been
                                                          streamlined. 
                                                          A Country DNS
                                                          success index
                                                          was developed
                                                          by the authors
                                                          to rank the
                                                          health of
                                                          African DNS
                                                          markets.  </span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Comment:  1. It would be good if the report made
                                                          reference to
                                                          other criteria
                                                          for
                                                          benchmarking
                                                          used in other
                                                          regions to
                                                          support the
                                                          choice of the
                                                          criteria used
                                                          in the DNS
                                                          success index.</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">              2.  Full discussion of the
                                                          methodological
                                                          deficiencies
                                                          and lessons
                                                          learnt should
                                                          be included in
                                                          an annex to
                                                          support the
                                                          next iteration
                                                          of the
                                                          (ADNSMS)</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Section 5 - Africa Rising</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Comment:</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">In order to make cross-country comparisons more
                                                          realistic it
                                                          may be useful
                                                          to look at the
                                                          size of a
                                                          given
                                                          country’s
                                                          economy and
                                                          population in
                                                          comparison to
                                                          its existing
                                                          DNS market. 
                                                          This is done
                                                          for webpages
                                                          on pages 85
                                                          & 86.</span></span><br></p></li></ol><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">2.  Much of the information in this section can
                                                          be found in
                                                          other sources
                                                          and could be
                                                          put in annex. 
                                                          The slimmed
                                                          down version
                                                          included in
                                                          the main
                                                          report could
                                                          focus on
                                                          ‘value
                                                          addition’ to
                                                          the main
                                                          arguments and
                                                          make use of
                                                          the excellent
                                                          summative
                                                          graphics some
                                                          of which are
                                                          striking in
                                                          their
                                                          originality.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Section 6  Key Features of the African DNS Market</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Comment:</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">This section provides  useful background
                                                          information
                                                          but it could
                                                          benefit from
                                                          some more
                                                          rigor in
                                                          making its
                                                          economic
                                                          arguments. 
                                                          These include
                                                          the analysis
                                                          of demand
                                                          (section 6.3)
                                                          and  the
                                                          valuation of
                                                          the African
                                                          DNS industry
                                                          (section 6.5)
                                                          . In the first
                                                          instance more
                                                          specific cases
                                                          should be
                                                          given to
                                                          support the
                                                          arguments
                                                          given for
                                                          changes that
                                                          would increase
                                                          demand e.g.
                                                          improved local
                                                          hosting
                                                          infrastructure.
                                                          In the second
                                                          instance
                                                          valuing simply
                                                          on the prices
                                                          that have been
                                                          fixed for
                                                          service does
                                                          not take into
                                                          account the
                                                          multiplier
                                                          effects within
                                                          the economy.
                                                          Given the
                                                          advice to drop
                                                          prices and the
                                                          lack of
                                                          evidence of
                                                          the resulting
                                                          increase in
                                                          uptake in all
                                                          country
                                                          markets, the
                                                          current
                                                          approach could
                                                          result in
                                                          reduced
                                                          valuation.
                                                          This is just
                                                          to point out
                                                          that the
                                                          approach may
                                                          benefit from a
                                                          review.</span></span><br></p></li></ol><div><br></div><ol start="2" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">The detailed information on certain countries is
                                                          one of the
                                                          best features
                                                          of this
                                                          study.  It may
                                                          be useful to
                                                          present a
                                                          country
                                                          profile for
                                                          each African
                                                          country, a
                                                          kind of
                                                          summary flash
                                                          card that
                                                          would allow us
                                                          to appreciate
                                                          where
                                                          information is
                                                          lacking and
                                                          which
                                                          indicators
                                                          will need to
                                                          be tracked in
                                                          each context.</span></span><br></p></li></ol><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Section 7.  Analysis of Domain Name Uptake
                                                           Across the
                                                          region</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">                    (see prior comment on
                                                          methodology)</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Comment:  </span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Please see above request for country profiles for
                                                          all countries</span></span><br></p></li></ol><div><br></div><ol start="2" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">The table presenting the rankings in section 7.2
                                                          should be
                                                          repositioned
                                                          as it is
                                                          currently
                                                          split between
                                                          2 pages.</span></span><br></p></li></ol><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Section 8  Key success factors registries</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Section 9  - Growth Outlook</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">The part of this study that needs to be given
                                                          more substance
                                                          relates to the
                                                          business
                                                          models that
                                                          will grow the
                                                          African Domain
                                                          Name System
                                                          Market.  It is
                                                          important that
                                                          the study
                                                          includes an
                                                          in-depth
                                                          treatment of
                                                          this linked to
                                                          key factors at
                                                          the country
                                                          context.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent" class="m_-2075756757903711149highlight"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">The observatory is clearly necessary but the
                                                          terms of
                                                          reference for
                                                          the study not
                                                          only focused
                                                          on the
                                                          observation of
                                                          what is
                                                          happening but
                                                          the deliberate
                                                          intervention
                                                          to speed
                                                           growth.  The
                                                          study lists
                                                          out factors
                                                          but these are
                                                          not put in the
                                                          form of
                                                          business
                                                          models adapted
                                                          to specific
                                                          starting
                                                          points.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:12pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">“The goal of this study is to identify and define
                                                          the strengths
                                                          and weaknesses
                                                          in the
                                                          industry
                                                          ecosystem
                                                          within the
                                                          Africa region
                                                          and develop
                                                          recommendations
                                                          on how to
                                                          advance the
                                                          industry and
                                                          bring it
                                                          closer to the
                                                          opportunities
                                                          available.”
                                                           From Section
                                                          1 in the ICANN
                                                          request for
                                                          comment.</span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" class="m_-2075756757903711149colour"><span style="font-family:arial" class="m_-2075756757903711149font"><span style="font-size:12pt" class="m_-2075756757903711149size">Overall the study is an impressive piece of work
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                                                          should inspire
                                                          many others to
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                                                          research on
                                                          these issues.</span></span></span><br></div></span></div><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784m_4857256973632677416gmail-m_-1017518765137812358gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="m_-2075756757903711149m_-931032629131980945m_365017828290187784m_4857256973632677416gmail-m_-1017518765137812358gmail-h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br></div><div>NCSG-PC mailing list<br></div><div><a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:NCSG-PC@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">NCSG-PC@lists.ncsg.is</a><br></div><div><a href="https://lists.ncsg.is/mailman/listinfo/ncsg-pc" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://lists.ncsg.is/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/ncsg-pc</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><pre>______________________________<wbr>_________________
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