[NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Call for comments

Tue May 9 12:21:13 EEST 2017

Dorothy,

I did the change already. I will check if synchronisation is done to
reflect my inputs.

Best Regards
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Le 9 mai 2017 6:08 PM, "dorothy g" <dgdorothydg at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hi Farell I totally agree with you on your points 1&2.  Could you insert
> into the google docs under the section that deals with the methodology?
> You will find I tried to raise the same issues but not in as much detail.
> Thanks
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Farell Folly <farellfolly at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Merci Dear all,
>>
>> I went through  Dorothy's  comments and although  the 22% is not really
>> an indication of low particaption of the survey  (6% is a good attempt and
>> 1% is often the case), I endorsed most of the contents. We could also focus
>> on whether  the sample was representative or not, etg.
>>
>> Actually the survey lacks to set clear expectations and fail to
>> demonstrate what parameters can be leveraged to increase  the Africa  DNS
>> market in africa :
>>
>> 1) it should have  looked at other DNS markets and define  a profile (not
>> on only on the use of domain names but also other fields influenced by or
>> which can influence). I agree that the DNS index is an attempt to that but
>> without a strong interrelation with  other economics KPI, it will be
>> difficult to evaluate its usefuleness. Most of the contents  are stated of
>> the art  but not actually qualitative  analysis leading to accurate
>> prediction.
>>
>> 2) define what level is considered a good one according  to DNS
>> ecosystem : taking into account the underlying  infrastructure, the
>> internet penetration, national GDP and many other economic values, one can
>> find out that Africa DNS market is a healthy one as opposed in other
>> continents. I mean using relative KPI may reveal different conclusions than
>> absolute values which may put Africa clearly behind. For instance Africa
>> has one of the highest rate of mobile penetration and even Mobile internet
>> penetration but this somehow does not lead to  high use (volume) on the
>> internet and domain names. Is that considered an issue ? If so, What rare
>> the reasons behind? What are possible  solutions relative to its context ?
>>
>> Best Regards
>> @__f_f__
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>> Le 8 mai 2017 16:59, "Olévié Kouami" <olivierkouami at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi all !!
>>>
>>> +1 @Dorothy and +1 @Arsene.
>>>
>>> During this first time study in Africa region, there were many DNSSEC
>>> roadshows organized accross the continent. In my humble opinion, it was a
>>> great opportunity offer to the SACF and its team to jointly organized a
>>> "DNS market study roadshows" too. But we lack of it.
>>> I hope that, we will get another occasion to do it for the next time.
>>>
>>> My 2 cents.
>>> -Olevie-
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-05-08 13:37 GMT+00:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:
>>>
>>>> On language, the survey was distributed in the more widely spoken
>>>> languages of the region (including French, Arabic, and Portuguese), but it
>>>> was not circulated in any local languages. I am not sure if this is
>>>> problematic, because the target audience of the questionnaire was not the
>>>> average Internet user, but a telecommunications regulator, domain name
>>>> registrar, etc. It would be useful if someone was to examine the respondent
>>>> demographics among those polled and who returned the survey so that we
>>>> could better understand which voices were present and which were missing.
>>>> Maybe this is covered in the report; I only skimmed it. Thanks again for
>>>> drafting the comment, Dorothy.
>>>>
>>>> - Ayden
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: Re: [NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Call for
>>>> comments
>>>> Local Time: May 8, 2017 8:21 AM
>>>> UTC Time: May 8, 2017 7:21 AM
>>>> From: arsenebaguma at GMAIL.COM
>>>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>>>
>>>> I do agree with you, Dorothy on the last point and as you mentionned
>>>> in the comments. To give a better view and allow rationale
>>>> conclusions, it would be great if they can share information on the
>>>> countries that responded and those who didn't. This type of info can
>>>> help explain/justify the 22% responses received.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I don't know in which form we can raise the issue of language
>>>> barrier here, the lenght of the questionnaire, the poor distribution
>>>> of the study as some of the barriers leading to the the poor responses
>>>> received.
>>>>
>>>> This study was done across Africa but there was little advertisement
>>>> around it, it was even poorly spoken about during regional or local
>>>> ICT events. I am sure they would have had enough budget to even
>>>> organize or fund some local events in specific countries or regions at
>>>> least to gather inputs from different African regions on the study.
>>>>
>>>> If we can include such aspects in our comments, they might probably
>>>> improve their future exercises.
>>>>
>>>> 2017-05-08 6:53 UTC+02:00, dorothy g <dgdorothydg at gmail.com>:
>>>> > I would agree with you that 22% is not a bad response rate given the
>>>> > complexity of the questionnaire and in fact the pathbreaking nature
>>>> of the
>>>> > exercise. However it does impact the ability to draw conclusions from
>>>> the
>>>> > analysis of the questionnaire responses. Also as the authors of the
>>>> report
>>>> > say themselves they realised after the fact that they could have
>>>> shortened
>>>> > the questionnaire. I think that if they create the country profiles
>>>> and
>>>> > these reflect where data was not available due to non-response maybe
>>>> that
>>>> > will encourage an improved response rate for future exercises.
>>>> > best
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
>>>> >
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Thank you so much for taking the lead here, Dorothy, and drafting
>>>> this
>>>> >> comment.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I am wondering, is a 22% response rate really considered low?
>>>> Considering
>>>> >> the length of the survey (200+ questions), limited languages (it was
>>>> not
>>>> >> translated into local ones), the specialised level of knowledge
>>>> required
>>>> >> to
>>>> >> respond to the questions, and the medium through which it was
>>>> distributed
>>>> >> (online only, circulated via email) I am thinking hearing back from
>>>> 22%
>>>> >> of
>>>> >> the 1,400 people/organisations sent the questionnaire perhaps it
>>>> isn't
>>>> >> too
>>>> >> bad. Maybe we should ask, are the responses that came in broadly
>>>> >> representative of everyone polled? If not - and, full disclosure, I
>>>> >> haven't
>>>> >> looked at the data so I don't know if this is the case - maybe we
>>>> should
>>>> >> draw attention to that.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Best wishes,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Ayden
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> >> Subject: [NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Call for
>>>> >> comments
>>>> >> Local Time: May 5, 2017 10:40 AM
>>>> >> UTC Time: May 5, 2017 9:40 AM
>>>> >> From: rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>>>> >> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu <NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>
>>>> >> ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi all,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dororthy kindly drafted a NCSG comment (
>>>> https://docs.google.com/docu
>>>> >> ment/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit. ) about
>>>> the
>>>> >> African DNS Market Study (https://www.icann.org/public-
>>>> >> comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Best,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Rafik
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ===================================================
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study
>>>> >> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-stu
>>>> dy-2017-03-11-en>
>>>> >> (ADNSMS)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Methodology
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 2. Full discussion of the methodological deficiencies and
>>>> >> lessons learnt should be included in an annex to support the next
>>>> >> iteration
>>>> >> of the (ADNSMS)
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Section 5 - Africa Rising
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Comment:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Section 6 Key Features of the African DNS Market
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Comment:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Section 7. Analysis of Domain Name Uptake Across the region
>>>> >>
>>>> >> (see prior comment on methodology)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Comment:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Please see above request for country profiles for all countries
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The table presenting the rankings in section 7.2 should be
>>>> >> repositioned as it is currently split between 2 pages.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Section 8 Key success factors registries
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Section 9 - Growth Outlook
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> “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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Overall the study is an impressive piece of work given the void it
>>>> comes
>>>> >> to fill. It should inspire many others to systematic research on
>>>> these
>>>> >> issues.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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>>>> >
>>>>
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