[NCSG-EC] Fwd: Afrotribune

[Raoul Plommer]

Ok, now that's better. I had a look at the guy and it seems it all checks
out - he's also a fellow in Barcelona.

-Raoul



On 3 August 2018 at 23:35, farzaneh badii via NCSG-EC <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is
> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Considering Emmanuels response, I think we should approve Afrotribune.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Emmanuel vitus Agbenonwossi <emmanuelvitus at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 3:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Afrotribune
> To: farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hello Farnazeh.
> Thank you for the mail. It's nice to reconnect with you.
> I have been observing your work and your vital contributions to ICANN and
> the internet governance as a whole. It is really impressive and I
> appreciate your humility and determination :).
> Concerning Afrotribune and the nature of its activity:
> Forget the LLC mentioned under the signature of the membership application
> mail. This was the form that Afrotribune initially had in the US Before my
> return to Africa. But it was dissolved a year ago.
> Afrotribune currently operates in Africa as a non-for-profit organization
> with headquarters in Accra, Ghana and also registered as a civil society
> organization in Togo.
> Afrotribune currently has 47 active members composed of journalists,
> researchers, computer scientists, academics and political analysts.
> Beyond the work of producing African content (Articles, Videos, Images) to
> enrich the Web with positive contents on Africa, we also participate in the
> debates on Internet governance including in the development of public
> policy and research work in the field of internet governance. We also
> provide policymakers especially the government with advice and expert
> views.  We participated in ICANN's DNS Africa Research as an organization
> and also GISWatch report 2017 and 2018.
> We also contribute to several guest posts/Campaigns and petitions with
> other sister organizations like APC in recent months.
> I would like to be the official representative of the Afrotribune at NCSG.
> I hope this helps you.
> Best Regards,
> Emmanuel
>
>
> ****************
> *Emmanuel Vitus Agbenonwossi (M.A)*
> Web- Journalist | Internet Policy Researcher
> [Last Research Global Information Society Watch 2017
> <https://www.giswatch.org/fr/country/togo>]
> YALI Fellow | AfriSIG 2016 | ICANN59
> Telephone: +1 (206) 420 - 9548 |+233 54 0880 152 |  +228 92 38 22 23
> Website <https://afrotribune.com> - Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/emmavitus>
>
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