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Recently, ICANN has begun a more focused outreach to the African continent to better serve and represent its population. It is widely accepted that the developing world has not been heretofore addressed in the development and execution of a comprehensive strategy. Recent developments have followed the appointment of ICANN CEO [[Fadi Chehadé]] in September, 2012. He first noted frustrations from the African and Latin American delegations following meetings before he took office at [[ICANN Prague]] saying that they were yearning to be reached out to. A working group was created of including African leaders, such as former ICANN Director [[Nii Quaynor]], to create a new strategy for ICANN's outreach and work in the region. At [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto, ICANN released its "New Approach to Africa", as a document open to public comment. It lays out clear goals and milestones and an action plan for the first 12 months. It is a collaborative effort by [[AFRINIC]], Africa's Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources, and the ICANN community. ICANN also recently appointed a well regarded Egyptian expert on Internet Governance, [[Tarek Kamel]], to serve as Senior Advisor to the President on Global Engagement, he is the first senior ICANN advisor to come from the developing world.
On January 11th 2013, it was announced during a [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] Webinar that results from the [[String Similarity Panel]] would not be released until March 8th. This was at least the second time the deadline had been pushed back, from an original release date of November, 2012. This created a great concern among applicants and their representatives present given the way that it would impact other timelines in the process. For example, formal objections are currently due March 13th, giving potentially contentious applicants less than one business week to consolidate and submit objections based off the findings of the [[String Similarity Panel]]. Other concerns were that ICANN representatives were unable to provide a rubric or guide to the methods involved in the review; i.e., such that if one application is the plural version of another ([[.car]] and [[.cars]]) then it should expect to be in contention. At this point the only tool that ICANN has highlighted is its use of the [[SWORD Algorithm]], though it remains unclear to what extent and how this will be employed along with other tools...''[[String Similarity Panel|More on String Similarity]]
 
[[Sponsorship|ICANNWiki Sponsor]], [[Registry.Africa]] (ZACR), has sponsored a brief '''[[Introduction to African Delegation|Introduction to the African Delegation]]''' within ICANN, as the whole community looks for greater outreach to, and participation from, Africa.
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Timeline Concern

On January 11th 2013, it was announced during a new gTLD Webinar that results from the String Similarity Panel would not be released until March 8th. This was at least the second time the deadline had been pushed back, from an original release date of November, 2012. This created a great concern among applicants and their representatives present given the way that it would impact other timelines in the process. For example, formal objections are currently due March 13th, giving potentially contentious applicants less than one business week to consolidate and submit objections based off the findings of the String Similarity Panel. Other concerns were that ICANN representatives were unable to provide a rubric or guide to the methods involved in the review; i.e., such that if one application is the plural version of another (.car and .cars) then it should expect to be in contention. At this point the only tool that ICANN has highlighted is its use of the SWORD Algorithm, though it remains unclear to what extent and how this will be employed along with other tools...More on String Similarity

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