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Industry: Internet governance
Website: AFRALO Community Page
Key People
Aziz Hilali, Chairperson
Mohamed El Bashir, Vice-Chairperson
Barrack Otieno, Secretariat

The African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO) is one of the five RALOs that make up the ALAC constituency within ICANN. It provides news, resources, and information for individuals and end-user groups in the African region who are interested in ICANN.[1]

AFRALO Board[edit | edit source]

Officers[2]LocationALSTerm
Aziz Hilali, ChairpersonMoroccoMISOC2013 - 2015,2015-2017
Mohamed El Bashir, Vice-ChairSudanISOC SUDAN2013 - 2015
Barrack Otieno, SecretariatKENYAISOC Kenya2013 - 2015


ALAC RepresentativeLocationTerm
Beran GillenGambia2013 - 2015
Hadja OuattaraBurkina Faso2013 - 2015
Tijani Ben JemaaTunisia2010 - 2012; 2013 - 2015


ALAC NomCom RepresentativeLocationTerm
Fatimata Seye SyllaSenegal2012 - 2014

AFRALO & ICANN 42[edit | edit source]

In 2009, an AFRALO Working Group created a document that outlined the capacity building needs of AFRALO to inform and educate its representatives on ICANN activities and to establish a communication policy well-suited for the African region.[3]

AFRALO held a series of capacity building sessions at ICANN 42 in Dakar, Senegal in October 2011. More than 20 representatives from each of the African At-Large Structure joined the meetings, which had about 300 people in attendance. The five-day program, conducted by ICANN officers and staff, aimed to provide ALS representatives with briefs on key policies, issues, and facets of ICANN.

According to AFRALO's own metrics, the participation of ALS representatives increased by 30 percent in the two months following the conference. The organization also expects this participation level to extend to the At-Large policy development process and in At-Large Working Groups.[3]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ AFRALO
  2. ↑ AFRALO Regional Officers
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ICANN POLICY UPDATE | Volume 12, Issue 1 — January 2012, ICANN.org. Published 1 January 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External Links[edit | edit source]

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

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