<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Yolanda,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The only study commissioned by ICANN for Africa as far as I recall is the DNS market study <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-06-24-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-06-24-en</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div>Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rafik <br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 9, 2017 9:26 PM, "Yolanda Mlonzi" <<a href="mailto:mamiyaomhle@gmail.com">mamiyaomhle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing this Renata! <div><br></div><div>Digital Economy is one of my core interests... hopefully ICANN will include Sub-Saharan Africa in their next study? Or does anyone know of a similar resource that covers SSA? </div><div><br></div><div>Yolanda. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="elided-text">On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank">raquino@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="elided-text"><div dir="auto"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Mensagem encaminhada ----------<br>De: "Siranush Vardanyan" <<a href="mailto:notification%2Bmiu3m1k_@facebookmail.com" target="_blank">notification+miu3m1k_@faceboo<wbr>kmail.com</a>><br>Data: 9 de out de 2017 5:46 AM<br>Assunto: [ICANN60 Fellows] ICANN Communications Team has published a press...<br>Para: "ICANN60 Fellows" <<a href="mailto:ICANN60Fellows@groups.facebook.com" target="_blank">ICANN60Fellows@groups.faceboo<wbr>k.com</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_1199636866327173257m_8259006449737799836quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div style="margin:0;padding:0" dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff"><table border="0" width="100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="m_1199636866327173257m_8259006449737799836m_8183618602383628444email_table" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td id="m_1199636866327173257m_8259006449737799836m_8183618602383628444email_content" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Lucida Grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;background:#ffffff"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td height="1" colspan="3" style="line-height:1px"><span style="color:#ffffff;display:none!important;font-size:1px"> Siranush Vardanyan e Alfredo Calderon publicaram em ICANN60 Fellows . Siranush Vardanyan 9 de outubro às 05:46 ICANN Communications Team has published a press release on the study ““Accelerating the Digital Economy in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey”. Commissioned by ICANN, the study identifies the dynamics of the current digital economy and recommends points of development in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT). Here are the links to the release, which also includes a link to the full report: English: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-en</a> Arabic: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-ar" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-ar</a> French: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-fr" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-fr</a> Spanish: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-es" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-es</a> Russian: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-ru" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-ru</a> Turkish: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-tr" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-tr</a> Chinese: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-zh" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-zh</a> Feel free to share with stakeholders and via your social media handles, ICANN Releases a Study on the Digital Economy in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey in the Run... 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<br>Commissioned by ICANN, the study identifies the dynamics of the current digital economy and recommends points of development in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT).
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<br>Here are the links to the release, which also includes a link to the full report:
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<br>English: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-en</a>
<br>Arabic: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-ar" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-ar</a>
<br>French: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-fr" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-fr</a>
<br>Spanish: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-es" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-es</a>
<br>Russian: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-ru" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-ru</a>
<br>Turkish: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-tr" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-tr</a>
<br>Chinese: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-10-09-zh" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resource<wbr>s/press-material/release-2017-<wbr>10-09-zh</a>
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