What is AFRALO?

Welcome to the online home of the At-Large (individual Internet user community) for the African region, providing news, key resources and interactive features for information sharing for individuals and end-user groups in the African region interested in ICANN and shaping the future of the Internet.

AFRALO Members at their General Assembly in Accra, Ghana 24-25 July 2023

About ICANN and At-Large

How to Join AFRALO

Starting Your Journey as an AFRALO At-Large Structure

AFRALO Information: Governance, Leaders and Members

2025 AFRALO Announcements

• ICANN83 - June 2025 - ICANN's Policy Forum will be held hybrid in Prague, Czech Republic 9-12 June 2025

• Open for comments until June 20th  : Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030 

• Recently concluded AFRALO UA DAY 2025 - Pre-event -Advancing UA Adoption in Africa: AFRALO'S Strategy and Achievements" Technical Overview Online training, Wednesday 30 April 2025 and Main UA day Event May 07 

• 2025 ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments Workspace

• AFRALO Capacity Building and Fellows Network 2025

• In progress DRAFT AFRALO Outreach & Engagement Strategic Plan FY26

• AFRALO FY25 Outreach and Engagement Strategy

• AFRALO UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE STRATEGY AND ACTIVITIES 

ALAC/At-Large/AFRALO Policy Advice Activities

• At-Large Policy Development Workspace - Contribute to ALAC Policy Advice Statements

• Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)

  • Next Meeting: 21 May 2025 

• AFRALO Hot Topics

• Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Statements Workspace

ALAC/At-Large/AFRALO Outreach and Engagement Activities

• AFRALO FY24 Outreach and Engagement Strategy

  • AFRALO Regional Liaison: Bram Fudzulani
    

• Capacity Building Working Group 

• AFRALO Webinar Series

• At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP) - RALO leadership collaboration with At-Large Policy Development Support and Global Stakeholder Engagement staff 

• AFRALO Newsletters Archive

• Engagement Calendar (Africa)

  • Facebook: https://fb.watch/oFCim-rG3U/ [fb.watch]
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0T9U50iV8M/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== [instagram.com]
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7136341343588540416 [linkedin.com]
  • X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoDigiAf/status/1730578580055204002 [twitter.com]

ALAC/At-Large/AFRALO Operations Activities

• At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) 

• Next Meeting: 22 May 2025
  

• Previous Meeting

• OFB-WG Recommendation Prioritization Sub-Group 

• Next Meeting: TBC

  • Previous Meetings

• Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC)

  • Previous Meetings

• At-Large FY23 Budget Development Workspace - The At-Large FY23 ABR applications have been submitted.

• At-Large FY22 Additional Budget Request Implementation Workspace

AFRALO Meetings

• Next Meeting: 07 May 2025 - AFRALO Regional UA Day Event
• Previous Meeting: 02 April 2025  - AFRALO Monthly
  

ICANN MEETINGS AND EVENTS

• AFRALO Meetings and Events

• At-Large Advisory Committee Meetings

Previous annual AFRALO activities