Meet our Trainer
Yazid Akanho Technical Engagement Senior Specialist, ICANN Yazid Akanho is a Technical Engagement Sr. Specialist for Middle East and Africa (MEA) at ICANN. His main role is to support ICANN org’s technical engagement efforts (trainings, promote standards and best practices, research, etc.) in the region. Yazid holds a Master degree in Telecommunication and previously worked at Benin Telecoms and MTN at several roles and responsibilities in transmission and IT networks. As a previous ICANN community member, Yazid has been an active Internet evangelist within the Internet community in Africa where he has contributed to various initiatives.
Brief Description of the UA Day Event
UA Day 2025 is an event aimed at promoting Universal Acceptance (UA) in Cameroon. UA ensures that everyone, regardless of their abilities, location, or socioeconomic status, can access and benefit from the internet.
The event will highlight the challenges hindering UA in Cameroon, such as limited infrastructure, digital literacy gaps, affordability issues, and lack of awareness. It will also emphasize the importance of UA for social inclusion, individual empowerment, economic growth, and bridging the digital divide.
ISOC Cameroon will lead advocacy campaigns, capacity building programs, and collaborations with government agencies, private sector actors, and international organizations to promote UA. The event will serve as a platform for discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities to advance UA initiatives in Cameroon..
Review Our Plans For the Universal Acceptance Day 2025
The Universal Acceptance (UA) of domain names and email addresses means all Internet-enabled applications and system are able to input, validate, process, store and display these identifiers, including those in local languages. See https://uasg.tech for details
Event Date: 21/03/2025
Welcome and Registration !!
Welcome and registration of participants
8:30 - 09:00
President Isoc Cameroon
Madam Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
09:00 - 09:30
Agiton Rinold
Opening ceremony
- Welcome words from the President of Isoc Cameroon
- Opening speech by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Family photo.
Understanding Universal Acceptance
Definition, issues, impact on local languages and digital identities.
09:30 - 10:15
Yazid
10:30- 11:15
Yazid
Panel 1: Universal Acceptance and digital information in Cameroon
impact on digital media and press, inclusion of local domain names, technical challenges and solutions
State of Universal Acceptance in Cameroon
State of Universal Acceptance in Cameroon, survey results, technical demonstration
11:15- 12:00
Yazid
12:00- 13:00
By the Hostesses
Lunch break
Panel 2: AU adoption strategies
integration into media platforms, training of journalists, public policies
01:00 - 02:00
Yazid
02:00 - 03:00
Agiton Rinold
Practicals Workshops (participants’ choices)
Workshop 1: Testing and compliance of digital platforms Workshop 2: Raising awareness among journalists and editors
Restitution of workshop work
Restitution of workshop work
Developing a roadmap
03:00 - 03:30
Workshop rapporteurs