Ministry of Communications and Chairperson of ICASA congratulate

The Ministry of Communications and The Chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Dr. Stephen Mncube, congratulated Dr. Andile Ngcaba, on his appointment into the Panel on the Future of Global Internet Cooperation.

Dr Ngcaba is the founder of Convergence Partners, as well as Executive Chairman of Dimension Data Middle East and Africa (DDMEA). “Andile Ngcaba’s appointment into the Panel ensures that South Africa and the continent have direct access to important discussions on future of the Internet. We all recognise that the internet can improve the efficiency of delivering Government services and improve the lives of citizens across the world. International platforms such as this Panel, will help all of us to deal with challenges that include governance and cyber threats,” said Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.

“The Authority views the appointment of Dr Ngcaba to the Panel not only in terms of his technical expertise, but as a vote of confidence in the country’s ability to manage the electronic communications sector. On behalf of the Authority, I hereby extend a hand of support to Dr Ngcaba, and wish him well in his new endeavor” said ICASA CEO, Dr. Stephen Mncube.

“We, as African member-states, have realised the great contribution internet brings and therefore agreed to collectively promote and protect Africa geographic and heritage names, traditional knowledge and cultural expressions, and use of country top level domain (ccTLDs) as they are critical national resources and economic assets that will bring financial, economic and social-cultural benefits to Africa. We will continue to support the registration of DotAfrica by ICANN, which is pioneered, led by, owned by and operated by Africans.”?“We wish Ngcaba well as he champions the interests of the continent on the global stage,” said Ndabeni-Abrahams.