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Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance in the Arab world
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Developing Regional DNS Markets
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• How do we define the DNS Market?• DNS Market = Domain Name Market
What is a DNS Market?
Registry Registrar Registrant
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The current DNS Market in the Arab Region
How many registrants are from the Arab region?
Source: ICANN accredited registrars listSource: Arabic Web Days
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Recipe for success
ContentNavigation
Innovation and Entrepreneurialism
Internet Connectivity
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• Connectivity is obvious baseline requirement• As we reach the periphery connectivity is increasingly through
handheld devices• More internet users = lower socioeconomic status
Internet Connectivity
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Internet Connectivity
Chinese
Arabic
Portuguese
English
Spanish
Russian
30%43%
39%18% 32% 42%
1478%301%
807%2501%
990%
1825%
#1 Globally
Source - http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm
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Internet Connectivity
3.7% of the world’s Internet users are located in the MENA
3.7%
Internet penetration reaching 40% of the population
40%
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The growth in internet connected adults
Source: WorldBank
Internet Connectivity
2010 2000
96m
3.2m
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Local!Vibrant and Active
Trusted and Secure
Content
e-Commerce
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A survey of over 3000 Internet users under 35 in nine Arabic speaking countries found:
Source: http://www.booz.com/media/file/BoozCo_Understanding-the-Arab-Digital-Generation.pdf
Content
41% search the Internet in both and English (Arabic) العربية
41%
48% are not satisfied with the quality of local websites
48%
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A survey of over 3000 Internet users under 35 in nine Arabic speaking countries found:
Source: http://www.booz.com/media/file/BoozCo_Understanding-the-Arab-Digital-Generation.pdf
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37%
47% 47% are not satisfied with local versions of international websites
37% are not satisfied with the availability of Arabic websites
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Google’s Arab Web DaysGoogle-led initiative to build a vibrant Arabic web and boost the amount of Arabic content online.
Content
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Al-Tibbi Began in 2009 with a simple agenda: to build the first online Arabic medical dictionary.
Content
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Salam World – the Islamic FacebookIslamic-tailored social network for the Arabic community
Content
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Navigation
• Arabic content means nothing if it cannot be found!• Infrastructure must be robust
Registry Systems DNS
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Domain Names• ASCII vs Internationalised Domain Names (English vs Arabic)• “end to end navigation”
• Next wave of internet users are not bi-lingual• ccTLD’s
• (masr.) .مصر and (emerat.) .امارات • gTLD’s
• Where is the cross border Arabic TLD?
Navigation
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In 2012:
Source: http://www.stateofsearch.com/the-arabic-web
Navigation
54% of Google searches in MENA were made in Arabic, 34% in English, 8% in French
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In 2012:
Source: http://www.stateofsearch.com/the-arabic-web
Navigation
70%-80% of web users search in Arabic in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
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• An entire corner of the Internet completely dedicated to the Arabic language, culture and society
• The first cross border Arabic Top-Level Domain extension open to all Arabic speakers.
• Will provide an emotive connection between Arabic culture and the online communication requirements of end users
• Coming in mid 2013.
(shabaka.) . شبكة
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• Ideas = opportunity• Development of start ups / incubators• Funding
Vibrant Venture Capital market Government initiatives
Innovation and Entrepreneurialism
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Source: http://www.languageconnect.net/blog/2012/07/top-languages-on-the-internet-infographic/Source: http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/11/24/arabic-is-the-fastest-growing-language-on-twitter-sees-2000-increase-in-12-months/
Potential
Arabic is also the fastest-growing language on Twitter
Arabic is the 7th most used language on the web
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Source: http://blog.euromonitor.com/2012/09/arab-online-content-on-the-up-despite-low-penetration-levels.html
Potential
Internet users in the Middle East spend almost two hours online everyday
Importantly, we expect the Middle East and North Africa to see a 54% increase in Internet users over 2012-2020, in part as a consequence of the increasing availability in Arabic content.
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Success requirements:
Developing Regional DNS Markets
ContentNavigation
Innovation and Entrepreneurialism
Internet Connectivity
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Developing Regional DNS Markets
Access for allPositive Impact to economy
Bridge the digital divide
Employment Opportunities
If we succeed:
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