Nigeria’s Mrs. Eyitayo Iyortim, has been appointed the new Chairperson/President, Africa Top Level Domains (AfTLD). The Organisation’s Executive Committee affirmed the appointment through a message on AfTLD’s website.
Mrs. Iyortim will be deputised by Prof Idrissa Sarr as Vice President and Manager of the .SN ccTLD. Mr. Joel Karubiu from Kenya continues as the Treasurer, reports Techeconomy.
The newly elected Executive Committee members are Chief Executive Officer .ZA Domain Name Authority, Mr. Molehe Wesi and Manager, JenySAS, operator (.BJ), Deo Gratias Tonouhewa.
Other members of the Executive Committee include Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Information and Communications Technology Alliance (.RW), Ms. Grace Ingabire and Manager of Lesotho Network Information Centre (.LS), Mr. Molupe Molupe.
Mrs. Eyitayo Iyortim is the immediate past Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA).
She holds a Masters in Organisational Psychology from the University of Manchester, UK.
Mrs. Iyortim has over 20 years’ experience in Project Management, Training solutions, Talent Management Solutions, Organisational Transformation, Culture re-enginerring, IT Sales and Services.
She has worked for local and global brands that includes SAP, Focus on the Family, Nigeria Internet Registration Association to mention a few.
She also consults on ERP, Digitalisation and HR projects.
Mrs. Iyortim has worked in project teams for many top-tier organisations in Nigeria including NNPC, FIRS, Dangote, UAC, NLNG.
She is a member of the British psychological Society with CPDs in Employee Management, Relationships at Work and Assessment Centre Management.
She is also certified in Ability and Personality testing, Project Management and Life Coaching.
AfTLD is recognized as the representative of country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) managers from Africa.
It is an active participant in the ICANN ccNSO, and also actively participates in various Internet governance fora with the African continent and beyond, including the IGF, where it has run a number of workshops.
With collaboration in Internet governance and development a cornerstone of the bottom up policy development processes that make the Internet truly a multi-stakeholder phenomenon, AfTLD works in collaboration and partnership with other Regional Top-Level Domain Organisations (RTLDOs), these being APTLD, CENTR and LACTLD.
