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He has been an Internet user since the early 1990’s, and an advocate for leveraging ICTs, especially the Internet, for development. He is also a free and open source software advocate, is on the Council of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), and was Vice Chair of the FOSSFA Council (2010 - 2012)</p> <p>Largely self-educated about the Internet and ICT, Dr. Touray has a Ph. D. in Soil Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a researcher for the Ministry of Agriculture in The Gambia, and Chairman of the board of Directors of the National Agricultural Development Agency (NADA). He also was on the board of Directors of ICANN for three years (2008 – 2011). In addition, he co-founded Ummah Digital, a Gambian startup early in 2012 to apply for the .ummah gTLD in ICANN’s new gTLD program.</p> </div> <div id="links" class="pipedLinks"> <ul> <li><a href="https://kstouray.medium.com" title="New window will open - https://kstouray.medium.com" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/kstouray" title="New window will open - http://twitter.com/kstouray" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/kstouray" title="New window will open - http://www.linkedin.com/in/kstouray" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> </ul> </div> <p id="cc"> Except where otherwise noted, all postings by Katim Seringe Touray on CircleID are licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ /2.5/" class="blue">Creative Commons License</a>. </p> </div> <!-- MEMBER SUB NAV ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// --> <div id="headerSubNav"> <ul> <li id="current"><a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833">Featured Blogs (12)</a></li> <li ><a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833/comments/">Comments (5)</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <!-- MEMBER POSTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// --> <div class="container2c"> <div class="colWrapper"> <div class="colA"> <div class="colPad"> <h2>Featured Blogs</h2> <div class="postList" style="padding-bottom:30px;"> <h3 style="padding-top:0;margin-top:0;border:none;"><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20230326-an-extortionists-fire-sale-of-tiktok-to-a-us-company-would-be-un-american-and-futile">An Extortionists Fire Sale of TikTok to a US Company Would Be Un-American and Futile</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/artificial-intelligence" class="red">Artificial Intelligence</a>, <a href="/topics/censorship" class="red">Censorship</a>, <a href="/topics/cybersecurity" class="red">Cybersecurity</a>, <a href="/topics/mobile_internet" class="red">Mobile Internet</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>, <a href="/topics/privacy" class="red">Privacy</a>, <a href="/topics/web" class="red">Web</a>,</div> <p> In the latest twist of the US-China spat, President Trump has his sights on TikTok, the short-form video-sharing platform and ByteDance subsidiary. On July 31, President Trump threatened to ban TikTok because it was a threat to US national security. On August 6, he made good on his threat when he signed an Executive Order to that effect. President Trump tightened the screws with an August 14 Executive Order requiring ByteDance to divest its assets in the US and destroy any TikTok data on its US users within 90 days. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20230326-an-extortionists-fire-sale-of-tiktok-to-a-us-company-would-be-un-american-and-futile" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Mar 26, 2023</li> <li>Comments: 0</li> <li>Views: 25,993</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20180912_spare_a_thought_for_venezuela">Spare a Thought for Venezuela</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>, <a href="/topics/regional_registries" class="red">Regional Registries</a>, <a href="/topics/web" class="red">Web</a>,</div> <p> Please spare a thought for Venezuela. This, the 33rd largest country in the world and with about 34 million people, the largest proven reserves of oil, the cheapest price of gasoline in the world, and was in 1950 richer than Germany, has fallen on times so hard in this once Latin America's richest country that 75% of the population lost an average of 11 Kg (24 pounds) in weight in one year because of food scarcity. And you might ask: "Why should I care?" <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20180912_spare_a_thought_for_venezuela" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Sep 13, 2018</li> <li>Comments: 1</li> <li>Views: 13,363</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20151216_a_bend_in_the_river_icann_should_prepare_for_a_2_degree_celsius">A Bend in the River: ICANN Should Prepare for a 2 °C World</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/data_center" class="red">Data Center</a>, <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>,</div> <p> Toward the end of last week, the world waited with bated breath for the outcome of the 21st annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The meeting, commonly called COP 21, was held in Le Bourget, Paris, from November 30 to December 12; a bit too soon after the terrorists attacks on Paris earlier in November. COP 21 was important because COP 15 in Copenhagen (2009) failed to arrive at a global consensus... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20151216_a_bend_in_the_river_icann_should_prepare_for_a_2_degree_celsius" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Dec 16, 2015</li> <li>Comments: 0</li> <li>Views: 8,637</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20151129_the_cock_and_the_goat_icann_in_the_age_of_horrorism">The Cock and the Goat: ICANN in the Age of Horrorism</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/cybercrime" class="red">Cybercrime</a>, <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>,</div> <p> Like everyone else, former ICANN board members have been preoccupied by the horrific November 13th, 2015 attacks on Paris, France, by a bunch of cold-blooded mass murderers. Our email list discussion of the Paris attacks covered a number of issues, including the inevitable question: what, if anything, should ICANN do in response? Some list subscribers concluded that the events had nothing to do with ICANN's mission, and that we should just sigh and move on. Others, on the other hand, said: not so fast, it would serve ICANN well to take a closer look at the matter, and its ramifications on wider world of ICANN. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20151129_the_cock_and_the_goat_icann_in_the_age_of_horrorism" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Nov 29, 2015</li> <li>Comments: 2</li> <li>Views: 10,745</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20140324_ntias_intention_to_transfer_iana_functions_to_the_global_community">NTIA & You: NTIA’s Intention to Transfer IANA Functions to the Global Community Is Welcome, But…</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/dns" class="red">DNS</a>, <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>,</div> <p> It is no secret that both the US government, ICANN, and the global Internet community have argued and worked tirelessly for the past 15 odd years on the vexing issue of globalizing the US government's role in the IANA function. Despite the desire, long-held by many, for the US to relinquish its control of the IANA function, it is clear that getting to full multistakeholder control of the function is not going to be easy. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20140324_ntias_intention_to_transfer_iana_functions_to_the_global_community" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Mar 24, 2014</li> <li>Comments: 0</li> <li>Views: 9,892</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20140303_icann_boards_decision_on_islam_and_halal_tld_applications_wrong">Et Tu, ICANN? ICANN Board’s Recent Decision on the .Islam and .Halal TLD Applications Is Wrong</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/new_tlds" class="red">New TLDs</a>,</div> <p> On Feb. 7, 2014 Dr. Stephen Crocker, the Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors, wrote to Asia Green IT System (AGIT), a Turkish company which applied for .Islam and .Halal, conveying ICANN's latest position on these two applications. The letter is deeply flawed, and shows how ICANN's handling of the .Islam and .Halal applications is at once an egregious assault on the new gTLD program rules, and a betrayal of whatever trust Muslims around the world might have had in ICANN. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20140303_icann_boards_decision_on_islam_and_halal_tld_applications_wrong" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Mar 03, 2014</li> <li>Comments: 1</li> <li>Views: 13,633</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20131215_mosque_and_bazaar_islam_icann_and_the_new_gtld_program">The Mosque and the Bazaar: Islam, ICANN, and the New gTLD Program</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/domain_names" class="red">Domain Names</a>, <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/new_tlds" class="red">New TLDs</a>,</div> <p> The launch of the new gTLD program in January, 2012 was undoubtedly one of the finest moments for ICANN; and rightly so. The launch was a culmination of thousands of hours of hard work by thousands of people from various countries, interests, and walks of life. In the end, a 338-page Applicant Guidebook with details about how the new gTLD program was to be implemented was produced. Thus was set the stage for the greatest cyberland rush in history. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20131215_mosque_and_bazaar_islam_icann_and_the_new_gtld_program" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Dec 16, 2013</li> <li>Comments: 1</li> <li>Views: 12,814</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20130901_icann_has_2_billion_reasons_to_support_developing_countries">I Had a Dream: ICANN Has 2 Billion Reasons to Support Developing Countries</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/multilinguism" class="red">Multilinguism</a>, <a href="/topics/new_tlds" class="red">New TLDs</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>,</div> <p> Last week, the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech was marked with much fanfare. Well, I too had a dream the other day, almost two weeks ago. I dreamt I was in a conference. Which is no news. The conference was an ICANN-sponsored conference. No news there either; I've been to many ICANN meetings. And it was on food security! An ICANN-sponsored conference on food security? <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20130901_icann_has_2_billion_reasons_to_support_developing_countries" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Sep 02, 2013</li> <li>Comments: 2</li> <li>Views: 11,759</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20130122_much_ado_about_wcit_12_and_multi_stakeholderism">Much Ado About WCIT-12 and Multi-Stakeholderism</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>,</div> <p> In the last month of last year, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) ended in Dubai amid, not hugs and fanfare, but finger-pointing and acrimony. The end, much anticipated as it was, wasn't the finest hour for international cooperation for the global public interest. Looking back, one would be forgiven to conclude that the WCIT-12 was doomed to fail. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20130122_much_ado_about_wcit_12_and_multi_stakeholderism" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Jan 23, 2013</li> <li>Comments: 4</li> <li>Views: 12,215</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20121127_africa_vs_africa_gac_early_warnings_on_new_gtld_applications">Africa vs. Africa: The GAC Early Warnings on New gTLD Applications Indicate an Africa Divided</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/new_tlds" class="red">New TLDs</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>,</div> <p> Last week, the much-anticipated Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Early Warnings on new gTLD applications were finally issued. And the GAC didn't disappoint. A total of 242 warnings were issued on 163 strings (including 31 strings applied for by Radix). The GAC warnings yet again show that Africa is perfectly capable of being at the top of league tables -- for the wrong reasons. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20121127_africa_vs_africa_gac_early_warnings_on_new_gtld_applications" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Nov 27, 2012</li> <li>Comments: 3</li> <li>Views: 12,320</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20121009_multi_stakeholderism_revisited_icann_we_can_do_better">Multi-Stakeholderism Revisited: ICANN, We, Can Do Better</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/policy_regulation" class="red">Policy & Regulation</a>,</div> <p> ICANN, the private, non-profit, US-based organization is a key player in the global Internet governance ecosystem because it coordinates the Internet's unique identifiers and domain name system. In addition, ICANN develops policies that govern the DNS and addressing system of the Internet. For this reason, and the very model on which the organization's work is based, many countries take participation in ICANN very seriously... To hear ICANN tell it, their work is based on a "bottom-up, consensus-driven, multi-stakeholder model." <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20121009_multi_stakeholderism_revisited_icann_we_can_do_better" class="red"><span class="readmore">more</span></a> </p> <div class="postInfo pipedLinks"> <ul> <li>By <a href="https://circleid.com/members/6833" class="blue">Katim Seringe Touray</a></li> <li>Oct 09, 2012</li> <li>Comments: 0</li> <li>Views: 13,135</li> </ul> </div> <h3><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20120917_calling_africa_icann_new_approach_to_africa_is_a_welcome">Calling Africa: ICANN’s New Approach to Africa Is a Welcome and Significant Opportunity</a></h3> <div class="byLine">Related Topics: <a href="/topics/icann" class="red">ICANN</a>, <a href="/topics/internet_governance" class="red">Internet Governance</a>, <a href="/topics/new_tlds" class="red">New TLDs</a>, <a href="/topics/registry_services" class="red">Registry Services</a>,</div> <p> The announcement last month of a new approach by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to Africa is welcome, and significant for a number of reasons. 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