ICANN will hold a webinar to provide details about updates to the Root Zone Management System (RZMS). Top-level domain (TLD) managers use the RZMS to administer their domains in the root zone of the Domain Name System. The webinar will be held on Tuesday 6 December 2022 from 16:00 to 17:00 UTC. Click the title to learn about how to join the webinar.

ICANN launched the Coalition for Digital Africa, an initiative aimed at expanding the Internet in Africa. Conceived by ICANN, the Coalition is an alliance of like-minded government, regional, and international organizations committed to building a robust and secure Internet infrastructure to bring more Africans online and creating meaningful connectivity throughout Africa.

ICANN will host a community webinar on the Operational Design Assessment (ODA) for the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) Final Report. The Final Report Outputs contain important recommendations for the growth of the Internet namespace in support of ICANN's mission. The event will take place on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 13:00–15:00 and 20:00–22:00 UTC.

ICANN org has published an advisory to raise awareness within ICANN community that some registrars have begun charging fees to process third-party requests for access to nonpublic generic top-level domain registration data. ICANN org is concerned that registrars' imposition of fees may pose an access barrier. Click the banner to read this advisory and learn more about this topic.