The role of subsea cables in the infrastructure of the internet makes them a critical element to meet the ever-growing demand for affordable, high-quality broadband services and the efficient, unconstrained flow of data that makes digital economies thrive. gdip.ngo/3SmnSPK

Great to see so many examples of international internet governance leadership by Africans for Africans! #aigf2023

RIP Mohamed Al-Fayed, an uncompromising counter-party when I was with the #condenast team negotiating the rights to publish a #Harrods mag over 20 years ago. A real pity we couldn’t make something more of his revival of Punch mag, but happy the British Library got its archives.

Amazing news that in 2023 the sale of .AI #domainnames is expected to contribute over 25% of the Government of Anguilla’s national budget. morningbrew.com/daily/stories/…

Enjoyed Patrick Radden Keefe’s meticulous New Yorker portrait of Larry Gagosian, despite its random swipe at the UAE. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Flexion Mobile is a super-smart business taking advantage of the break-up of the App Store duopoly. mobidictum.com/game-industry/…

Delighted and excited to have joined the Board of Flexion Mobile (NASDAQ:FLEXM)! pocketgamer.biz/job-news/81932… mobidictum.com/game-industry/….

The National Day Parade rehearsal fireworks over the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore. #mbs #ndp

Terribly sad to hear of the passing of Jane Birkin - a wonderful style icon, singer, actress and mother. Condolences to her surviving family. #rip #rip janebirkin

The Int’l Telecommunication Union publication on sustainable and innovative power solutions for rural connectivity aims to assist Member States overcome the energy challenge & boost Internet #connectivity in rural areas as well as gear up towards developing greener ICTs.

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End of the week at #ArtBasel

It is well worth reading the outcome report from the event in Zimbabwe defining the four pillats@of meaningful connectivity.

Just blogged: ICANN just put a date on the next new gTLD round domainincite.com/28802-icann-ju… #icann #newgtlds #domains

Unexpected juxtaposition of text and image on #United ’s mobile site.

I’m delighted to be presenting among highly auspicious company at the London Stock Exchange’s #IPOforum today. Join to learn how listing on the LSE’s AIM market helped build CentralNic PLC from $2M to $728M in revenues in nine years. #raisingfinance #capitalmarkets

It’s alarming that the majority of the 2.7 billion unconnected people are women and girls.

This #GirlsinICT day, let’s empower them with #DigitalSkills and bridge the digital gender gap.

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Just learned last night that if you sit on the left side of the plane flying from Toronto to Rejkjavik, you can see the #NorthernLights out the window. On the right side (where I was seated), only darkness.

Back in the South Pacific.

It was great to be back in New York this week and to catch up with Jodee Rich who is about to launch the next edition of his groundbreaking NFT.NYC event, and has been developing intriguing new usages for NFTs via .Kred.

#nft #nft s #nft nyc #digitalart #nft community #kred

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