The event is being organized with four distinct tracks in mind:

1. The multi-stakeholder Internet governance model: African perspectives

2. The development of the DNS industry and business in Africa

3. DNSSEC deployment in Africa

4. Capacity building in Internet Governance related issues

Track ONE (led by Africa IGF, AFRALO, IGF, and ICANN) will provide an opportunity for:

• An in-depth debate on the multi-stakeholder Internet governance model;
• Further information on ICANN's own multi-stakeholder model;
• Highlighting African role models, such as Kenya, and non-African examples, such as Brazil, in how to grow successful national Internet Governance Multi-stakeholder models; and
• Advocating for the organization of multi-stakeholder models at the country level in a view to promote African effective participation in global Internet Governance policy issues.

Track TWO (proposed to be led by African Registrars, AFTLD and global registrars in cooperation with ICANN) deals with the DNS industry and seeks to:

• Present the status of the African strategy with respect to DNS industry developments;
• Highlight the domain name industry and the new DNS ecosystem, along with challenges ahead;
• Engage directly with leaders of the domain name industry (both globally and regionally);
• Present the state of the domain industry in Africa; and
• Highlight elements of business development programs for the DNS industry in Africa such as incubator programs, best practices awards, etc.

Track THREE (led by African experts, ICANN's IANA Security Team, and ISOC) will seek to:

• Elaborate on the DNSSEC and its deployment within African registries and registrars;
• Report on the DNSSEC Roadshow initiated within the Africa strategy, taking place in eight countries and implemented in January/February/March 2013;
• Expose the latest technologies and best practices in the field; and
• Discuss and formalize strategies for African intake of the DNSSEC.

Track FOUR (led by ISOC Africa, AFRINIC, ATU, and ICANN) will cover capacity building on:

• Internet related technologies, such as the DNS and IPv6;
• Capacity building strategies for ccTLDs;
• Capacity building strategies for registrars; and
• Cyber security and roles of African ccTLDs and registrars.