The document, submitted to the National Telecommunication Agency, was triggered by another paper submitted by Esam M. Abulkhirat, a senior ICT policy officer at the African Union Commission, that criticized Africa's preparedness to deal with changes at ICANN.

"African countries in general have not yet adequately embraced and restructured public bureaucracies in response to the demands of the information society; many governments are still hierarchical and lacking accountability and transparency," said Abulkhirat.

DNS management must not be fully disconnected from the current U.S.-DoC oversight, he noted in the paper, which reflected his personal views. "There must be U.S. Government involvement in this process and with ICANN in general at least for the coming 4 years," he said.