Kenya won the bid to host the next round of African ICANN meetings in Nairobi from the 7th to the 12th of March 2010. Kenya, through KENIC, had sent in a bid to host the meeting. Other countries who had submitted similar bids include Nigeria and Namibia. The formal announcement and handing over of the mantle will be done during the forthcoming   ICANN meetings in Seoul, Korea from the 25th to the 30th of October 2009.