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Wed, November 21st 2012, 12:45 · Tefo Mohapi

African Union objects to DotConnectAfrica Trust’s application for .africa

According to ICANN’s GAC Early warning system, the African Union Commission (AUC) and several African governments have objected to DotConnectAfrica Trust’s (DCA) application for the .africa gTLD, saying the trust does not have the mandate and support of African governments to administer the geographical name gTLD. → Read more
Wed, November 7th 2012, 09:00 · Tefo Mohapi

DCA’s misplay laughable as ZACR foretells .africa victory

The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) remains confident it will win the rights to administer the africa Top Level Domain (TLD) once the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) process reaches conclusion, as it has the required 60 percent support of African governments for a geographic name domain. → Read more
Tue, November 6th 2012, 11:55 · Nanine Steenkamp

Tight contest for .africa domain

The .africa domain is being highly contested given the radical changes by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), organisation responsible for managing the Internet's addresses, which had recently opened up name applications. → Read more
Mon, July 16th 2012, 13:13 · HumanIPO

Africa gTLD to accelerate entrepreneurship

With 39 African countries including Kenya strongly supporting ZACR to run the dotafrica Top Level Domain (TLD) through their letters to ICANN, the generic top level domain (gTLD) is viewed to have the potential to expand the visibility and identity of businesses in Africa. → Read more
Fri, June 15th 2012, 15:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa to have its own Top Level Domain – .Africa

The day that saw a flurry of new Top Level Domain (TLD) applications being filed with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), also saw an application by UNIFORUM South Africa (UNIFORUM), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), for the Top Level Domain, .africa. → Read more
Fri, May 4th 2012, 19:30 · HumanIPO

Nigerian wins nomination into ICANN

As Africa gets closer to acquiring its own top-level domain name, called dotAfrica, an African of Nigerian descent has been nominated into the ICANN, a move widely anticipated to enable the continent achieve broad representation at the global Internet community. → Read more
Fri, April 27th 2012, 17:55 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Who deserves control of .africa gTLD?

Basing on the possibility that .Africa (dotAfrica) Top Level Domain (gTLD) could soon be introduced, challenges including who should administer its registration await its penetration into the African market. → Read more
Tue, April 3rd 2012, 15:51 · HumanIPO

Dot.africa Garners Backing as First Ever African Domain

Africa is set to acquire its own generic top-level domain following a pledge by delegates to back registration of the dotafrica domain during the Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit that ended last week Thursday. → Read more