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The Leopard Cannot Change its Spots: the resuscitation of moribund dotafrica.org
Whilst all interested watchers were busy narrowing down the competition for the mandate for DotAfrica to DotConnecAfrica (DCA) and African Top Level Domains (AfTLD) organization, a new entrant recently emerged in the form of the African Registry Consortium (ARC) – an unregistered, yet to be established organization whose main mission, according to their web site is: “For the provision...
Say “No” to Nii Quaynor, Vice Chair of African Union “.africa” Taskforce
Exposing the Activities of the ‘Real’ Dr. Nii Quaynor - Vice Chair of AU Taskforce and His Unwholesome Activities regarding DotAfrica
Preamble
The DotConnectAfrica Organization (‘DCA’) has reached the unshakable conclusion that Dr. Nii Quaynor has proved to be an unwholesome and a largely negative influence regarding the DotAfrica initiative. He must now dissociate himself...
Generation.africa hailed “Yes2dotAfrica” at DCA’s Headquarters in Mauritius
DCA’s Yes2dotAfrica Campaign continued and spent a week in Mauritius campaigning for the dotAfrica TLD,after a stop over in Nairobi, its East African base.
The benefits to Mauritians including stakeholders government, private sector and various universities was explained.
Bekele who was present with other DCA members who ]spoke on the benefits of the .africa name, internet governance, and...
KASS International Media broadcasts “Yes2dotAfrica” campaign. “Pregnant with .africa”, said Sophia
In a Q & A with June Chepkemei, a seasoned Business Journalist at the studios of KASS FM Radio in Hurlingham Nairobi Kenya, Sophia discusses the immediate need to utilize the international undersea fiber optic cables, and what governments have to input to boost the great stride already taken by the private sector in driving ICT.
She responded on the potential of ICT in bridging the poverty...
DotConnectAfrica seeks Expression of Interest (EOI) for “.africa” Registry
DotConnectAfrica (DCA) intends to participate in the new gTLD application issued by ICANN, As such DCA will be looking for a registry partner for technical and operational services for the planned .AFRICA Top Level Domain, that is consistent with the road-map of ICANN’s requirements.
Background on DCA’s project can be seen at www.dotconnectafrica.org, Additionally, preliminary...
DotAfrica Policies
The .Africa policies will follow ICANN’s Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy
Additional DotAfrica policies & procedures will to be determined once ICANN’s gTLD application process is finalized.
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DotAfrica FAQ
What is a top-level domain (TLD)
A “top-level” domain,TLD, is what comes after the last dot in a domain name. The most commonly known top-level domains are .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO and .BIZ. There are also country-specific top-level domains, such as .NG for Nigeria, .EG for Egypt and .AO for Angola.
How are new top-level domains coming to...
