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DotConnectAfrica Trust Attends the ICANN-47 International Meeting In Durban South Africa

ICANN-47 meeting South Africa is the country of the celebrated Nelson Mandela, who was the first elected African National Congress (ANC) President of the Republic following the abolition of apartheid. He was a co-winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize… Continue Reading…

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Comments and Questions by DCA Trust on .Africa at the ICANN-47 Public Forum, Durban SA

ICANN-47 Public Forum .Africa This is a complete unabridged version of the comment/questions raised by Ms. Sophia Bekele, Executive Director and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Trust, at the ICANN-47 Public Forum Meeting in Durban, Republic of South Africa on 18th July… Continue Reading…

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DCA Registry Services Contribute to Second Africa DNS Forum, Durban SA

The Forum is aimed at the implementation of the ICANN Africa Strategy, which was developed in 2012 by the African Internet Community. The event was organized as a partnership between AfTLD, the Internet Society, and ICANN, and builds upon the… Continue Reading…

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DotConnectAfrica TedBits: The Kenya Issue

Kenya tech hub Kenya’s president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub and dubbed “Africa’s Silicon Savannah”.BBC   Nairobi has emerged as a serious tech hub and may become… Continue Reading…

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Update on the Status of our new gTLD Application & Current Engagements with ICANN

DCA’s .Africa application passed all the Evaluation Panels including the technical, operational and financial evaluation criteria, but the Geographic Names Panel Evaluation for the application was not completed. PRLog (Press Release) – Jul. 5, 2013 – Update on Initial Evaluation… Continue Reading…

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Protected: Newsletter – The Kenya Issue, ICANN Africa Strategy & Beyond (7/5/2013)

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DotConnectAfrica Registry Services Participates in ICANN DNSSEC training at AFRALTI Nairobi

DotConnectAfrica Registry Services (Kenya) Ltd. (‘DCA Registry Services’) participated in a rigorous two-day training programme on DNSSEC. PRLog (Press Release) – Jun. 19, 2013 – DotConnectAfrica Registry Services (Kenya) Ltd. (‘DCA Registry Services’) participated in a rigorous two-day training programme… Continue Reading…

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DotConnectAfrica Update: Status of our gTLD Application & Current Engagements with the U.S.Congress

    Washington D.C., USA,  May 30, 2013 – Following the ICANN-46 International gathering that took place in Beijing China, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) body of ICANN also met and issued a Communiqué dated April 11, 2013 which contained… Continue Reading…

50 African Trailblazers

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Sophia Bekele Named One of 50 African Trailblazers by NewAfrican Magazine, UK

http://prlog.org/12143097 March 20, 2013, Mauritius, Port-Louis, Sophia Bekele, Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust), has been named as one of the ’50 African Trailblazers under 50‘, by the influential New African magazine UK, a member of the IC Publications… Continue Reading…

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Protected: DotConnectAfrica Trust Responds to ICANN GAC Objection Advice (5/17/2013)

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DotConnectAfrica Trust Responds to ICANN GAC Objection Advice on its .Africa application

In its response to the ICANN Board, DCA Trust disagreed with the GAC Objection Advice. PRLog (Press Release) – May 16, 2013 – DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust), the contending applicant that submitted an independent bid for the .Africa new generic… Continue Reading…

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Sophia Bekele: An Ethiopian Woman fighting for .africa, a new generic Top-Level Domain

new generic Top-Level Domain In a candid discourse, The Reporter Daily English and Amharic Language Newspaper laid out the struggle of Sophia Bekele, the Ethiopian who initiated .africa, the first African run gTLD registry business for Africa. PRLog (Press Release)… Continue Reading…

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