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DotConnectAfrica Refuses to Withdraw its Application for .Africa before Accountability Hearing

In a summary analysis, The Reporter Daily provided an upto date investigative report on the status of the dotafrica (.africa) project and the complicated issues that DCA has been subjected to in its application regarding Governmental Support. PRLog (Press Release)… Continue Reading…

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

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 along with… Continue Reading…

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

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 2013. A shorter version… Continue Reading…

DCA Registry Services

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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’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 the African leader. A… 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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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…

IRP GAC Objection Advice

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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

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) – May 10, 2013… Continue Reading…

.Africa

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Rejoinder to IT Web South Africa ‘New Local Domains See Breakthrough’: The battle for .Africa is not yet over!

The Editor-in-Chief ITWeb South Africa   Dear Sir,   Our attention has been drawn to the news story written by Bonnie Tubbs titled ‘New Local Domains See Breakthrough’  click here for news story) that was published recently on your news… Continue Reading…

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