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CIO Names Pioneer of #WOMENINTECH Sophia Bekele, “Industry Trailblazer and Internet-Governance Pioneer”

Internet Governance Pioneer “Sophia Bekele has been in the news if not for promoting DotConnectAfrica’s bid for the DotAfrica geographical gTLD then in a controversial statement about the same. For the last 3 years she has been clear about one… Continue Reading…

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DCA Trust Announces AboCoders, Nigeria as the Winner of Miss.Africa Seed Fund Grand Prize

Congrats to Winners!, Nigeria’s AboCoders won the USD 5000 Grand Seed Fund Prize. Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar University STEM Center and Zambia’s Ubongo Game Lab, were selected as the winners of the USD 1000 Geographic/Country Category. PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – May… Continue Reading…

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Miss.Africa joins in celebrating the ITU ICT Girls Day

Message From the Founder of Miss.Africa ICT sector Every young girl & woman ought to have the tools to take control of her life. Today, it’s almost uniquely ICT skills that offer growing employment, innovation, and opportunity with the large… Continue Reading…

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CIO E. Africa Exclusive QnA with Sophia Bekele: .Africa gTLD redelegation possible if DotConnectAfrica wins case

By The CIO East Africa The dotAfrica (.Africa) gtld delegation has been faced by so much controversy for some time now. The ruling on the preliminary injunction in January 2017, allowed ICANN to go ahead to delegate the string to… Continue Reading…

2017 international women's day

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Happy International Women’s Day from DotConnectAfrica!

Women are the engine that powers the society, think about any phenomenal revolutionary idea that has changed the world and you will find a woman right in there.”  – Sophia Bekele, Founder of Miss.Africa Carved towards promoting the involvement of… Continue Reading…

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.Africa Update: ICANN promises to create new top-level domain despite ongoing court case

By Kieren McCarthy – The Register U.K. (The Register is a UK based highly influential and respected source of reliable news globally. www.theregister.co.uk) DCA News Alert Third time lucky: ICANN beats off .africa ban Internet overseer ICANN will push ahead with a… Continue Reading…

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Welcome to 2017 from Miss.Africa

Get your Miss.Africa Trophy! Apply for our Miss.Africa Seed Fund Bravo #entrepreneurship, #innovation, #womenintech #girlpower #STEM4girls I wish to take this opportunity to wish you all an achieving fulfilling, peaceful 2017.      Sincerely,   God Bless Africa & the World!… Continue Reading…

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Season’s Greetings! A Year in Review, 2016 – DotConnect Africa!

End of Year Message from the Founder/CEO ~ ~ As Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group, it gives me great joy and honor to send this end of year message to the entire Pan-African constituency and international community of supporters… Continue Reading…

otConnectAfrica at a High Level Discussion on Africa at the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal

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EurAfrican Forum, Portugal, Global Policy, ITU, Miss.Africa App. Developers Graduate Award Ceremony

Update:  DotConnectAfrica at a High Level Discussion on Africa at the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal; Global IG Policy – ITU; Miss.Africa App Developers  graduate, Award Ceremony, Kenya Thought Leadership: Bekele Shares Key Issues and Challenges on Africa’s Innovation ad IT… Continue Reading…

Round II Seed Funding for Tech initiative in Africa

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Miss.Africa announces 2016, Round II Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Women in Africa

Seed Funding Tech initiative “We are doing it again” #STEM4girls NAIROBI, Kenya – July 21, 2016 – PRLog — In a #STEM4girls pan-african campaign, the Miss.Africa program is mobilizing a Round II Seed Funding Tech initiative in Africa that will… Continue Reading…

.Africa gTLD: DCA Trust Wins ICANN IRP Preliminary Injunction ZACR

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DotConnectAfrica Update: US Court GRANTS DCA Trust a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD

April 12, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya:   A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) [PDF] DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned… Continue Reading…

Celebrating the End of Women's month

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Quarterly Tedbits: “THE WOMAN’S ISSUE”

As we conclude the celebration of “Women’s Month”  I have never witnessed globally so much voices and platforms that  supported Women. Personally, I made extra effort to recognize and support women this month, from donating to girl scout cookies to… Continue Reading…

DCA Trust Announces eMobilis, as the Winner of the inaugural USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund

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DCA Trust Announces eMobilis, as the Winner of the inaugural USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund

March 15, 2016, Mauritius Africa: The  Miss. Africa Initiative, a pan-african trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) announces its winner of the Miss.Africa 2015 USD 5000 Seed Fund as eMobilis. DCA Trust received an overwhelming number of applications of over 90… Continue Reading…

Happy International Women's Day from Miss.Africa and DotConnectAfrica

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DCA Celebrates International Women’s Day 2016 through Miss.Africa!

March 8, 2016 Nairobi Kenya: Happy International Women’s Day from DotConnectAfrica “In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” Margaret Thatcher’s words have been said over and over but they… Continue Reading…

.Africa gTLD: DCA Trust Wins ICANN IRP Preliminary Injunction ZACR

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United States Court Has Granted an Interim Relief for DCA Trust on .Africa

DotConnectAfrica Update: Status on our .Africa gTLD application NAIROBI, Kenya – March 5, 2016 – PRLog — A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted an Interim Relief for DotConnectAfrica by issuing a… Continue Reading…

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Salute 2016 – To the #YearOfTheWomen: A New Year’s Message from our Founder/Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Trust

We hope you are all off to a good start of the New Year! Recall we themed 2015 as year of “creative disruption” as well as we promised you to stay in the ARENA, which was our theme in 2014… Continue Reading…

End of Year message

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Season’s Greetings – 2015 End of Year Message from DotConnectAfrica

2015 is coming to a close. As such, I always tend to review the past year and reflect on our accomplishments. Indeed, 2015 has been an extraordinary year for us here at DCA Group. It has been an extremely busy… Continue Reading…

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Sophia Bekele provides Thought Leadership on a Keynote Panel at the 2nd Quantum Global Advisory Board Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland, 20 November 2015:  Founder of DCA Group, Sophia Bekele was invited to speak on a Thought Leadership Keynote Panel, held by Quantum Global Advisory Board Symposium on 19th November 2015, Zurich, Switzerland, convened at the Zürich Marriot Hotel.… Continue Reading…

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