Press Room Archives

Here in our archives 1, and archives 2, you will find published documents in the past. This includes our newsletters, campaign letters, key communications, messages and other news items relevant to www.dotconnectafrica.com

Our pressroom is accessible at http://pressroom.prlog.org/dotconnectafrica/

• • The East African: DCA’s Boss, Sophia Bekele – Internet War: Scramble for  (1/27/2013)
  • Welcome 2013 – The Year of Internet Governance: A New Year message from our  (1/10/2013)
  • Season’s Greetings! A Year in Review, 2012 – Yes2dotAfrica Campaign!  (12/22/2012)
  • DCA Newsletter- 5 Years, Buenos Aires,Toronto, Baku, Africa Strategy, IBCA…  (12/6/2012)
  • Goodbye .DOTAFRICA – A significant landmark Victory in the battle for .Africa gTLD  (11/2/2012)
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary: The “ICANN Africa Strategy” Is Not the Same as the ‘African Agenda’  (10/25/2012)
  • DCA Participates in -45 at Toronto -Unveils new IBCA  (10/24/2012)
  • Sophia Bekele profiled as “Achieving Women” by Standard Daily – Nairobi  (10/22/2012)
  • ICANN-45 Public Comment Toronto: Multi-Stakeholder DCA & Africa Strategy (10/19/2012)
  • Sabotage to Our Wikipedia Sites  (10/1/2012)
  • Official Public Commentary to UNIFORUM’s Application to ICANN  (9/27/2012)
  • DCA Trust puts .africa New gTLD Users and Registrants First  (9/10/2012)
  • REJOINDER: “Bizarre twist in .africa tale” TechCentral South Africa  (9/9/2012)
  • DCA’s Commentary on ITWebAfrica Story . -Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.africa  (8/25/2012)
  • Alice Munyua: STOP Misrepresenting and Distorting Facts to the African  (8/7/2012)
  • REJOINDER: DCA believes only ICANN should decide on DotAfrica  (7/31/2012)
  • DotConnectAfrica Clarifies its .africa bid at EAIGF   (7/25/2012)
  • DCA TedBits – Prague, post gTLD “reveal” , ICANN New Leadership, what next?  (7/13/2012)
  • Governments have a role in gTLDs, but…” warns Sophia Bekele in a March 2012 Main Story with CIO East Africa  (7/8/2012)
  • DCA Press Release: DCA Reports a Successful ICANN 44 at the Panoramic and Historic City of Prague, Czech Republic!  (7/3/2012)
  • DCA Trust & UniForum SA have both applied for the same ‘Africa’ Geographic Name   (6/14/2012)
  • DCA Press Release: DCA Announces the Establishment of a World Class Registry  (6/12/2012)
  • DCA Open Letter to United States Congress on Global Internet Governance and Multistakeholder Process  (6/8/2012)
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary: A Moral Victory: ICANN response to AU  (6/13/2012)
  • A Note of Appreciation from our Executive Director – Sophia Bekele  (6/5/2012)
  • DCA Press Briefing :African Union & UNIFORUM SA should bewar  (4/24/2012)
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary: The Empire Fights Back! BAR UN regulation of Internet  (4/6/2012)
  • DCA Update: Battle ROYALE -US. Reps. Introduce Resolution to Bar UN Regulation of Internet  (4/2/2012)
  • DCA TedBits – Costa Rica “COI” Top Internet Governance Agenda   (3/24/2012)
  • CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF DCA STRATEGIC ADVISORY BOARD   (2/8/2012)
  • Welcome 2012 – The Year for new gTLDs: A New Year’s Message from our Executive  (1/14/2012)
  • Season’s Greetings! A Year in Review, 2011 – Yes2dotAfrica Campaign!  (12/23/2011)
  • The EastAfrican: DCA’s Boss – Internet War: Scramble for .afric  (12/16/2011)
  • DCA UPDATE: Only 1 month left: Join our “YES2dotAfrica” campaign!  (12/1/2011)
  • Dites “NON” l’Appel d’Offres de l’Union Africaine pour l’exploitation de DotAfrica  (11/26/2011)
  • Yes2dotAfrica Campaign sayd “NO” to African Union RFP  (11/23/2011)
  • DCA Commentaire exclusif:ComputerWorld “la demande de la CUA pour DotAfrica com  (11/20/2011)
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary:ComputerWorld: ” AUC request for .africa Reserve Names”  (11/18/2011)
  • DCA Press Release: Yes2dotAfrica Campaign Triumphs at ICANN 42 Dakar  (11/15/2011)
  • DCA Press Release: ICANN 42: A Successful Yes2dotAfrica Campaign in Senegal!  (11/7/2011)
  • ICANN-42 Public Forum, Dakar-DCA’s Executive Briefing Note with ICANN Leadership  (11/2/2011)
  • DCA a assist la rcente union AfrICANN qui a convoque le mardi 25 Oct  (10/27/2011)
  • DCA Commentary: DCA’s STATEMENT AT THE AFRICANN MEETING ON .AFRICA AT DAKAR  (10/27/2011)
  • DCA TedBits2 – Towards Senegal – Did you know this about Africa?  (10/23/2011)
  • DCA Exclusif comentary: Response officielle de la DCA au PROJET DE ReSOLUTION  (10/21/2011)
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary:DCA Commentary on the African Ministerial Table Outcome  (10/21/2011)
  • DCA Press Release: ICANN 42 Dakar: Meet the Yes2dotAfrica Campaign in Senegal!  (10/16/2011)
  • DCA Exclusive: The Illegitimate ‘African Agenda’ for Dakar: Say No to the ARC  (10/12/2011)
  • DCA in NEWS: Is Google good for Africa?  (10/10/2011)
  • DCA UPDATE: Only 3 months left: See how you can participate!  (10/9/2011)
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary:A TRAVESTY – AFRICA Internet Governance Forum (AFIGF)  (10/6/2011)
  • DCA Press Release: Generation.africa on their high @6th IGF International, Nairobi  (10/6/2011)
  • DCA Press Release:The Successful Yes2dotAfrica Campaign invited to Munich!  (10/3/2011)
  • DCA UPDATE: Africa Hard Talk-NePAD Has Failed to Solve Africa’s Myriad Problems  (9/23/2011)
  • You asked, We clarified: Why our “No” Campaigns?  (9/21/2011)
  • DCA UPDATE: Only 4 months left! Join Our Yes2dotAfrica Campaign!  (9/20/2011)
  • DCA Exclusive: Whither DotAfrica amidst Confusion, Promiscuity and many Strange  (9/6/2011)
  • DCA Press Release:Start-Up Success San Francisco Web 2.0 meets Yes2dotAfrica  (8/25/2011)
  • Be part of our Yes2dotAfrica Campaign!  (8/15/2011)
  • DCA UPDATE:The next big .THING for Africa: FAQ  (8/22/2011)
  • Forbes News: DCA’s Njeri Rionge – Africa’s Most Successful Women  (8/16/2011)
  • Join our Yes2dotAfrica Campaign!  (8/13/2011)
  • Africa Says Thank You to ICANN & DotConnectAfrica!  (8/10/2011)
  • DCA: The Leopard Cannot Change its Spots: Say “No” to the ARC-African Registry  (7/26/2011)
  • Remarks by Lawrence E. Strickling Assistant Secretary of Commerce for NTIA  (7/22/2011)
  • DotConnectAfrica: Our Score Card -The “YES2dotAfrica” journey continues  (7/20/2011)
  • We have kept our promise! What NEXT?  (7/13/2011)
  • The Daily Champion: Misleading and Unfair Reportage on DotAfrica  (7/7/2011)
  • Bekele speaks at World Affairs Council Freedom of Information as a Human  (7/4/2011)
  • DotAfrica (.africa) made history with ICANN Singapore!!  (6/30/2011)
  • Enterprise Technology News: “.africa Champion”  (6/23/2011)
  • Breaking News: The ICANN board has voted to approve the new gTLD program…  (6/20/2011)
  • Africa: Clinton – Create Environment for African Businesses to Thrive  (6/14/2011)
  • A Note of Thank You for all the Love & Encouragement /SB  (6/9/2011)
  • DCA TedBits – US House Representative Hearing on New gTLDs  (6/3/2011)
  • DCA Commentary: ComputerWorld: AU requests proposals for .africa Registry  (5/30/2011)
  • DCA Commentary on AU “Briefing Note on DotAfrica”  (5/27/2011)
  • Press Release: Congratulations Africa on AFRICA Day – 25th May 2011  (5/25/2011)
  • Press Release: Yes2Africa Campaign say “NO” to Afriican Union “EOI”  (5/23/2011)
  • Press Release: DCA Commentary: Response to the AU Commission Communique  (5/17/2011)
  • Yes2dotAfrica Say “No” to Nii Quaynor, Vice Chair of AU dotafrica Taskforce  (5/15/2011)
  • Press Release: Commentary: DCA’s Reaction to AFTLD’s Press Release on Ghana  (5/9/2011)
  • Press Release: Generation.africa hailed “Yes2dotAfrica” at DCA’s Headquarters  (4/27/2011)
  • Press Release: KASS Media broadcasts the “Yes2dotAfrica” campaign  (4/27/2011)
  • DCA NewsAlert: UK Media Upper Reach, Covers DotConnectAfrica in ICT Kenya  (4/8/2011)
  • DCA Tedbits: DCA’s Comments on IANA Functions  (4/7/2011)
  • DCA Tedbits:Africa: Efficient Private Sector Key to Transforming African Economy  (3/31/2011)
  • Exclusive Commentary: AfTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa  (3/29/2011)
  • Press Release:Yes2dotAfrica successful at ICANN 40 in San Francisco, CA  (3/23/2011)
  • DCA NewAlert: Freedom of Information as a Human Right with Sophia Bekele  (3/21/2011)
  • DCA Commentary: Yes2dotAfrica Campaign says “No” to AfTLD  (3/17/2011)
  • DCA In News: generation.africa comment on IPV6 for .africa  (3/14/2011)
  • ICANN News:Hear Vint Cerf, One of the “Fathers of the Internet”, at ICANN SF
  • DCA: Happy 100th Women’s Day!
  • Press Release: Nations TV Speaks to Sophia Bekele on Africa and more…
  • Press Release: DCA issues EOI for the “.africa” Registry
  • .nxt: Washington Post covers the rush for Top Level Domain names
  • ICANN Commentary: Status Report on DNS in Egypt
  • DCA Exclusive Commentary: “African Union Joins .Africa Debate”
  • Press Release: DCA endorsed by Corporate Council on Africa
  • Communique: Open letter from DCA to US Department of Commerce
  • DCA’s Resolution for 2011 – A New Year’s Message from our Executive Director
  • Yes2dotafrica Campaign -Default  (12/31/2010)
  • Happy Holidays December 2010 Newsletter3  (12/18/2010)
  • A successful meeting at ICANN 39 Cartegena for DCA  (12/17/2010)
  • DCA Statement to ICANN Public Forum at Cartegena, Colombia  (12/15/2010)
  • DotConnectAfrica is endorsed by IDRU   (12/14/2010)
  • Brains Behind .africa reports Diplomat East Africa, on account of Bekele’s work  (12/9/2010)
  • Congratulations to Sebastien Bachollet  (12/2/2010)
  • Thank You from DCA – Thanks Giving Note  (11/27/2010)
  • Be Part of Our “Yes” Campaign!   (11/26/2010)
  • Press release – “.africa” music & dance performance by DCA  (11/24/2010)
  • Yes2dotafrica Campaign   (11/22/2010)
  • Vote “NO” for Pierre Dandjinou for ICANN Board  (11/15/2010)
  • Be part of our Yes Campaign!  (11/22/2010)

Greetings ALL, we are nearing the holidays again! We want to inform you that DotConnectAfrica (DCA) is currently running an aggressive marketing campaign to sensitize the Pan African and African community, on DCA’s efforts to sponsor, establish and operate a regional Internet namespace, dotAfrica.

• • Launch of DCA e-Newsletter – The .Africa issue  (10/17/2010)

Welcome to our eNewsletter. I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. – Nelson Mandela