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November 12, 2014
he Panel deciding DotConnectAfrica Trust’s IRP request has issued a ruling accepting DotConnectAfrica’s position on the procedural framework of the IRP proceedings. The Panel has ruled that its determination is binding on ICANN. PRLog – Aug. 28, 2014 – Panel’s… Continue Reading…
November 11, 2014
DotConnectAfrica Trust submitted its response to the GAC Advice conveyed in the ICANN 50 GAC London Communiqué within the mandatory 21-day window, as per instructions via ICANN’s Customer Service Center Notification Portal for New gTLD applicants PRLog – Aug.… Continue Reading…
May 20, 2014
Status on our .Africa gTLD application & Current Engagement with the Independent Review Panel (IRP) PRLog (Press Release) – May 20, 2014 – UPPER HILL, Kenya — On 12 March 2014, an Independent Review Panel has gratned an Interim Relief… Continue Reading…
March 20, 2014
Last week the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 19, 2014 – The NTIA’s responsibility includes the… Continue Reading…
January 22, 2014
The Arbitration Process between DCA Trust and ICANN (‘DCA Trust vs. ICANN’) shall be governed by the International Dispute Resolution Procedures of the ICDR and the Supplementary Procedures for ICANN IRP Process. PRLog (Press Release) – Jan. 22, 2014 –… Continue Reading…
September 30, 2013
Sep. 28, 2013 – UPPER HILL, Kenya — The AfIGF conference was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the IGF Secretariat in cooperation with the Kenyan government among other stakeholders. DCA Registry Services Kenya delegates… Continue Reading…
July 26, 2013
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July 22, 2013
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…
July 16, 2013
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…
July 6, 2013
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…
May 30, 2013
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…
May 17, 2013
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…
April 26, 2013
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…
March 14, 2013
Mr. Sammy Buruchara of Kenya, who also served as Chairperson of DotConnectAfrica’s Global Strategic Advisory Board has been appointed as a member of the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) representing the Republic of Kenya PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 14,… Continue Reading…
March 11, 2013
DCA registry services and its UK Partner CentralNic participated at the African Mufti-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting held at the UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 6-8 March 2013 PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 10, 2013 – DCA Registry… Continue Reading…
The Internet Business Council for Africa (IBCA) was discussed at the Multistakeholder Internet Governance Conference at UNECA Center in Addis Ababa, echoing the inclusion of he African Private sector and received the support of many key stakeholders. PRLog (Press Release)… Continue Reading…
March 3, 2013
2nd March, 2013 To: Mr. Kevin Murphy Editor-in-Chief, Domainincite.com Dear Mr. Kevin Murphy, Subject: Our Rejoinder to your article on DCA’s Complaint to U.S. Congress The attention of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust has been drawn to your recent Blog article with… Continue Reading…
December 6, 2012
Celebrating our five (5) year Newsletter Anniversary: In this issue: Buenos Aires, Toronto, Baku, ICANN Africa Strategy, IBCA, Heard & Seen and more… A Note From Founder Dear Readers, DotConnectAfrica Celebrates Five (5) years of informative and concise news through our periodic and… Continue Reading…
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December 1, 2025The DotConnectAfrica (DCA) group is a Pan-African organization that was formed with an objective to advance education in the digital economy in the African society. In connection with this objective, to also benefit the general African public access to Internet resources including assisting our stakeholders with their digital transformation and branding Africa on the Internet.
Post its inception, DCA has progressively adopted a very unique integrative model of Internet-centered digital products and services encompassing web related services, to include eCommerce, DNS businesses, mobile applications along with digital marketing services on an integrated digital social media platform of Internet of Things (IoTs) to service its clients and stakeholders.
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