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July 6, 2013
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…
June 20, 2013
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…
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…
May 13, 2013
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…
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…
April 17, 2013
DCA’s application for .Africa new gTLD received an ICANN GAC Policy Advice Objection which the organization hopes to resolve by following the due process provisions within the ICANN new gTLD Program. PRLog (Press Release) – Apr. 17, 2013 – The… Continue Reading…
March 26, 2013
All the rights to the new DotAfrica gTLD including the registry databases, rightfully belongs to ICANN and the African Union and UniForum cannot act outside these specifications that have been legally codified and approved. PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 25,… Continue Reading…
March 14, 2013
PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 14, 2013 – UPPER HILL, Nairobi, Kenya — DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust), and its affiliate DCA Registry Services (Kenya) Ltd. is pleased to extend a very warm congratulations to the president-elect of the Republic of… 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…
March 11, 2013
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 6, 2013
5th March, 2013 To: Mr. Kevin Murphy Editor-in-Chief, Domainincite.com Dear Mr. Kevin Murphy, Subject: Domain Incite agrees that “if UniForum did lie to the AU and other governments about submitting a Community application, it’s within the governments’ … 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…
January 10, 2013
Welcome to 2013! As we inaugurate a new year, I decided to peer through what may be ahead of us in 2013, and here is what I would share with you. DotConnectAfrica’s New Years wish: MegaTrends, Black Swans, People Power,… Continue Reading…
December 23, 2012
As Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) and spearhead of the Yes2DotAfrica Campaign, it gives me great pleasure to send this end of year message at Christmas to our entire Pan-African constituency and global community of supporters and well-wishers all over the… Continue Reading…
December 19, 2012
PRLog (Press Release) – Dec. 19, 2012 – DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) in its mover to secure the .africa string in order to set up the first ever African based gTLD registry has participated in the ICANN New gTLD Prioritization Draw… 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…
November 13, 2012
PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 12, 2012 – The meeting’s main theme was: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development ’. Internet experts and advocates from around the world attended the conference. The Baku IGF comes at a… Continue Reading…
November 4, 2012
November 02, 2012, Toronto, Ontario Canada: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has officially approved the Change Request made by DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) for its .Africa (DotAfrica) gTLD Domain Name String application. The ICANN update can… Continue Reading…
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