Washington

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DCA goes to Washington!

  DotConnectAfrica handpicked as part of the African Business Champion delegation took part with Senior leadership of US Business and Policy makers in a week’s long activities and events in of the annual CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS in Washington DC. Finally,… Continue Reading…

Campaign

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Launch of the “.Africa” East Africa Campaign

The campaign for DotAfrica started by DCA making a keynote address to the panel and audience gathered during the launch of the East Africa “.africa” campaign at the AITEC ICT summit held in Nairobi, Kenya.DCA spoke on way-forward on the… Continue Reading…

Kampala

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“.Africa” at IGF 2010 Kampala, Uganda

Kampala, Uganda: The 3rd EA-IGF, 2010 was held in Kampala, Uganda from 11th – 13th August, 2010. Hosted by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), I-Network Uganda, Collaboration on International ICT policy for East and Southern (CIPESA), and Women of Uganda… Continue Reading…

ICANN 38

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Progress towards a “.africa” at ICANN 38 , in Brussels the Capital of Europe

Brussles ICANN 38: Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), a 27 member organization along with dotEU were host to the 38th meeting of ICANN. Amongst the new gTLDs present at the conference was DotConnectAfrica promoting “.africa”, domain whose… Continue Reading…

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Nairobi Kenya – DCA calls for support for “.africa” at Kenya IGF

Nairobi, Kenya, 29th July 2010: DCA participated in the 2010 Kenya internet governance forum which was hosted under the theme “advancing the internet governance debate in kenya. More info on Kenya IGF. Calling for support, Bekele spoke on “.Africa” and… Continue Reading…

World Cup

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The “.africa” name re-branding Africa at the World Cup

As part of the Inagural African Leadership Retreat in CapeTown and Johannesburg, DCA was invited to present the ‘.Africa’ project and partake a panel discussion that was set to REBRAND the African continent Trevor Manuel, (RIGHT) currently serving in the… Continue Reading…

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DotAfrica in Tripoli, Libya

Tripoli, Libya: As the Mediterranean city of Tripoli held its First International Electronic Conference, the Executive Director, was invited to present her views on how PPPs, and how it could assist in the implementation of e-government projects, noting her company’s… Continue Reading…

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Getting online is a must for Businesses, said Ms. Bekele to CIO.

<strong><strong id=”sm”>CIO East Africa Managing Editor Zachary Ochieng spoke  to Sophia Bekele, Founder and Executive Director, DotConnect Africa  (DCA) on the organisation’s role and businesses should take advantage of  fibre optic cables.</strong></strong> Ms. Bekele said, “the role of DCA was… Continue Reading…

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DotAfrica at Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire

Cote d’ ivoire, Abidjan: Jeff Konange interviewed the Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica on one of the premium talk shows in the continent Capital Talk, on K24 TV at the city of Abidjan, and asked about the new initiative she was… Continue Reading…

Lagos

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DotAfrica in Lagos – the city that never sleeps

DotConnectAfrica unveiled its new logo during a presentation at the AITEC conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Domain ‘.africa’ to be discussed in the AITEC West Conference. “We will succeed in Uniting Africa”, said Executive Director, Sophia Bekele below during her presentation.… Continue Reading…

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Nairobi Technical Community urged ICANN’s strong support for DCA’s efforts on ‘.africa’ domain!

At the public forum held on Thrusday that represented the collective Board of ICANN Chaired by PETER DENGATE THRUSH, Chairman of ICANN, much of the Nairobi technical community represented by businesses and civil society expressed strong support for the ‘.africa’… Continue Reading…

ICANN 38

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ICANN38:Brussels 20-25 June 2010

Brussles ICANN 38: Brussels, the capital of the European Union (EU), a 27 member organization along with dotEU will host the 38th meeting of ICANN, the California based nonprofit, which oversees the fate of the new Generic top-level-domains (gTLDs) such… Continue Reading…

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DotConnectAfrica registered a maximum success in East Africa as the voice was echoed globally

DotConnectAfrica had been given various opportunities to participate in forums in many regional conferences based in Nairobi. AITEC Africa’s conference on Mobile Banking COMESA who was host to DCA reported DCA’s presentation of ‘.africa’ to be equivalent to Nakamura’s vision… Continue Reading…

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DCA’s governance model for domain name “.Africa” a shared vision at ICANN Nairobi

In the ICANN Nairobi conference held between 7 -12 March 2010, the African ICANN Community shared the same vision for the governance model as DotConnectAfrica (DCA), on how the “.africa” domain is to be managed. The CEO of ICANN Rod… Continue Reading…

african union internet generation

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African Union endorses the domain name “.Africa” to DotConnectAfrica Organization

The current endorsement by African Heads of State and Government built upon the 2-5 November 2009 Ministerial Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the Council of African Internet Communication Technology (ICT) Ministers gathered, discussed and acknowledged the benefit of… Continue Reading…

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ICANN 40 San Francisco : 13-18 March 2011

Silicon Valley is in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home tomany of the world’s largest technology companies including Apple, Cisco, Google, HP, Intel and Oracle. “Perhaps… Continue Reading…

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African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government gave endorsement for domain name “.Africa”

The 14th Ordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State & Government that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 Jan to 2 Feb 2010, under the theme Information Communications Technology (ICT) gave endorsement to the “.Africa” domain name.… Continue Reading…

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A domain name “.Africa” to position the continent on the Web Industry

The DotConnectAfrica Organization based in Africa is applying for the delegation of Africa’s identifier top level domain “.africa” from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) and make it available to the Pan African Community Africa’s map in… Continue Reading…

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DotAfrica – Branding African Unity – A common Vision

DotAfrica – Branding African Unity – A common Vision

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