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2018 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Winners Announced

Port Louis, Mauritius, 17th July 2018 – The Pan-African trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) today announces the winners of the 2018 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding for STEM Programs. Kumasi Hive from Ghana wins the 2018 5,000 USD Grand Prize while,… Continue Reading…

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Sophia Bekele on Big Data, TeenPreneurs, IoTs & Tech-Innovation at UN CSTD 2018, Geneva

On May 15, 2018, Sophia Bekele Founder & CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group alongside other distinguished speakers sat in a high level panel at the twenty-first session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) that took place from… 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…

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…

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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…

Business Ethics

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KEYNOTE: The “Market Has No Morality” Sophia Bekele speaks on Business Ethics and Accountability

OAKLAND, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2015: Founder/CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group & CBS International, Sophia Bekele was invited to speak on the subject of Business Ethics at the School of Business, Lincoln University, Oakland California.  She was asked to share her… Continue Reading…

Mobile technology

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SOLDOUT #HaasABF2015: Keynote: Sophia Bekele heralds “Africa’s Digital Opportunity is NOW – PARTICIPATE” at the 2015 Africa Business Forum, UC Berkeley

Press Release: prlog.org/12452365 May 7, 2015 – BERKELEY, California.  The organizers of the 2015 Africa Business Forum at the Haas School of Business in the University of California, Berkeley invited the Founder/CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group & CBS International, Founder of… Continue Reading…

Global Internet Governance NTIA

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Global Internet Governance Update : “No Legal Basis for IANA Transition”

A Post-Mortem Analysis of Senate Committee Hearing “Only proper regulation by an independent agency with full Congressional mandate will ensure that a ‘FIFA-Mafia type’ organization of systematic corruption does not emerge. ICANN should not be trusted by Congress to regulate… Continue Reading…

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KeyNote “P.U.S.H. to CHANGE AFRICA” Sophia Bekele rallied the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium (YALS) New York

DCA Press Release http://prlog.org/12377338 Click here for full KeyNote Founder of DotConnectAfrica Trust and Yes2DotAfrica Campaign was invited to present a Key Note speech at the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium (YALS), themed “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants:… Continue Reading…

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KeyNote: Sophia Bekele “P.U.S.H. to Change Africa” rallied the 2014 CUNY YALI (10/15/2014)

KeyNote “P.U.S.H. to CHANGE AFRICA” Sophia Bekele rallied the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium (YALS) New York Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Our History, Our Legacy, Our Destiny. DCA Press Release http://prlog.org/12377338 Click here for full KeyNote Founder… Continue Reading…

ITU's Girl's ICT day

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KeyNote Remarks by Ms. Sophia Bekele for the ITU’s Girl’s ICT day 24th April 2014

  24 April 2014 Nairobi, Kenya: Sophia Bekele the DCA Executive Director was invited to give a Key Note speech at the annual Girl’s ICT day on 24th April 2014 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia organized by International Telecommunication Union (ITU).… Continue Reading…

ITU's Girl's ICT day

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KeyNote Remarks by Ms. Sophia Bekele for the ITU’s Girl’s ICT day 24th April 2014

Sophia Bekele the DCA Executive Director was invited to give a Key Note speech at the annual Girl’s ICT day on 24th April 2014 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia organized by International Telecommunication Union (ITU). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release)… Continue Reading…

Global Internet Governance NTIA

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DotConnectAfrica Statement on NTIA announcement of Intent toTransition Key Internet Domain Name

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…

Nelson Mandela

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Honoring Africa’s Hero and Giant Iconic Leader Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

    DotConnectAfrica Trust takes this opportunity to celebrate and honor the Giant Iconic Leader of Africa: Courageous, Selfless and Noble.     The children of Africa indeed, the entire World mourn and honor the man who truly exemplified the… Continue Reading…

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DotConnectAfrica contributes to New SmartAfrica Manifesto to Accelerate Socio-Economic Development.

The conference was attended by over 1,500 delegates and Seven African Heads of State including among others Presidents of Kenya, Uganda, Gabon, and Burkina Faso.  Other delegates included Ministers and CEO’s of blue chip firms. The summit was Co-hosted by… Continue Reading…

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DCA attends Transform Africa 2013, calls for the progress of its .africa commitments be acknowledged

DCA was invited as a delegate to the international high-level conference that was held in Rwanda from October 28 to 31, 2013 Nov. 3, 2013 – The conference was attended by over 1,500 delegates and Seven African Heads of State… Continue Reading…

.Africa

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Rejoinder to IT Web South Africa ‘New Local Domains See Breakthrough’: The battle for .Africa is not yet over!

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…

Czech

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DotConnectAfrica Reports a Successful ICANN 44 at the Panoramic and Historic City of Prague, Czech Republic !

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 02, 2012 – Czech Republic, a city whose history of Prague covers more than a thousand years, during which time the city grew from the Vyšehrad Castle to the capital of a modern European state,… Continue Reading…

Registry System

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DCA Announces the Establishment of a World-Class Registry System Infrastructure to be located in Nairobi, Kenya

11 June  2012 DotConnectAfrica (DCA) wishes to announce to the global Internet public and Domain Name Industry that it is going to establish a world-class Internet registry system infrastructure to be located in Nairobi, Kenya, the commercial hub of East… Continue Reading…

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DCA’s Executive Briefing Note following its Engagement with ICANN Leaders at the ICANN-42 Public Forum Meeting at Dakar, Senegal – October 27th 2011

DCA’s Executive Briefing Note following its Engagement with ICANN Leaders at the ICANN-42 Public Forum Meeting at Dakar, Senegal – October 27th 2011 Online excepts from Public forum.  http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/msg00108.html DCA participated in the recent ICANN Public Forum organized on Thursday 27th… Continue Reading…

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