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Exciting news! DCA dev team members were happy to attend the AWS Startup Loft social event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, May 8th, at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel, where they met with the AWS Startups team for Africa and other startup founders and discussed recent launches of AI and developer services.

“So much energy here in Kenya for startups and entrepreneurship,” said Mark Birch, an AWS representative who flew to Kenya from the United States, about the event. ‘’ I look forward to being back soon to meet more startups and… Continue Reading…

Happy Thanksgiving from Fempower Seed-Fund Winners

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Happy Thanksgiving From Fempower Seed-Fund Winners

Happy Thanksgiving Week! We are aware that November is the time to be thankful, to remember and embrace those who enrich our lives. We at Fempower are thankful for a lot of things, but we are most thankful to you our… Continue Reading…

SEED-FUND WINNERS

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MISS .AFRICA DIGITAL A.K.A FEMPOWER SEED-FUND WINNERS 2022 ANNOUNCED

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Nov. 15, 2022: CONGRATULATIONS! to the the prestigious Africa-focused Seed-Fund Winners award for their awesome win The sky is the point of confinement! Our contest for the fifth annual Miss.Africa Digital Seed-Fund has come to an… Continue Reading…

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Meet Sophia Bekele a two-time winner of the CEO Today Africa Award 2022

AMESSAGE FROM US Women Empowerment  As Fempower, we believe Women also should be given equal rights like men to empower them. They should not be treated as the weak gender of the society as they occupy almost half the world’s… Continue Reading…

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Africa must act now to address cybersecurity threats

In a globally-integrated financial market, robust and resilient cybersecurity is a non-negotiable prerequisite for investment across the world. But effective cybersecurity remains a challenge across Africa, with many organizations unprepared for cyber attacks. Efforts should be made to improve cybersecurity… Continue Reading…

Sophia Bekele Speaks at 2019 SF ISACA Conference Business Ethics Market has no morality

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Bekele Speaks on Business Ethics: “The Market has no Morality”, at the SF ISACA Chapter 2019 Fall Conference

Our Founder and CEO spoke at the 2019 SF ISACA Fall conference which continues to be the premier education event for information technology audit, security, governance, risk and compliance professionals. The Industry conference held at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason… Continue Reading…

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Miss.Africa Digital Announces the 2019 Seed Fund Winners

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Oct. 25, 2019: The pioneering Miss.Africa Digital, a DCA Digital Academy Pan-African program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust, has announced the winners of the fourth prestigious Africa-focused seed fund award. The 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the… Continue Reading…

.Africa

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CIO E. Africa Exclusive QnA with Sophia Bekele: .Africa gTLD redelegation possible if DotConnectAfrica wins case

By The CIO East Africa The dotAfrica (.Africa) gtld delegation has been faced by so much controversy for some time now. The ruling on the preliminary injunction in January 2017, allowed ICANN to go ahead to delegate the string to… Continue Reading…

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.Africa Update: ICANN promises to create new top-level domain despite ongoing court case

By Kieren McCarthy – The Register U.K. (The Register is a UK based highly influential and respected source of reliable news globally. www.theregister.co.uk) DCA News Alert Third time lucky: ICANN beats off .africa ban Internet overseer ICANN will push ahead with a… Continue Reading…

otConnectAfrica at a High Level Discussion on Africa at the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal

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EurAfrican Forum, Portugal, Global Policy, ITU, Miss.Africa App. Developers Graduate Award Ceremony

Update:  DotConnectAfrica at a High Level Discussion on Africa at the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal; Global IG Policy – ITU; Miss.Africa App Developers  graduate, Award Ceremony, Kenya Thought Leadership: Bekele Shares Key Issues and Challenges on Africa’s Innovation ad IT… Continue Reading…

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Sophia Bekele Featured on Influential People That See The Potential Of Africa by Discovering Africa Network

Discovering Africa Network featured Ms. Sophia Bekele the Founder and Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Group on the record of “Influential People That See The Potential Of Africa” along with body of other  influential people such as the U.S First Family… Continue Reading…

Round II Seed Funding for Tech initiative in Africa

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Miss.Africa announces 2016, Round II Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Women in Africa

“We are doing it again” #STEM4girls NAIROBI, Kenya – July 21, 2016 – PRLog — In a #STEM4girls pan-african campaign, the Miss.Africa program is mobilizing a Round II Seed Funding Tech initiative in Africa that will avail small grants to… Continue Reading…

.Africa Domain

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BNA: Judge Halts .Africa Domain; Lengthy Litigation Likely

Federal Judge Halts .Africa Domain; Litigation Waiver Ruled Likely Invalid April 13 — A pan-African Internet domain remains on hold after a federal court April 12 enjoined the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers from finalizing the .Africa domain… Continue Reading…

.Africa gTLD: DCA Trust Wins ICANN IRP Preliminary Injunction ZACR

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DotConnectAfrica Update: US Court GRANTS DCA Trust a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD

April 12, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya:   A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) [PDF] DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned… Continue Reading…

.Africa gTLD: DCA Trust Wins ICANN IRP Preliminary Injunction ZACR

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BNA: Applicant for .Africa Domain Challenges ICANN Litigation Waiver

An applicant for the .africa top-level Internet domain fired back at domain overseer the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), saying in a March 21 court filing that its blanket litigation waiver is unconscionable DotConnectAfrica Trust v. ICANN,… Continue Reading…

.Africa gTLD: DCA Trust Wins ICANN IRP Preliminary Injunction ZACR

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United States Court Has Granted an Interim Relief for DCA Trust on .Africa

DotConnectAfrica Update: Status on our .Africa gTLD application NAIROBI, Kenya – March 5, 2016 – PRLog — A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted an Interim Relief for DotConnectAfrica by issuing a… Continue Reading…

Africa Day

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#AfricaDay: Celebrate the Continent of Digital Opportunity

DotConnectAfrica joins the Africa people and the world at large to celebrate Africa Day, an annual commemoration of the 1963 founding Fathers of Africa. This day celebrates the day to day African narratives of past and present. It also gives… Continue Reading…

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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…

CentralNic

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DotAfrica.TV Features Internet Pioneer & Chief Executive of UK’s CentralNic Ben Crawford

Listen to him as he talks on history of CentralNic, Domain Name, New gTLDs and changes to the Internet Domain Name and his Company’s Strategy for Emerging Markets  which includes Africa. CEO, Ben Crawford, considered on of early Internet Pioneer… Continue Reading…

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