new gTLD

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Update on the Status of our new gTLD Application & Current Engagements with ICANN

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…

IRP GAC Objection Advice

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DotConnectAfrica Trust Responds to ICANN GAC Objection Advice on its .Africa application

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…

new generic Top-Level Domain

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Sophia Bekele: An Ethiopian Woman fighting for .africa, a new generic Top-Level Domain

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…

Innovation Africa Digital Summit

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DotConnectAfrica Clarified its .africa bid at the F in Addis Ababa

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…

Buruchara

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Mr. Sammy Buruchara, Former Chairman of DCA Appointed as the Kenyan GAC Representative to ICANN

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…

DCA registry

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DCA Registry Services makes its voice heard at the ICANN Africa Strategy Addis Ababa

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…

DOMAININCITE

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DCA Exclusive Commentary:Rejoinder Part II & Official Response to Kevin Murphy -DOMAININCITE

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…

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Rejoinder and Official Response to Kevin Murphy -DOMAININCITE

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…

internet

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Welcome 2013 – The Year of Internet Governance: A New Year’s Message from our Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Trust

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…

2012

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Season’s Greetings! A Year in Review, 2012 – Yes2dotAfrica Campaign!

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…

DCA 5 year Anniversary

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DCA Newsletter – A Five Year Anniversary

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…

ICANN-45

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DotConnectAfrica ICANN-45 Toronto Public Forum Comment on The Multi-Stakeholder Model & the presentation of the initial draft of the ICANN Africa Strategy

PUBLIC FORUM COMMENT SUBMITTED BY DCA TRUST (This is a complete unabridged version of the document. Shorter version was read out at the Public Forum Meeting due to constraint of time.) Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012 Subject: General Comment on the ICANN Multi-Stakeholder  Model & DCA’s… Continue Reading…

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DCA Registry Services makes its voice heard at the ICANN Africa Strategy Addis Ababa Ethiopia

  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 Read more  

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Rejoinder & Official Response to Kevin Murphy -DOMANINCITE

DCA believes only ICANN should decide  on DotAfrica (.africa) Dear Mr. Murphy, Our attention has been drawn to your recent Blogged article (Re: “DotConnectAfrica – disconnected from reality?” – retrieved from http://domainincite.com/9802-dotconnectafrica-disconnected-from-reality). We would like to begin by saying how grateful we… Continue Reading…

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Season’s Greetings SEASONSGREETINGS 2011 End of Year Message at Christmas-from the Yes2DotAfrica Campaign!

As Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) 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 global supporters and well-wishers all… Continue Reading…

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The Leopard Cannot Change its Spots: the resuscitation of moribund dotafrica.org

Whilst all interested watchers were busy narrowing down the competition for the mandate for DotAfrica to DotConnecAfrica (DCA) and African Top Level Domains (AfTLD) organization, a new entrant recently emerged in the form of the African Registry Consortium (ARC) –… Continue Reading…

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Say “No” to Nii Quaynor, Vice Chair of African Union “.africa” Taskforce

Exposing the Activities of the ‘Real’ Dr. Nii Quaynor – Vice Chair of AU Taskforce and His Unwholesome Activities regarding DotAfrica Preamble The DotConnectAfrica Organization (‘DCA’) has reached the unshakable conclusion that Dr. Nii Quaynor has proved to be an… Continue Reading…

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