Registry.Africa

Registry Africa[2] was created in 2017 to manage[3] the .africa top-level domain.[4] .africa is the new generic Top Level Domain for Africa.[5]

Registry Africa
Non-profit
IndustryDomain registry Internet
Founded2017[1]
Headquarters
South Africa 
Websiteregistry.africa

History

.africa was launched[6][7][8] at the African Union Commission[9] in 2017. In 2012 the application [10]process for a new top level domain was launched[11] by ICANN.[12] The Registry Agreement was signed on 26 march, 2014 in Singapore[13].

The application for .africa was endorsed and supported[14] by the African Union[15] and the official launch[16][17][18] took place at the Africa Union Commission Headquarters on 3 July 2017 during the 29th African Union (AU) Summit.[19]

African Regional Support

.Africa[20] project Africa Regional Support [21] includes African Union Commission (AUC)[22],[23] AfriNIC, AfTLD, ITU, UNECA and Nepad.

.Africa Foundation[24]

Establishment[25]

ICT related socio-economic and enterprise development initiatives

References
  1. "Africa Gets Its Own Web Address with Launch of .africa". BBC. 10 March 2017.
  2. "IANA — .africa Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  3. "COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  4. ".africa Registry Agreement - ICANN". www.icann.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. dotAfrica Registry signed, retrieved 2019-12-17
  6. "African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  7. Newsroom, APO Group-Africa; Commission (AUC), African Union. "Launch of dotAfrica". african-union.africa-newsroom.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  8. "African Union celebrates launch of 'dotAfrica' Internet domain | Africa Times". africatimes.com. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  9. "Launch of dotAfrica | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  10. "IANA — Delegation Report for africa". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  11. "ICANN approves dotAfrica launch dates |IT News Africa – Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports | Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  12. "dotAfrica | .Africa | What is dotAfrica?". africainonespace.org. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  13. "The DotAfrica Signatory Ceremony in ICANN 49, Singapore, Wednesday 26 March 2014 | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  14. "COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  15. "African Union". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  16. "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  17. AU, Press Release. "African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain: dotAfrica". AFRICAN MARKETS. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  18. "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  19. "DOTAFRICA (.AFRICA) ROADSHOW LAUNCHES AT THE AFRICAN UNION HEADQUARTERS". dotAfrica. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  20. "About dotAfrica Top Level Domain". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  21. "African Regional Support". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  22. Obera, Fred (2017-03-13). "African Union launches Africa's own identity web address dotafrica". This is africa. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  23. "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  24. "dotAfrica Foundation". .africa - Registry Africa. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  25. "dotAfrica | .Africa | AFRICAN BENEFICIATION (REINVESTMENT INTO AFRICA)". africainonespace.org. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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