2012 is an interesting year especially in the Internet and telecommunications sector that hugely defines how organizations and individuals communicate. In this year alone, the world has seen 1930 applications for the new gTLD’s facilitated by ICANN , IPv6 has also been launched and is being implemented in several parts of the world with organizations …
oncerned over rising threats online, Cyber security agents in Africa are taking a proactive step by collaborating with global network-security experts, to curb cybercriminal activities in the continent where they will share information and technical know how. Cyber security agents in Africa will gain an even better view of emerging cyber threats by working with experts who …
West African nation Gabon plans blocking the mooted creation of a new website from file sharing service Megaupload that could use the African country’s internet domain name ‘.ga’. US authorities have disabled www.megaupload.com, after charges of a conspiracy to commit racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering have been levelled at Megaupload founder and German tech …
Adapted from CircleID. The new gTLD program will have a profound impact on the private sector’s increasing dominance over Internet information resources and ownership of critical registry technical infrastructure assets. It is already anticipated that only the private sector will take full advantage of the commercial possibilities offered by the introduction of new gTLDs, and …
Your Excellency, President Aliyev, Your Excellency, Mr Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Your Excellency, Minister Abbasov, Distinguished colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here with you today for the opening of the seventh annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, which is taking place here in …
VII Internet Governance Forum kicked off in Baku today. Speaking in the opening ceremony, UN Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo thanked President Ilham Aliyev for high level organization of the event. Wu Hongbo said Baku`s hosting the VII Internet Governance Forum, co-organized by the United Nations and the Azerbaijani government, testifies to favorable conditions created for rapid …
In my last story on this subject, titled the Curious and Lingering Case of DotAfrica!, I wrote on whose fault is it and attempted to give a fair analysis of the situation. I am not sure now how much damage the delay has costed DotconnectAfrica regarding getting support from Governments. If DCA did get support during this …
The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012. The proposed main theme for the meeting is: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’. Read More
In a recent announcement, DotConnectAfrica has reported ICANN’s correction of its 6 string application for the .africa (pronounced as DotAfrica). The confirmation which was patiently awaited for amid serious fights that ensued after the ICANN reveal date on 13th June 2012. According to DCA, the application correction comes as a …
With more and more voters online, leaders are turning to twitter to get their political message across – or just to have a rant Read More