Sophia Bekele the Founder of DCA Trust has given her views the ICANN-IANA transition for 2015, calling for a new body to work with NTIA. “Therefore, I wish to call for the establishment of such a new body that will work in cooperation with the NTIA to exercise supervisory responsibilities over ICANN” Read the OpEd …
The .Africa story is still generating lots of reactions even when it is undergoing an Independent Review Process pitting DCA Vs. ICANN. As a follow up to a recent report on an interview by Gareth van Zyl with Sophia Bekele at Fin24Tech, we found out that the article “Internet domain name ‘dotAfrica’ faces hurdles” was not …
DotAfrica TV Features CentralNic CEO Ben Crawford, 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. CentralNIC is the Registry Partner for DotConnectAfrica’s .Africa registry. DotAfrica TV brings Views, Opinions of Business, Internet & Technology to …
DomainNameWire: Amazon.com buys .spot domain name for $2.2 million, .Realty sells for $5.6 million The latest round of new top level domain name “auctions of last resort” at ICANN took place today. Three auctions for the rights to run top level domain names closed for prices ranging from $2.2 million to $5.6 million: Amazon.com won …
Busan, 23 October 2014 – ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will take office on 1 January 2015 for a term of four years, with the possibility of re-election for one additional four-year term. The election took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, during the Plenary …
Themed “Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Our History. Our Legacy. Our Destiny.”, The 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium (YALS) brought together 200+ African youth in the diaspora to collectively think about the following questions the lessons that could be learned from Africa’s giants and how they guide our journey to moving Africa forward, …
Dot-com? How quaint. A smorgasbord of new Net domains has arrived, with hundreds more on the way. There’s opportunity aplenty, but lots of trademark hassles, too. Heather Parker is a technically savvy businesswoman. She has her own Heather Parker Photography Web site, she knows about social media and search-engine optimization, she publishes examples of her …
Adage: Beginning today, New Yorkers can be masters of their own domain. This is the first day that the .nyc domain is available to the public, and to get the five boroughs fired up about applying, PR events and campaigns are taking place around the city to generate buzz. Neustar, the registry services company supporting …
ICANN has today announced that Big Room’s .eco application passed community evaluation. This means that .eco will be run by the environmental community for the greater good. Thank you to the many individuals from around the world who volunteered their time and vision to make this historic result possible. This has truly been a community …
According to a recent report by the French news organization Agence France-Presse, “US officials are pledging to fight a fresh effort to give a UN agency authority to regulate the Internet, two years after a huge diplomatic battle over the issue.” The AFP story refers to the upcoming Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, South Korea, of …