DotConnectAfrica participated in the just concluded Annual IGF meeting but it reports a new development that curiously threatens its bid since a meeting that was exclusively convened and attended by its competitor announced moves to curtail its application. The IGF which is supposed to be a multi-stakeholder platform where discussions from all quarters are accommodated …
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 …
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 …
I read this Press Release over Wikipedia sabotage by DotConnectAfrica few days ago and felt that this must be one of the most dramatic gTLDs in the current history of gTLDs. My truth dig on this gTLD tells me the struggles of DotConnectAfrica with the AU Task Force, allegations of sabotage of endorsement, conflict of Interest, illegality in …
Even though your published story written by Mr. Gareth Van Zyl is quite balanced, we wish to use this opportunity to provide some relevant comments that would help to further elucidate this issue for the interest of your readers and the global Internet and African public. Read More
Africa’s telecommunications operators, systems integrators and software developers should work closer together on creating cloud computing solutions that are tailored to the needs of the continent’s technology users. Interest in cloud computing is starting to pick up among African blue-chips companies, SMEs and public sector organisations. As a result, the potential market for providers of …
The report suggests that Opera users in 47% of African countries turn to international news sites before their country’s own reporting, with BBC News most popular in 18 out of 25 of these countries. As for the most popular websites overall, unsurprisingly Facebook leads the pack in most countries, pipped to the post by Google …
Whose fault is it? From its’ recent public newsletter posted on its website, DCA said “People are talking: DCA is going to change the Continent’s name if it does not have .africa ! Don’t even think about it! “ I also gather from some email listing recently that members posted their opinions and thoughts, including the following: “I …
History of DotAfrica (.africa): My quest to find the truth about DotAfrica has been inspired by the desire to tell Africa the real history and legacy behind this great domain that is deemed as a key to the change of the African dimension online. Africa has indeed been riddled by many non starter projects yet …
The Vatican is looking to organize some of the Church’s activities on the internet by buying the web domain “.catholic”. The purchase of the domain doesn’t come cheap. The Vatican paid $740,000 to apply for .catholic in four languages. It was previously owned by the corporation Assigned Names and Numbers. Watch Video