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, …
DotConnectAfrica has submitted yet another response to the GAC. This is the third response after the response to the GAC Early Warning in November 2012, and the detailed response to the GAC Objection Advice that came out of the ICANN GAC Meeting in Beijing, China. All the responses are well articulated defense to the unending …
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has been heavily criticized on its latest new gTLD advice to DotConnectAfrica’s application. During the recently concluded ICANN 50 international meeting, the GAC provided new advice through London Communiqué asking the following: The ICANN Board to provide timely communication to the affected parties, in particular to provide clarity on the …
In an ongoing controversy that involves ICANN being in favor of South Africa’s ZA Central Registry NPC as the managers of the Dot .Africa gTLD, another applicant appears to have been barred from an International Telecommunication Union(ITU) event. Sophia Bekele, an Ethiopian entrepreneur, is a business and corporate executive, an International entrepreneur, corporate governance… …
Sourced from Internet Law Center Cyber Report ilccyberreport According to a report in All Africa, the African Union barred African internet entrepreneur Sophia Bekele, founder of the DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA), from speaking at the ITU’s “Girls in ICT” day event held at the AU headquarters. The reason? Bekele’s DCA has also applied for the .africa gTLD and is …
It appears the Africa Union Commission’s epic fight with the .africa contestant DotConnectAfrica is not yet over, according to a recent report: AUC blocks Sophia Bekele from ITU event over DotAfrica dispute . Sophia Bekele the DCA Executive Director had been invited to give a Key Note speech at the annual Girl’s ICT day on …
“The internet is being utilized more by women, where women are increasing their rights, representation, and participation. The social media we frequently use, today, they are more used by women than men. In this case, we have already added to the statistics. How many in this room are on Social Media?” Says Sophia Bekele Sophia …
“Fearless, Competitive and Visionary Leaders of our time. We celebrate a new generation of African Women, closing the gender gap and shaping the continent’s political, social and economic landscape” says Bloomberg, in its special TV Women to Watch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Nov. 15, 2013 – “Africa is blooming and this is …
It’s hard to see commitment to projects especially in emerging markets like Africa. Africa has been long identified as a new frontier location for investors looking to put great projects that mostly focus on ICT. More recently there has been an increase of the number of mega-proposals and plans to build smart cities. More than …
“We want the summit to acknowledge our success”. DotConnectAfrica was among over 1,500 delegates that included Seven African Heads of State Ministers and CEO’s of blue chip firms. The summit was Co-hosted by President Paul Kagame and Dr. Hamadoun Toure, the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the aim of pooling together …