The .Africa new gTLD has passed through a bumpy road, and there seem to be no end in sight. I recently read the article by DomainMondo titled New gTLD AFRICA: DotConnectAfrica Trust vs ICANN, End of the Line? on posted March 21 , 2016. The article was well written and good analysis on the facts …
eMobilis a Kenyan based Mobile Technology Institute that focuses on training women & girls on Mobile Software Development and Network Infrastructure emerged as the grand prize winner of the Inaugural Miss.Africa Seed Fund for an amount of USD 5,000. Other beneficiaries of the Miss.Africa seed fund included a startup Madagascar based initiative Tech MDG / …
A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) has been issued by the United States District Court to order ICANN not to delegate .Africa until a lawsuit by DotConnectAfrica who is represented in this legal proceeding by Brown, Neri & Smith LLP, 11766 Wilshire Blvd., is resolved in its entirety. The United States District Court, Central District …
on March 05, 2013, a UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted an Interim Relief for DotConnectAfrica by issuing a decision below that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR). The Court ruled. DCA Trust has taken ICANN to task …
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who is also a Republican Presidential hopeful has issued a statement yesterday regarding a letter that Cruz, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) received from Fadi Chehadé, CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Friday over his involvement with the Chinese government. …
On 14 March 2014, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intent to transition its stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions [PDF, 3.49 MB] to the global multistakeholder community. NTIA asked ICANN to convene an inclusive, global discussion to determine a process for transitioning the stewardship of these functions …
The Uganda’s communications regulator said it has blocked some social-media platforms to stop further campaigning during presidential elections in the East African nation. Bloomberg Reported. “It’s a breach of the law to campaign on election day,” Godfrey Mutabazi, executive director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), said in an interview with private broadcaster NTV in …
Tim Cook Apple CEO has confirmed that the tech company will appeal a California judge’s order to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the terrorists involved in the San Bernardino shooting. Following the request, Cook argued, would “threaten the security of our customers.” The device in question — an iPhone 5c — belonged to Syed Farook, who, alongside his …
Göran Marby, an experienced business executive and government leader has been named as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN), he will replace Fadi Chehadé who will be concluding his tenure in March 2016 to move into a new career in the private sector (outside the Domain Name Industry). Fadi in his blog …
08 Feb 2016 Los Angeles, California… Göran Marby, an experienced business executive and government leader has been named the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). “I’m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,” said Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the …