DCA has won yet another IRP duel after the Panel ruled in favor of its own arguments. The Panel arbitrating the DCA Trust vs. ICANN IRP has declared that; “After deliberation and careful consideration by all three Panel member o the Parties respective submissions and supporting authorities, the Panel is unanimously of the view that …
ICANN is in the middle of a email exchange for the apparent delay of .africa, with the AUC. This comes just 3 days to the 22 – 26 June 2014 ICANN 50 in London, England. On 02 Jun 2014, Dr. Elham M. A. Ibrahim the African union Commissioner, Infrastructure and Energy wrote a letter to …
In a developing story, the DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) has won Round One in its case against ICANN for the “.africa” domain. The launch of the .africa TLD by the ZACR has therefore been delayed due to the ongoing Independent Review Process between ICANN and DotConnectAfrica (DCA) The win stems from the fact that DCA received …
ICANN has on Monday 24 2014 signed a registry agreement with the ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa to operates the .africa top-level domain. The agreement comes even as DotConnectAfrica is going through ICANN’s own Independent IRP process. “Fortunately for ICANN, I think there’s a better chance of me getting elected Pope”, said DI’s …
Washington D.C., USA, May 30, 2013 – Following the ICANN-46 International gathering that took place in Beijing China, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) body of ICANN also met and issued a Communiqué dated April 11, 2013 which contained policy advice on new gTLD applications to the ICANN Board of Directors. A copy of the ICANN …
DCA’s application for .Africa new gTLD received an ICANN GAC Policy Advice Objection which the organization hopes to resolve by following the due process provisions within the ICANN new gTLD Program. ICANN 46 Beijing International Meeting PRLog (Press Release) – Apr. 17, 2013 – The DotConnectAfrica Trust delegation led by its Executive Director/CEO, Ms. Bekele …
PRLog (Press Release) – Apr. 17, 2013 DCA’s application for .Africa new gTLD received an ICANN GAC Policy Advice Objection which the organization hopes to resolve by following the due process provisions within the ICANN new gTLD Program. The DotConnectAfrica Trust delegation led by its Executive Director/CEO, Ms. Bekele participated and contributed at various sessions …
All the rights to the new DotAfrica gTLD including the registry databases, rightfully belongs to ICANN and the African Union and UniForum cannot act outside these specifications that have been legally codified and approved. PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 25, 2013 – The 11th Innovation Africa Digital Summit (http://www.extensia-ltd.com/documents/innovation-africa-digital-summit-2013-programme/10581) with the theme: “National Broadband Strategies …