DCA recently dismissed ICANN’s opposition to its preliminary injunction on delegation of .Africa as #HotAir, in a news report covered by the premier DomainNewsAfrica. On January 20, 2016, DCA Trust took ICANN to court over a disagreement with how ICANN processed its application, after DCA prevailed in the Independent Review Process (“IRP”) against ICANN in …
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 …
The CEO of DCA Trust has written a cautionary letter to the ICANN following an unsolicited letter by the Africa Union Commissioner of Infrastructure, Elham Ibrahim to the independent geographic names evaluation panel on 29th August 2015 following the July 2015 ruling where DCA Trust successfully fought and won against ICANN for the .africa handling. …
DCA Trust has fired back in a detailed response to the letter by AUC Commissioner AU Commissioner, Dr. Elham Ibrahim insisting that it “amounts to inappropriate interference designed to undermine the objectivity and independence of the GNP.” Bekele has also quoted several parts of the applicant guide book which gives restrictions to applicants on how …
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 …
From the The Reporter Ethiopia DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust has written to the new AU leadership raising ethical and accountability issues on how the endorsement process was handled from its inception within the African Union institution. In the letter dated August 2, 2013 the Company asks the AU leadership to “review and investigate the role that …