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Dotafrica (.Africa) launches domain to the general public across the continent

Milcah Lukhanyu by Milcah Lukhanyu
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The new .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) has been officially launched at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, 03 July 2017.

During the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat kickstarted the Africa wide .africa awareness campaign across the continent.

Speaking during the roadshow launch, H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the AUC, stated that this monumental milestone will go down in history as an example of Africans from all walks of life working together to achieve a common goal and purpose.

Furthermore, .africa represented to the AU Member States an opportunity for the continent to forge a unique online identity which would associate products, services and information with the continent and people of Africa.

The Chairman of the AU, H.E. Alpha Condè, handed over the .africa flag to the Chairperson of the AUC, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat who in turn handed it over to the .africa team, represented by Mr. Lucky Masilela, CEO of the ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR).

“We are extremely grateful to the AUC for its unwavering support throughout this long journey that began as far back as the OR Tambo and Abuja Declarations where it was resolved to use ICT to ensure the development of Africa. It is now time to create the next chapter in the .africa story as the general public begins applying for their chosen .africa domains this very week,” said Masilela.

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“The .africa gTLD intends to promote African businesses, people and culture on the internet and will allow Africa to actively contribute to the digital economy. It is also a source of funding for the development of ICT projects on the continent,” said H.E. Dr Abou-Zeid.

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This gTLD brings the entire continent together as one united Internet community; enabling e-commerce, technology and infrastructure to flourish under one African umbrella. The .africa team will travel to AU member states for six months promoting the use of the domain name, culminating in the flag summiting Mount Kilimanjaro and eventually returning back to the AU in January 2018.

Tuesday, 04 July 2017 was the start of .africa’s General Availability phase where anyone can register .africa domains through Registrars listed here: http://registry.africa/registrars/.

 

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