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Top-level domain registry in Africa
Registry Africa
[2] was created in 2017 to
manage
[3] the
.africa top-level domain.
[4]
[5]
History
.africa was launched
[6]
[7]
[8] at the
African Union Commission
[9] in 2017. In 2012 the application
[10] process for a new top level domain was launched
[11] by
ICANN.
[12] The Registry Agreement was
signed on 26 March 2014 in Singapore.
[13]
The application for
.africa was endorsed and supported
[14] by the
African Union
[15] and the official launch
[16]
[17]
[18] took place at the
Africa Union Commission Headquarters on 3 July 2017 during the 29th African Union (AU) Summit.
[19]
African Regional Support
.africa's Africa Regional Support
[20] includes African Union Commission (AUC),
[21]
[22]
AfriNIC, AfTLD,
ITU, UNECA and
Nepad.
References
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"Africa Gets Its Own Web Address with Launch of .africa".
BBC. 10 March 2017.
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"IANA — .africa Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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".africa Registry Agreement - ICANN". www.icann.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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dotAfrica Registry signed, retrieved 2019-12-17
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"African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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^ Newsroom, APO Group-Africa; Commission (AUC), African Union.
"Launch of dotAfrica". african-union.africa-newsroom.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"African Union celebrates launch of 'dotAfrica' Internet domain | Africa Times". africatimes.com. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"Launch of dotAfrica | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
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"IANA — Delegation Report for africa". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"ICANN approves dotAfrica launch dates |IT News Africa – Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports | Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"dotAfrica | .Africa | What is dotAfrica?". africainonespace.org. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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"The DotAfrica Signatory Ceremony in ICANN 49, Singapore, Wednesday 26 March 2014 | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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"COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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"African Union". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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"DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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^ AU, Press Release.
"African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain: dotAfrica". AFRICAN MARKETS. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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"DOTAFRICA (.AFRICA) ROADSHOW LAUNCHES AT THE AFRICAN UNION HEADQUARTERS". dotAfrica. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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"African Regional Support". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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^ Obera, Fred (2017-03-13).
"African Union launches Africa's own identity web address dotafrica". This is africa. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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"DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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