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.Africa1bn people, 54 countries,1domain

DotConnectAfrica (DCA)

Tandaa Symposium-Tools for taking your company online!

1. State of Global Internet2. State of the African Internet 3. Increasing your online presence4. The vision of .africa domain5. The need for Africa Specific Domain6. Strengthening ccTLDs –impact of .africa

domain7. Who is DotConnectAfrica?8. Achievements9. Challenges10.Next Step for you!

• AfricaTandaa Sympsium Kenya ICT Board : www.dotconnectafrica.org

Information Society to

Internet Society

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. - E.W. Dijkstra

Tandaa Sympsium Kenya ICT Board : www.dotconnectafrica.org

The global Economy is reforming

•Affordable internet, phone, pc devises, prices, CapEx Vs. OpEx, NGN•Web 2.0 (social tipping point); Viral ; Cloud computing•where one has a convergence of 70% of the planet bring universal access and democracy of information• Interesting business models and consumer reach and increase in productivity

Opportunities

expand knowledge , creation capacity, advances In science and health.

AITEC East Africa ICT Summit 2 010 – www.dotconnectafrica.org

A Paradigm shift - Convergence Opportunities

Internet use has exploded globally • more than 300% since 2000• 2.0 million Internet users • 3.6 billion people use mobile telephony just

over half of the world’s population

This intersection – where users access the Internet from their mobile phones – maps a revolutionary digital paradigm shift


Increasing your online visibility through registration of continental domain

• AfricaAITEC East Africa ICT Summit 2 010 – www.dotconnectafrica.org

Goodbye, "blockbustermovie.com" and hello "blockbuster. movie".

Would you prefer "mylife.blogspot.com" or "mylife. blog"?

And there are other endless possibilities: •dot-nyc for businesses in New York; •dot-canon for printers and cameras; •dot-eco for green issues; •dot-gay;•dot-bike;

•dot-africa; •dot-shop.

tandaa.africa paynet.africa mobilemoney.africa

lagos.africa ICT.africa safaricom.africa tourism.africa Si.africa sunmicro.africa pesapal.africa

misys.africa

copycat.africa sevenseas.africa UnitedBank.africa visa.africa salamon.ug.africa safaricom.co.ke.africaCOMESA.africa ecobank.africa

citibank.africa Iveri.africab

Renaissancecapital.africa webtribe.africa Cybercrime.africa allafrica.africachamberofcommerce.africa KDN.africa

wildlife.africa icann.africa banking.africa eac.africa microfinance.africa cooking.africa shoes.africa Intrepid Data.africa mobicash.africa

USAID.afri gatesfoundation.afric dgi.africa.africa 2020 .africa GrameenFoundation.africa


Status of TLDs

• Africa

There are presently 21 gTLDs in the root zone

There were eight that predate ICANN: .com .edu .gov .int .mil .net .org .arpa

Seven were added in a round starting .aero .biz .coop .info .museum .name .pro . post

Six were added in a round starting in 2004

.asia .cat .jobs .mobi .tel .travel (soon to be added)


• Currently, Internet users in the Pan-Africa and African region only have the option of utilizing a generic TLD (gTLD) whose registrants are dominated by US and European individuals and businesses, or country-code TLDs (ccTLDs) that are intended for local use

• Current gTLDs also tend to focus on a vertical group (e.g. commercial entities, network providers, organizations , etc.) within the global Internet, “.Africa” will embrace a horizontal perspective with a clear brand to reach and enrich the broad global community.

• Africa

Need for Africa-specific domain


• Africa

Strengthening ccTLds/Regional TLDs• Offering of second level domain names by

cross marketing of domain names such as .za.africa; .co.ke.africa; .et.africa; ug.africa ; .ng.africa; .EAC, .COMESA

• Elevation of ccTLDs to Continental and Global Identity inherent in the Africa name

• Supporting goal of regional /continental integration of National countries (ccTLDs)

• “Noting else in the world…not all the armies in the world …is so powerful as an idea whose time has come” Victor Hugo and .africa is that idea & here to stay.

AITEC East Africa ICT Summit 2 010 – www.dotconnectafrica.org

Internet Governance – The Policy

Divide

"yea" or "nay"

yea" or "nay" on yea" or "nay" on "yea" or "nay"yea" or "nay

How many participants think “.africa” is a great idea?


Who is DotConnectAfrica ?The Mission

• To sponsor, establish and operate a continental Internet namespace with global recognition and regional significance, dedicated to the needs of the Pan-African and African Internet community.

• To operate a viable and technically advanced TLD registry for the Pan-Africa and African community.

• To reinvest partial surpluses in socio-technological advancement initiatives relevant to the Pan-Africa and African Internet community; and


Why support the DCA initiative!•Early applicants to the .Africa name to ICANN•Early endorsements from the continental policy makers•Early endorsements from other stakeholders•Diaspora Africans who are committed to the continent bring transfer of knowledge & technology•Multi-stakeholder governance model – Best Practice•Non-Profit/Non-Partisan organization

• (DCA is a TRUST registered in neutral country Mauritius

•Open/transparent initiative - over 19 public Press Releases since our February 2010 presence in Africa.•Inclusive cross marketing opportunity for ccTLDs•Support new African based gTLDs•Team committed to building “generation.africa”•Team committed to branding Africa in positive light


Africa Leadership Retreat 2020 – www.dotconnectafrica.org

Our promise of putting .africa on the global digital map

.africa - the first African TLD to be sponsored at an International European event – Brussels ICANN 38


Challenges! •Political - continental project

•Adaption from existing gTlds, .com, .org• Branding• Cost• Access to internet• Good Infrastructure• Capacity building/training


NEXT STEPS!•Join in our “yes” campaign•Simple ways:

• Twitter (dot_africa)• Facebook (dotafrica)• Email: [email protected]• “generation.africa” Tee


One Club Policy - Global policy

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