Registry Africa[2] was created in 2017 to manage[3] the .africa top-level domain.[4][5]
| Company type | Non-profit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Domain registry |
| Founded | 2017[1] |
| Website | registry |
History
edit.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
edit.africa's Africa Regional Support[20] includes African Union Commission (AUC),[21][22] AfriNIC, AfTLD, ITU, UNECA and Nepad.
References
edit- ^ "Africa Gets Its Own Web Address with Launch of .africa". BBC. 10 March 2017.
- ^ "IANA — .africa Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ ".africa Registry Agreement - ICANN". www.icann.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ dotAfrica Registry signed, retrieved 2019-12-17
- ^ "African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ^ Newsroom, APO Group-Africa; Commission (AUC), African Union. "Launch of dotAfrica". african-union.africa-newsroom.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "African Union celebrates launch of 'dotAfrica' Internet domain | Africa Times". africatimes.com. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Launch of dotAfrica | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "IANA — Delegation Report for africa". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "dotAfrica | .Africa | What is dotAfrica?". africainonespace.org. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ "The DotAfrica Signatory Ceremony in ICANN 49, Singapore, Wednesday 26 March 2014 | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ^ "COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ "African Union". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ^ AU, Press Release. "African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain: dotAfrica". AFRICAN MARKETS. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "DOTAFRICA (.AFRICA) ROADSHOW LAUNCHES AT THE AFRICAN UNION HEADQUARTERS". dotAfrica. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "African Regional Support". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ Obera, Fred (2017-03-13). "African Union launches Africa's own identity web address dotafrica". This is africa. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.