Ruling brings dotAfrica domain closer

Aug 3, 2015

Africa’s own home on the worldwide Web is a significant step closer to becoming a reality after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) received the final Declaration from the Independent Review Process (IRP) that was instituted in...

SA’s dotCities reservation process opens

Jul 2, 2014

Trademark holders can now apply for reservation of their chosen domain names within South Africa’s three new city Top-Level Domains (cTLDs), following the commencement of pre-registration by the ZA Central Registry (ZACR).

dotAfrica set to go ahead

dotAfrica set to go ahead

Mar 27, 2014

The May 2014 commercial launch of dotAfrica is now a fait accompli after the final outstanding paperwork was inked at the 49th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) in Singapore yesterday. The Registry Agreement was signed at the...

dotAfrica launch, availability in sight

Feb 3, 2014

The general availability of the dotAfrica (.africa) Top Level Domain (TLD) is expected to commence in September 2014, following the expiry of the Sunrise and Land Rush periods which are scheduled to commence in May 2014. That’s according to Neil Dundas, ZA...

Interest in dotAfrica trademark measured

Jan 9, 2014

The Mark Validation System (MVS) of the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) was the subject of a great deal of interest from African, Middle Eastern and South Asian trademarks and intellectual property law firms who were participating in the recent Dubai gathering of the...