Countries urged to reserve dotAfrica domains

As the date for the launch of the new dotAfrica (.Africa) domain draws closer, it’s vitally important that African governments reserve names that are important to them. In this regard, the government Reserved Names List for the African Union Commission (AUC) and ZA...

dotAfrica domain one step closer

Africa is firmly on its way to having its own .africa (dotAfrica) domain after Internet governing body ICANN ruled that the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica has passed “Initial Evaluation”. According to the ICANN New generic Top Level Domain...

Africans to get .africa domain

The .africa domain name is expected to launch towards the end of 2013, making it possible for businesses and other organisations to register domain names ending in .africa for the first time. Donvay Wegierski, director of Werksmans Attorneys and member of its...

Have your say on the dotAfrica domain

The dotAfrica Reserved Names Policy is open for public comment from this week until 31 July. The policy is one of the mechanisms being used to ensure an orderly and efficient launch of the new dotAfrica domain name once it is finally approved. The Reserved Names...

Durban ready for exclusive namespace

The application for an exclusive Internet namespace for Durban (under the dotDurban domain) has passed the initial evaluation phase of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). That’s according to ZADNA (the .ZA Domain Name Authority)...