Nov 15, 2013
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...
Jul 15, 2013
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...
Jul 8, 2013
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...
Jul 3, 2013
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...
May 15, 2013
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)...