Tag: ICANN
African Countries in Capacity Building Efforts to Harness Internet Opportunities
African countries have intensified efforts to build relevant capacity on the continent to fully exploit opportunities presented by the internet. With the internet permeating...
Tanzania Government Demands Businesses Registered in the Country Use .TZ Domains
The Tanzania government through the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) yesterday published a public notice in dailies reminding business entities registered in the country they should...
ICANN opens Africa Engagement Office in Nairobi
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has today opened its first African engagement office in Nairobi. The office, located at ICEA...
Republican Presidential Candidate Forgets To Register Personal Domain, Get’s Trolled Hard
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina announced today that she is running for president and will battle it out with Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and...
Microsoft Purchases Office.Porn And Office.Adult Domains
Microsoft purchased Office.Porn and Office.Adult for $99. The company joins others including Taylor Swift, Richard Branson among the long list of celebrities and personalities...
Africa Domain Name System Forum to be held in Durban, South Africa, 12-13 July 2013
South Africa will be hosting the Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum on 12 - 13 July 2013. The forum aims to establish a...
South Africa’s ZACR Launches Awareness Programme for the .africa Domain
At the 46th ICANN meeting the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) was awarded the right to operate the .africa registry after it signed and MoU...
African Union Commission selects UniForum SA to administer new dotAFRICA Top Level Domain
The .ZA central registry operator, UniForum SA, was recently selected by the African Union as its preferred registry operator that will administer the upcoming...