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Domain name Registrars and Resellers (RaRs) who are not currently accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) to register new dotAfrica (.africa), dotJoburg, dotDurban and dotCapetown geographic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) can now register them with AF Proxy Services Ltd. AF Proxy Services Ltd is excited to announce that it has […]

Today, 04 July 2017, marks the first day when the general public can register (dotAfrica) .africa geographic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). “The floodgates have finally been thrown open and .africa domains are now available for registration on a first-come, first-served basis,” announced Lucky Masilela in Addis Ababa during the 29th AU Summit. The .africa gTLD […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The roadshow to officially launch the new .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) kicked off at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, 03 July 2017. During the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” header_font_size=”30″ header_letter_spacing=”0″ header_line_height=”1″ text_letter_spacing=”0″ text_line_height=”1.7″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_style=”solid”] PRESS RELEASE Monday, 19 June 2017 Great interest in dotAfrica (.africa) by trademark owners has seen the geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) score within the top ten globally for the largest number of domain name reservations during the […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” header_font_size=”30″ header_letter_spacing=”0″ header_line_height=”1″ text_letter_spacing=”0″ text_line_height=”1.7″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_style=”solid”] Wednesday, 06 June 2017 The ZA Central Registry’s (ZACR’s) drive earlier this year to encourage Africa’s leading brands to apply for preferential access to their desired .africa domain names proved so successful that it has now opened a second round […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” header_font_size=”30″ header_font_size_tablet=”30″ header_font_size_phone=”30″ header_letter_spacing=”0″ header_letter_spacing_tablet=”0″ header_letter_spacing_phone=”0″ header_line_height=”1″ header_line_height_tablet=”1″ header_line_height_phone=”1″ text_letter_spacing=”0″ text_letter_spacing_tablet=”0″ text_letter_spacing_phone=”0″ text_line_height=”1.7″ text_line_height_tablet=”1.7″ text_line_height_phone=”1.7″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_style=”solid”] With less than 100 hours to go until the end of the .africa Sunrise Phase, the general public will soon compete for valuable and premium dotAfrica (.africa) domain […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” header_font_size=”30″ header_letter_spacing=”0″ header_line_height=”1″ text_letter_spacing=”0″ text_line_height=”1.7″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_style=”solid”] There is an old Roman saying “Semper aliquid novi ex Africa!”, translated it means “from Africa always come something new”. From inception, Africa Day has meant something different to African people situated all over the world and this […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”THREE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR .AFRICA DOMAIN NAME REGISTRARS” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” header_font_size=”30″ header_letter_spacing=”0″ header_line_height=”1″ text_letter_spacing=”0″ text_line_height=”1.7″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_style=”solid”] Press release – 11 May 2017 Domain Name Registrars (RaRs) hoping to capture a slice of the new (‘dotAfrica’) .africa gTLD (geographic Top Level Domain) will have to comply with three […]