[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Today We Celebrate” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”3 years ago the 11th of February 2017 was a historic moment for the digital freedom of the African continent.” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave the ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR), trading as Registry Africa, the right to administer the .africa geographic Top Level Domain Name (gTLD). Hoy, el ZACR celebra su tercer aniversario como operador del registro .africa, que ha sumado 23000 registros de dominio a su perfil y sigue creciendo. Este éxito se ha logrado gracias a colaboraciones y asociaciones con Registradores y Revendedores (RAR) locales e internacionales.
“Madiba abrió las puertas de nuestra libertad en el mundo real hace 30 años, mientras que .africa libera a los africanos en el ciberespacio”.
30 years ago on the same day, Nelson Mandela was released from South Africa’s Victor Verster Prison after 27 years of being incarcerated. Take a moment and reflect on the 11th of February 1990 and the 11th of February 2017 because both events mark an interesting number that defines a journey on two fronts of the continent’s narrative. On the 11th of February 1990 Mandela was released from prison having spent 27 years in prison and the 11th of February 2017 records the delegation of .africa, exactly 27 years after his release. Back then Africa had 54 countries that were members of the African Union and that mathematical number 27 plus 27 leads to a serendipitous moment that must be celebrated and acknowledged as “Happy .Africa Domain Name Day”.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Lucky Masilela, CEO of Registry Africa says “Madiba unlocked our real world freedom 30 years ago while .africa is setting Africans free in cyberspace”. He adds that the .africa domain enables freedom in the virtual world because of the enormous opportunities for advancement that it unlocks.
El lanzamiento del espacio de nombres de dominio .africa sigue siendo una de las iniciativas africanas más importantes en materia de TIC desde las Declaraciones de Abuja y Oliver Tambo de hace una década para resolver el uso de las TIC con el fin de proporcionar acceso al ciberespacio a mil millones de africanos. En la Declaración, los ministros africanos reafirmaron el hecho de que las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) son fundamentales para el desarrollo y la competitividad económica de África y pueden ayudar a alcanzar la Visión de la Unión Africana y los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will only achieve its stated socio-economic goals if young Africans fully participate in this digital revolution online by registering an appropriate domain. To date, 55 countries in Africa are united under a single, continent-wide domain name of .africa which stays true to the vision of “One Domain Name for the Entire Continent”.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]