DotConnectAfrica
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| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founder(s): | Sophia Bekele |
| Headquarters: | I/F River Court 6th Denis Street Port Louis |
| Country: | Mauritius |
| Website: | DotConnectAfrica |
| Blog: | DCA Blog |
| Key People | |
| Sophia Bekele, Founder & Executive Director | |
DotConnectAfrica (DCA) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization based in Mauritius, Africa.[ It's main objective is to become the sponsoring organization and the registry operator of the DotAfrica generic top level domain name (gTLD). The organization's maintains offices in Ethiopia, Kenya and United States. [1]
Background
DCA was founded in 2008 by Sophia Bekele and serves as executive director of the organization. Her purpose is to support the .africa initiative and to help provide solutions to the internet policy divides in the African Region and be connected and at paced with the innovations of the Internet and Communications Technology worldwide. In 2009, organization started its campaign to gather support for the .africa initiative by conducting forums in different universities and international conferences including the Golden Gate University, UC Berkeley, Stanford University and Sacramento State University, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), United Nations Development of Economics & Social Affairs (UNDESA) and United Nations Public Administration Network(UNPAN).[2]
Mission
DCA aims to accomplish the following missions:[3]
- Become the sponsor and operator of the .africa gTLD and establish it as regional internet domain name space with a global recognition dedicated to the needs of the Pan-African and African community.
- Reinvest surplus of the registry business in socio-technological development projects significant to the Pan-Africa and African community.
- Operate an effective and technically advanced TLD registry through the initiative of not-for-profit organization.