AfTLD
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| Type: | Non-profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2002 |
| Country: | Mauritius |
| Website: | www.aftld.org |
| LinkedIn: | AfTLD |
| Key People | |
| Vika Mpisane, Chairman & Pres. | |
AfTLD (African Top Level Domain) is a non-profit organization composed of registry operators in Africa. AfTLD represents the voice and interests of its members regarding policy issues that affect the ccTLD operations in the African region and internationally. The organization was incorporated in Mauritius in 2002. Vika Mpisane is the current chairman and president of AfTLD.[1]
Timeline
Since its establishment, the organization achieved, initiated or participated in the following activities:[2]
- 2002- AfTLD was incorporated in Mauritius and became member of the country code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
- 2003- Participated in AfNOG, AfriNIC and its first general assembly was held during the ICANN Meetings in Carthage and organized a name server training workshop
- 2004- Attended the ICANN Meeting in Cape Town
- 2005- Implemented its election process to select representatives to the ccNSO Council
- 2006- The organization re-structured its Board and added 8 members to its executive committee to create an Interim Board of Trustees
- 2007- Held its 1st African ccTLD Event in Cairo, Egypt
- 2008- Conducted its 2nd Annual African ccTLD Event in Joburg, South Africa
- 2009- Its 3rd Annual African ccTLD Event in Arusha, Tanzania was held and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AFRINIC
- 2010- Held its 4th Annual African ccTLD in Nairobi, Kenya during the 37th ICANN Meeting
- 2011- Conducted its Attack Contingency Response Planning (ACRP) Workshop for ccTLDs managers in partnership with the National Information Technology Administration (NITA).
Objectives
The main objective of AfTLD is to voice and stand up for the benefit and interests of ccTLD managers, encourage communication and cooperation between them, increase the awareness of the internet community in the African region and its neighbor islands regarding the process, activities and meetings of ICANN, IANA and the World ccTLD community, establish a website that will serve as main source of information for its members, assist in the development and capacity building of the DNS technologies and facilitate the development of ccTLD policies, administration and technical infrastructure in Africa.[3]
Members
AfTLD members include .bi (Burundi), .ci (Cote d'Ivoire), .ke (Kenya), .ly (Libya),.mg (Madagascar), .mr (Mauritius), .mw (Malawi), .mz (Mozambique), .ng (Nigeria) .sc (Seychelles), .sd (Sudan), .tz (Tanzania), .za (South Africa), .cd (DR Congo), .sn (Senegal), .eg (Egypt), .zm (Zambia) and many other ccTLD in Africa.[4]