[kictanet] African Union latest on .africa

[Norman Boinett]

I listened to DotConnectAfrica pitch a presentation on its efforts to
register the dot africa domain at the AITEC conference held in Nairobi last
year.  I don't know if  AU picked on the endorsement issue following the
realization of the importance of the TLD and its political, social and
economic implications or its has been keen on it all the way. I am not sure
about the level of participation of the AU in past and present IG issues and
the part they play in internet governance matters. Can someone please
enlighten us on some of these issues;
1. what the AU has done on African Internet governance processes in the
recent past and its implications on the internet governance community
2. Who should be most responsible for the registration and management of the
dot africa TLD, organizations like DotConnectAfrica, AU or the Africa
Intenet Governance Forum (if it exists)?

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:14 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.au.int/en/content/africa-union-commission-clarification-dot-africa
>
> The deadline for submission of applications for the EoI is set for
> June 3rd 2011.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
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