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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span><b><i> A Year in Review- 2016!</i></b></span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">End of Year Message from<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:segoe print,comic sans ms,arial,sans-serif"><b><i> Message from the Founder/CEO</i></b></span> </div>
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<div style="color:rgb(228,255,255);font-size:14pt"><i>As Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group, it gives me great joy and honor to send this end of year message to the entire Pan-African constituency and </i></div>
<div style="color:rgb(228,255,255);font-size:14pt"><i>international community of supporters and well-wishers all over the globe.</i></div>
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<div>Every year I take time to review and go over all that transpired throughout the year and share with you, as you have been an integral part of our journey.<i> 2016 has been an involving and satisfactory year, despite the challenges of some of what we have had to go through. We are thankful for every part of the process and experience. I am glad to share with you some of what DCA Group has done and achieved. <br><br></i></div>
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<div><i><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:14pt"><b>DCA Walking the Talk and Impacting Lives</b></span><br><br> </i><i> In fulfillment of our declaration of</i><span><i> 2016 </i></span><i> as <span><b>#YearOfTheWomen,</b> DCA indeed offered</span></i><span><i> and created more avenues to promote the woman <span>entrepreneur, the CEO, the President, the Head girl</span> and the 6 year old who did not want to get married as she <span>"<b>wants to do her own thing"</b></span>. Thus these girls and women seem to have found more rewarding times within their daily lives as well as making important life choices. </i></span><span><i><br><br>Our </i></span><span><i><b>flagship Trust program</b></i></span><span><i> <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b0D1racYEWdfpPTbRGwQ0Qf5HzGdwJmvnmEQ5x3sR0tCFLJgw-SQoakpdn_56GVzwymKoQ-1hMD2J9TvAJztAhvf-yHiWf_x3NIDSR1yVAYN419dPDzPqrFRToMLU5E-WHRgLTviVVvZoQq2k17anRGTzdKTtDQS_AwsLoD2UnReF_NyMjEUB88o5JARfXvQ7T1PflDCsYLo&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://dotconnectafrica.org/yes-campaign/miss-africa/miss-africa-2016-seed-funding/" target="_blank">Miss.Africa launched a Pan-African seed fund</a> through our DCA academy programme - an initiative that <b>supports women and girls in STEM</b>. Through this effort, we identify how we might support the impact and scalabi</i></span><span><i>lity of their initiatives.</i></span><span><i> Most of our activities this year therefore were focused in the fulfillment of the program, related to girls and women in technology. <br><br>As it is well known in Africa, DCA Trust is an early champion of "<b>girls and women in tech" </b></i></span><span><i>among many other</i></span> innovative causes we have championed in Afric<i>a.</i><i><span><i><span style="color:rgb(252,83,81)"> </span> We started off with tech training program for girls internally at DCA, followed by the fulfillment of the</i></span><span><i> most popular yearly "Miss.Africa" seed fund". The initial fund was able to award multi-country initiatives including <b>Kenya, Madagascar and Cameroon</b>. </i></span></i><br></div>
<span><i><br>This year in October <b>I was very proud to <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7byPZaFfioK5LBhcHJcIejNbgBiLW4g8dpI8XDU4kLtw4KuyfynSAWHwtIcuV6PomHXe11FB-Od1iTdt9miy7seLIpAsCYv87f7HSs3p22yX4nlpHZ3cV6bS9BWxxQgct9GnS09kbmubmrvwjJv4_PfE2XmV3FGK9pWfnzjZU5xfbJpE6yavslN52npoOtR75BbbUud_UTzbg3muZXrj_Kugboz-XGKQAiQhyQupX3KpfI9T0pdQuIpbxMB3YePeyxJCw3jVwV3eeezkliBH5n81v0UfL5e3RFb6XqU1WMYHG6tisblNsl-0MCaj0Ca5wwwbDE48AHenV&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" shape="rect" alt="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/EurAfrican-Forum--Portugal--Global-Policy--ITU--Miss-Africa-App--Developers-Graduate-Award-Ceremony.html?soid=1102516344150&aid=IiMI6ONpFlE" target="_blank">attend a graduation ceremony of Twenty Five (25) women</a></b> selected from over three hundred applicants who benefited directly from receiving the Miss.Africa training. The girls were trained on mobile app development over a 3 month program by a partner organization. <b>I also presented the prestigious Miss.Africa Trophy award</b> to the founder of the Kenya based organization in recognition of the efforts and collaborations in making the Miss.Africa program a success. <br> <br>D<span>CA also utilized our <b>#2016YearofTheWomen</b>,<b>#<wbr>STEM4girls</b>, <b>#girls4tech</b> and <b>#womenintech</b> hashtag themes to campaign for women all over the world by highlighting their work, recognizing the efforts, participating in their causes, and various women-centric topics and forums around the world. <br><br></span>In 2017, we look forward to seeing more African women and girls benefit throughout Africa, <span>with Miss.Africa program. </span></i></span><i><b>"When you empower a woman you empower a community".</b><br><br>In line with our mission of educating and advancement of Internet in Africa, other ongoing efforts of DCA include Digital and Social media dissemination, mobile platform development and training. We also have pipeline service oriented projects that we have been working on to hopefully launch in 2017.<br></i></div>
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<div><i><b><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:14pt">Status of The .Africa gTLD Court Case</span><br><br></b></i></div>
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<div>The unfortunate legal challenge we are undergoing with ICANN<b> has been a burden to DCA's ongoing positive effort to expand and implement our mission to the people of Africa. </b> Despite being assisted with Top Tier legal firms at all times, it takes much of our executive and research time over a battle that has lasted over 5 years.</div>
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<ul><li><i><b>In January 2016,</b> DCA Trust went to court over ICANN's processing of the </i><i>Independent Review Panel (IRP)</i><i shape="rect"> ruling. </i><i>This found ICANN indeed violated is Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation and that the Board's actions/inactions on our.Africa gTLD application were not accountable</i><i shape="rect">. </i><i shape="rect"> </i></li><li><i shape="rect"><b>In March 05, 2016, </b>a United States District Court, Central District of California - Western Division gave a ruling granting an Interim Relief <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b_xEpEuBRlo59a8Ee-dDjk04unwvrZ-HT53f7bFB3XUTIxO-LwTP1TTVDrgeiIumihDxVBCdamnT6PHG15m6nEG0HA6IrmnIRTEHjdQbfSlgdD-OkuqQ3_KPYbMVrxv8hha15byKziRRn-BsSovLwzvcJQr_qHV1TUZ36SxhynB3si52XNYTkbgk_3mM5UAMG2ZU2KKSWVUI&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/1124003169920.html" target="_blank">[PDF Case No: CV 16-00862 RGK (JCx)]</a> for DCA Trust by issuing a decision that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR). </i><i shape="rect">The court found "serious questions" going toward DCA's likelihood of success on the merits and a balance of hardships that tips sharply in DCA's favour.....[Cont'd].... As such, the Court GRANTED a <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b_xEpEuBRlo5mtv6Oc0lCQ2-RhQm-7AYe0SvE28LSyXkoH8VRj0FF8r6kvSJY7BZaOIAzJ9539ravWaOscz5rT98e0csIFK4RKlG5zp6TDo1_XKBnAujdk-WrPw9LW3UUwIjNbL6aZA6uqXkubmpaTXEI6OaNZKhHlIQcET8Yg1g2U3OPIHqayGQDI3piDeo3ReSwH48Wolz&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/1124392570922.html" target="_blank">preliminary injunction barring ICANN</a> from delegating the rights to .Africa until this case is resolved.<b><i shape="rect"> </i></b></i></li><li><i shape="rect"><i shape="rect"><b>Recently on December 14 2016,</b> the Ninth Circuit court of appeals also granted the unopposing motions on dismissal of appeals <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b8bv5aLDIjmuiXFzapB0EDq8ZGfMoQqgPVQIeoPFDE2Cn1m8Iq51EXlEZtRDzFmz_fWfk0hMXDMYXnxHOWO9c36R_prN77DbHvLIq1utXAqplEyzjt0JTY12OMFVDzWPzs7zzAj7r0uE8Kho5pM2rEnmN2kScBMiRs85t0DFRlcA5DFsqJLjq4SOovgELOQMACFgP9Js1_6OoFe57zM6mqNynA3viv3vcw==&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/57-Order-Granting-Dismissal-of-Appeal.pdf" target="_blank">[PDF D.C. No.2:16-cv-00862-RGK-JC]</a> <i shape="rect"><i shape="rect">on the district court's lack of jurisdiction </i></i>and denied ICANN's<i shape="rect"><i> request to include language that DCA's preliminary injunction order is void and the appeal is moot. </i></i></i></i></li></ul>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i shape="rect"><i shape="rect">We await the court process that will hopefully concluded soon.</i></i><br><i shape="rect"> <br><b>African Governments Continued misunderstanding over .Africa</b><br><br>I wrote various public commentaries and sparked a debate about the ICANN transition having an impact on the US elections. I wrote to The Hill a message I titled <b>"<a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b7_l2tv4Yo-p9hC3Lcg41JuDJjCEl-n512Kqx1Vcx7Fm38hK-aR_hpPuiuUltRKqn3NP47zAt1DXGaZ9LvJUxZzEV4NWnd2L5w0Pom-zQ7VtRBnJIBpXjWOx-7pQXtTqwjH4XQ1CSQzWfdguiMyv8KM8CI9cBDDpFiTjVyJPC0PN9pQblhfiiRaZwDdKrClqKRMuZOiDXOD9MFAEA22gpqSL42s3qWxTlpY1QOTRlwC1PkuRYeoPAomZIa_K83411w==&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/298748-icann-is-already-under-foreign-government-influence-the-proof" target="_blank">ICANN is already under the influence of Foreign Governments</a>". </b>This drew an example of how ICANN allowed the African Union Commission (AUC), an Intergovernmental body to heavily interfere in the .Africa application so as to delegate it to itself. This eventually led me to take ICANN to Court. However. I did not expect that there would be another body that would try to change the rules. In support of the AUC, the African Telecom Union (ATU) recently came up with</i><i> a widely opposed proposal</i><i> from an </i><span><i>African Group's Common Proposal (AFCP) </i></span><i>for the modification and expansion of Resolution 47 to include generic top level domain and specifically cited .Africa. To make my views heard, I wrote in a public rejoinder to the proposal on an Industry blog CircleID: "<a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b9J9LRqx-1ExDM2eHmrl7U3zHoaOCQA1xeuKEPgIcMce1HgpqA-mEo4aVSzORfRQXGuukA6u-WTG0FchgRe4J8VD3bL1hcZFCXA-l1wPklHLsn7wIYJWnRj4BRO4ztvi0T96uqGXsvRIwvGJe4EZoOC0mMoqvRxH5X6iW5rjoE_nt6Fq1Q6YKl5r8HE5bZjI_Gi2oVgj6moL1GwuxBAqRGw=&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20161108_why_african_telecom_union_proposal_should_be_rejected/" target="_blank">Why African Telecom Union (ATU) Proposal Should be Rejected</a>". I</i><span><i> stated categorically that the ATU's sponsored Tunis <b>"Africa Proposal"</b> is the same as Uncle AUC's Dakar "<b>Africa Agenda"</b>, proposed to circumvent global ICANN policy, and should be rejected! </i></span><i><br><br>In response to the above, <b>the ICANN CEO also wrote to </b><a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b7_l2tv4Yo-pQqvgLqfFNywzXuAcl-6kF2rGIU3_V7bQ_LVVn0hHSpzq5ZYty7cI5ywnbNVlpYKg8N2L85UHLnToNqxA4Bf5pyQYr2Kc8jUBGIV4I6PEoOyhFl836VF3q71UtjXkBu4U9e1sfvqy8I9C_y45JdXS0h9q0zwaY6N9fzWgSF2GngJNZBdH8oEqKY9qyWoWn5sG&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-zhao-31oct16-en.pdf" target="_blank"> Mr. Houlin Zhao, the Secretary General of the </a><span>International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stating I<span>CANN concerns on the above proposal and that its initiations <b>might have been triggered by some misunderstandings of some African countries</b> on a specific Top-Level Domain application. This validates my long standing view that the African governments have always been misled by the vested interest groups on the characterization of .Africa gTLD. </span></span></i></p>
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<div style="font-size:10pt"><b> (Message from Executive Director)<br><br>Saluting 2016, the #YearoftheWomen<br></b></div>
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<div style="font-size:10pt"><b>DotConnectAfrica Recap; Global Policy Advocacy and Contribution</b><br> </div>
<div style="font-size:10pt"><b>Lisbon, Portugal: High Level Talk: Africa's development on EurAfrican Forum Meeting<br><br>Nairobi, Kenya: Miss.Africa announces 2016, Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa<br> <br> DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: The Innovation Issue</b><br> </div>
<div style="font-size:10pt"><b> Nairobi, Kenya: Our Impact Initiatives: Miss.Africa Seed Fund App Developers Graduate. Award Ceremony at eMobilis</b></div>
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<div><b> DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: "THE WOMAN'S ISSUE" </b><br> <div><b> Nairobi Kenya: DCA Trust Announces eMobilis as the Winner of its Inaugural USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund<br><br></b></div><div><b>DotConnectAfrica Update: United States Court Has Granted an Interim Relief for DCA Trust on .Africa<br><br>Salute 2016 - The Year of "The Women": A New Year's Message<br></b></div><div> <br><b>DCA Video of the Year</b><br><br></div></div>
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<div style="font-size:10pt"><b>DCA Seen and Heard<br><br><div>DCA Trust invited to the Strathmore SMC Roundtable: Promoting Management Science Excellence in Practice<br><br><div>Africa's first fully electrified cross-border railway line opens from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of Djibouti<br><br>DCA Song of the Year<br></div></div></b><br></div>
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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt"><b>"Disrupting the status quo, people who are game changers, my opponents, and underdogs like David from The Bible"</b></span></div>
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<div><span><br>2016 the #YearoftheWomen has indeed been a great year for the DCA Group, and we can't even begin to list them all, because you have been part of our journey.<br><br>From witnessing successful training of 25 female beneficiaries Miss.Africa Seed Fund who will go on to become a great group of developers in both web based and mobile apps. We look forward to seeing another group of geeks in 2017.<br><br>We also saw progress in the .Africa court case vs ICANN where we won two important decisions where the Court granted Interim Relief or Temporary Restraining Order and later a Motion for Preliminary Injunction which stopped any delegation of .Africa. <br><br>In the year 2017 we expect even more success both for the case that will conclude hopefully in February 2017 and for our in-house projects to scale further <span> <span>especially the Miss.Africa Seed fund project since women represent over 50% of the African continent's talent that is unaccounted for.</span></span><br><br>We look forward to the new year for new opportunities and encourage you to continue walking with us. <br><br>Thank you for being part of our journey. </span></div>
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<div><b><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)">#YearOfTheWomen 2016: Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling":</span> </b> This year was aptly dedicated by DCA Trust as the "Year of the Women". From Simone Biles, the first American women gymnast to win four gold medals in a SINGLE Olympics or the Ethiopian Almaz Ayana to win the women's 10,000 meters setting a new World and Olympic record at the Rio World Olympics 2016 to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton First Woman Nominated by a major US, Party for Presidency for US election, to the women who work daily to make the world better. Viva to you all!
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<div>Commentary: <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b9J9LRqx-1ExDM2eHmrl7U3zHoaOCQA1xeuKEPgIcMce1HgpqA-mEo4aVSzORfRQXGuukA6u-WTG0FchgRe4J8VD3bL1hcZFCXA-l1wPklHLsn7wIYJWnRj4BRO4ztvi0T96uqGXsvRIwvGJe4EZoOC0mMoqvRxH5X6iW5rjoE_nt6Fq1Q6YKl5r8HE5bZjI_Gi2oVgj6moL1GwuxBAqRGw=&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20161108_why_african_telecom_union_proposal_should_be_rejected/" target="_blank">Why African Telecom Union (ATU) Proposal Should be Rejected</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Commentary: </i></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7bxJO_mi74bVwXnRVGUgbAjp1GJWlMil4vLYvXNT_RjuzB2VLpEfxt4rOgJhxCnej9hRzxuhgZwcwAJ2d3fLA7I-3iIR4iBUPfdtuGyoJPCTe0613amftVwhJM07j1hqAmGg8eyZlGA7zyN-bw70eKMnlDAH7zyUwFCZRkd5yhZZyuIhN7VHThFzcmLy62ubJu1_KSwi_KPJyZaGF_9h-Sw5dZ9VyCVsGRkp9bRjtEcF21JXpf3Ta9Uw=&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/293518-would-internet-transition-have-an-impact-on-current-us" target="_blank">Would internet transition have an impact on current US election?</a>, by DCA Principal for The Hill<b>.</b></i></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify">June 2016: DotConnectAfrica is very proud that most of the PanAfrica initiatives we pioneered in Africa such as Miss.Africa for Women education and empowerment particularly in ICT and STEM has now gotten attention of African leadership and mainstreamed in the African Agenda at various African Counties. <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b_xEpEuBRlo5O9ZtN46BOEC08H9hN2HWTRUFERz7hdrBU6ntaYR5SceHhCnj7pOz0SfR-qONHhgLMAqPgD-pt-DyTkw74OBI-RwHagqxeDepsIbJtDjAEZmDFO3ryRGGvur46MmkIXCt3kKWtLalpsnroqbdn0WboEUoxa-6ncrW5qgFkNpC07quUKceQO8lx4wJRlCe3jDp&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/1125252939939.html" target="_blank">Read more</a> </div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">April 12, 2016</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Nairobi, Kenya:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the decision for </span><a style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" shape="rect">case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) </a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">[PDF]</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers & ZA Central Registry.</span><br><div><span><br><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Court finds it more prejudicial to the African community, and the international community in general, if the delegation of .Africa is made prior to a determination on the fairness of the process by which it was delegated.</span> </span></span><a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b_xEpEuBRlo5mtv6Oc0lCQ2-RhQm-7AYe0SvE28LSyXkoH8VRj0FF8r6kvSJY7BZaOIAzJ9539ravWaOscz5rT98e0csIFK4RKlG5zp6TDo1_XKBnAujdk-WrPw9LW3UUwIjNbL6aZA6uqXkubmpaTXEI6OaNZKhHlIQcET8Yg1g2U3OPIHqayGQDI3piDeo3ReSwH48Wolz&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/1124392570922.html" target="_blank">Read more</a><span style="color:rgb(72,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div></div>
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March 2016: A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted an Interim Relief for DotConnectAfrica by issuing a decision [PDF Case No: CV 16-00862 RGK (JCx)] below that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR).</span> <a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10pt" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-Nohv02NOC7b_xEpEuBRlo59a8Ee-dDjk04unwvrZ-HT53f7bFB3XUTIxO-LwTP1TTVDrgeiIumihDxVBCdamnT6PHG15m6nEG0HA6IrmnIRTEHjdQbfSlgdD-OkuqQ3_KPYbMVrxv8hha15byKziRRn-BsSovLwzvcJQr_qHV1TUZ36SxhynB3si52XNYTkbgk_3mM5UAMG2ZU2KKSWVUI&c=y-bDGzKx2so6e-hVfsg0fx9dVnGZNllEux8lOu_HidbGoaxObkmc-Q==&ch=2PraaiTuHWtiaxxRH1qKL3gv1D1yGbXYKcbokgGWlglgzJDA8pfnNg==" alt="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/1124003169920.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></div>
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