Africa Africa s new Internet Online Identity

. Africa : Africa’s new Internet Online Identity Mohamed El Bashir Chair, Steering Committee dot. AFRICA I-Week 2012, Cape Town 10 -14 September 2012

ICANN & New g. TLDs ü Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers “ICANN” ü Responsible for the coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers ü Ensure the stability and security of the Internet ü ICANN meeting Singapore 2011– open up the Internet for new Top Level Domains ü Applicant Guide Book – stringent guidelines on the application process, infrastructure & financial criteria, etc http: //newgtlds. icann. org

New g. TLD Applications -. Anything ü ICANN new g. TLD application process January – April 2012 ü Application fee of $185 000 ü ZACR handed in only application for. africa on behalf of the AUC & African Continent ü ICANN received over 1900 applications for new g. TLD, i. e. . africa, . mtn, . dstv, . africa magic, . supersport, . music, . movies, . horse …etc ü 17 applications received from the Africa

What is (. Africa ) ? ü Continental Top Level Domain (TLD) for Africa for the use by the entire African continent & the world ü To be used by organizations, governments, business & individuals who associate themselves or their business with Africa ü Access to a huge pan-African customer base using one unique name space ü Online Branding and Marketing Opportunities e. g safricom. africa, mtn. africa, hotels. africa, music. africa, sports. africa movies. africa, banks. africa, soulof. africa, ilove. africa

Who We Are?

Who We Are? National Governments Inter. Gov. Organizations African Union Registry Provider Steering Committee cc. LTD Registries African ICANN Accredited Registrars African Internet Society Chapters African Internet Community

AUC & dot AFRICA ü Oliver Tambo Declaration – “establish dot. Africa as a continental Top Level Domain for use by organizations, businesses, & individuals with guidance from Internet agencies” ü Abudja Declaration – “AUC requested to set up the structure and modalities for the implementation of the dot. Africa project” ü African Union Commission “AUC” issued an RFP in December 2011 for the selection of an African entity to apply and manage. Africa new TLD ü AUC endorsed the proposal of ZA Central Registry ( Uniforum SA) as the selected registry operator for. Africa as a result of it’s tender evaluation process

ICANN Geo. TLD Requirements ü provide a documentation of support or non-objection from relevant government(s) or authority (ies) ü 60% of Governments Support Required by ICANN ü Support Letters received from 72% of African countries

Steering Committee Responsibilities: § Project Oversight § Political, Moral and Ethical leadership (Governance) § Strategy § Policy Development § Awareness, Communication and Marketing

Steering Committee Members: § Mohamed EL Bashir, Chair • cc. TLD Community : –. bi cc. TLD –. ml cc. TLD –. ke cc. TLD –. eg cc. TLD • Registrar Community : Hamza Abou Elfeth ( Genious NET ) • Technical Community : Adiel Akplogan (Afri. NIC ) • African Internet Community at-large : o. Abraham Djekou ( COTE D'IVOIRE ) o. Ms. Maimouna Diagne Diop ( SENEGAL ) o. Rachida Fakhri ( MOROCCO ) o. Tijani Bin Juma ( Af. RALO , TUNISA ) • AUC : o Moctar Yedaly, Head of Posts & Telecommunication (AUC) o. Moses Bayingana (AUC) • ZACR : Neil Dundas

dot AFRICA Foundation

dot AFRICA Foundation: o Post ICANN new g. TLD delegation our objective to establish a non-profit organization “dot African Foundation o Open, Diverse and Multi-stakeholder o dot Africa Foundation objectives : § § dot Africa TLD Policy Development; Setting the policies and procedures for dot Africa projects grants; Distribute surplus revenues of dot Africa In Internet/ICT Projects Monitor the progress of dot Africa Projects

Our Focus Areas:

Our Focus Areas: African cc. TLD Development African Registrars Development Content Development Initiatives ICT Programmes and Projects

dot AFRICA Community

Relationship Matrix (Community Level). AFRICA African Entities : Registry Operator Sponsor Strategic Partner ZACR AUC ZACR Steer. Com AFTLD Dot. AFRICA Foundation OTHER SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS Individual cc. TLDs, African Registrars, Technical Community, Technology Providers, Internet Leaders (individuals) INTERNET COMMUNITY & ICANN

Relationship Matrix (Operational). AFRICA Delegation Authority ICANN African Entities : ZACR Registry Operator Sponsor AUC Policy Advisory Group PAG cc. TLD Development Dot. Africa Foundation AFTLD RAR Development Partner AFRICA Registrars INTERNATIONAL Registrars COMMUNITY

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Africa in One Space o Facebook : facebook/africandomain o Twitter : twitter. com/africandomain o Web : www. africainonespace. org o Open Community mailing list : community@dotafrica. org (subscribe on website)

Thank You ﺷﻜﺮ ﺟﺰﻳﻼ Merci Asante Dankie Amesegënallô Nagode Abaraka Djere dief Ndiyabulela Enkosi