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Registry Africa was created in 2017 to manage the .africa top-level domain.

History

.africa was launched at the African Union Commission in 2017. In 2012 the application process for a new top level domain was launched by ICANN. The Registry Agreement was signed on 26 March 2014 in Singapore.

The application for .africa was endorsed and supported by the African Union and the official launch took place at the Africa Union Commission Headquarters on 3 July 2017 during the 29th African Union (AU) Summit.

African Regional Support

.africa's Africa Regional Support includes African Union Commission (AUC), AfriNIC, AfTLD, ITU, UNECA and Nepad.

References

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12. "dotAfrica | .Africa | What is dotAfrica?". africainonespace.org. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
13. "The DotAfrica Signatory Ceremony in ICANN 49, Singapore, Wednesday 26 March 2014 | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
14. "COMMUNIQUE - dotAfrica gTLD | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
15. "African Union". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
16. "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
17. AU, Press Release. "African Union Launches Africa's own Top Level Domain: dotAfrica". AFRICAN MARKETS. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
18. "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
19. "DOTAFRICA (.AFRICA) ROADSHOW LAUNCHES AT THE AFRICAN UNION HEADQUARTERS". dotAfrica. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
20. "African Regional Support". dotAfrica. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
21. Obera, Fred (2017-03-13). "African Union launches Africa's own identity web address dotafrica". This is africa. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
22. "DotAfrica (.Africa) Roadshow launches at the African Union Headquarters | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2019-09-21.

External links

• Registry Africa

• Internet in Africa
• African Union
• Internet properties established in 2017