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

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

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

What is (.Africa ) ? Continental Top Level Domain (TLD) for Africa for the use by the entire African continent & the world To be used by organizations, governments, business & individuals who associate themselves or their business with Africa Access to a huge pan-African customer base using one unique name space 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?

African Internet Community Steering Committee African Union National Governments InterGov. Organizations Registry Provider ccLTD Registries African ICANN Accredited Registrars African Internet Society Chapters

AUC & dot AFRICA Oliver Tambo Declaration – “establish dotAfrica as a continental Top Level Domain for use by organizations, businesses, & individuals with guidance from Internet agencies” Abudja Declaration – “AUC requested to set up the structure and modalities for the implementation of the dotAfrica project” African Union Commission “AUC” issued an RFP in December 2011 for the selection of an African entity to apply and manage.Africa new TLD 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 GeoTLD Requirements provide a documentation of support or non-objection from relevant government(s) or authority (ies) 60% of Governments Support Required by ICANN 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 ccTLD Community : –.bi ccTLD –.ml ccTLD –.ke ccTLD –.eg ccTLD Registrar Community : Hamza Abou Elfeth ( Genious NET ) Technical Community : Adiel Akplogan (AfriNIC ) 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 ( AfRALO, TUNISA ) AUC : o Moctar Moctar Yedaly, Head of Posts & Telecommunication (AUC) o Moses Bayingana (AUC) ZACR : Neil Dundas

dot AFRICA Foundation

dot AFRICA Foundation: o Post ICANN new gTLD 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:

dot AFRICA Community

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

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

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