DotConnectAfrica: Difference between revisions

In October 2012, DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust)received a change to their sting to ".africa" from ".dotafrica" The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)officially approved the Change. The name change came at a time when the organization had taken lots of effort to inform the public about the error in its application.<ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1110237447043.html DCA Trust & UniForum SA have both applied for the same 'Africa' Geographic Name]</ref> <ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1110566675283.html DotConnectAfrica Clarifies its .africa bid at EAIGF]</ref><ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/1111325860695.html Goodbye .DOTAFRICA - A significant landmark Victory in the battle for .Africa gTLD]</ref> this came even when another .africa applicant had alleged that ICANN has confirmed that there is only one applicant for the .africa Top Level Domain (TLD)<ref>[http://africainonespace.org/news_item.php?id=45&title=ICANN%20AGREES%E2%80%A6THERE%20IS%20ONLY%20ONE%20APPLICANT%20FOR%20.AFRICA&utm_source=DCA+Trust+%26+UniForum+SA+have+both+applied+for+the+same+%27Africa%27+Geographic+Name+&utm_campaign=+DCA+Trust+%26+UniForum+SA+have+both+applied+for+the+same++%27Africa%27+Geographic+Name+String&utm_medium=archive ICANN agrees there is only one applicant for .africa]</ref>.The ICANN update can be viewed at the New gTLD Current Application Status page.<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276 DotConnectAfrica Application Details: Application ID: 1-1165-42560]</ref>