On March 9, 2011, [[AfTLD]] Chairman [[Vikas Mpisane]] announced that [[AfTLD]] would seek the endorsement of the African Union in connection with its application to become the registry operator for the proposed .africa gTLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/3796-competition-for-africa-heats-up]</ref> According to Mr. Mpisane, the organization was interested in managing both DotAfrica and its French version, .afrique. The organization was confident that it would be successful with its bid for the DotAfrica project, given the support it has received from the African community, African governments and its close relationship with other Africa internet organizations, incuding [[AfNOG]], [[AfriNIC]] and [[AfrISPA]].<ref>[http://www.aftld.org/html/english/news_dotafrica.html AfTLD takes on .africa]</ref> | On March 9, 2011, [[AfTLD]] Chairman [[Vikas Mpisane]] announced that [[AfTLD]] would seek the endorsement of the African Union in connection with its application to become the registry operator for the proposed .africa gTLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/3796-competition-for-africa-heats-up]</ref> According to Mr. Mpisane, the organization was interested in managing both DotAfrica and its French version, .afrique. The organization was confident that it would be successful with its bid for the DotAfrica project, given the support it has received from the African community, African governments and its close relationship with other Africa internet organizations, incuding [[AfNOG]], [[AfriNIC]] and [[AfrISPA]].<ref>[http://www.aftld.org/html/english/news_dotafrica.html AfTLD takes on .africa]</ref> |