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== History and Controversy== | == History and Controversy== | ||
| − | In 1995, IANA | + | In 1995, [[IANA]] delegated the .gh ccTLD to Network Computer Systems (NCS) as Manager, with Prof. [[Nii Quaynor|Nii Narku Quaynor]] as the Administrative Contact and Mr. William Tevie as the Technical Contact. |
Ghana passed the Electronic Transactions Act, Act 772, (ETA) in 2008, which mandated the Ghana Domain Name Registry (GDNR) to be the manager of the GH domain. Around 2012, the Ghana Government took a loan to procure new servers for the Registry. The Registry Systems were physically installed at the National Data Centre managed by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) while Ghana Dot Com, an entity unknown to IANA, controlled and managed the system. In 2017, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful assumed Ghana's Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, and "took steps towards implementing the law by establishing GDNR to administer the .gh domain name", according to a letter sent to ICANN in 2023. This letter had the goal to get ICANN's guidance in achieving "redelegation in an amicable manner", considering various efforts had been made in this aspect, including several attempts of negotiations with Prof Quaynor.<ref>[https://nic.gh/docs/mocs-letter-to-icann.pdf Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation: CONCERN FOR THE GH DOMAIN NAME SPACE]</ref> Nii Quaynor answered in January 2024 a petition made in December 2023, in which the Local Internet Community (LIC) requested to expedite the conclusion of the transfer of the .GH Domain Registry to GDNR,<ref>[https://nic.gh/docs/petition-nii.pdf PETITION: TRANSFER OF .GH COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN (ccTLD) to GDNR]</ref> stating that he does not know where Act 772 obtained the .GH registry rights from to then assign the responsibility to GDNR, and believes GDNR has been acting in bad faith. Also, he is not certain GDNR has the technical expertise necessary to manage .gh.<ref>[https://nic.gh/docs/.gh-response-to-petition.pdf Nii Quaynor: RE: PETITION: TRANSFER OF .GH COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN (ccTLD)TO GDNR]</ref> | Ghana passed the Electronic Transactions Act, Act 772, (ETA) in 2008, which mandated the Ghana Domain Name Registry (GDNR) to be the manager of the GH domain. Around 2012, the Ghana Government took a loan to procure new servers for the Registry. The Registry Systems were physically installed at the National Data Centre managed by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) while Ghana Dot Com, an entity unknown to IANA, controlled and managed the system. In 2017, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful assumed Ghana's Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, and "took steps towards implementing the law by establishing GDNR to administer the .gh domain name", according to a letter sent to ICANN in 2023. This letter had the goal to get ICANN's guidance in achieving "redelegation in an amicable manner", considering various efforts had been made in this aspect, including several attempts of negotiations with Prof Quaynor.<ref>[https://nic.gh/docs/mocs-letter-to-icann.pdf Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation: CONCERN FOR THE GH DOMAIN NAME SPACE]</ref> Nii Quaynor answered in January 2024 a petition made in December 2023, in which the Local Internet Community (LIC) requested to expedite the conclusion of the transfer of the .GH Domain Registry to GDNR,<ref>[https://nic.gh/docs/petition-nii.pdf PETITION: TRANSFER OF .GH COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN (ccTLD) to GDNR]</ref> stating that he does not know where Act 772 obtained the .GH registry rights from to then assign the responsibility to GDNR, and believes GDNR has been acting in bad faith. Also, he is not certain GDNR has the technical expertise necessary to manage .gh.<ref>[https://nic.gh/docs/.gh-response-to-petition.pdf Nii Quaynor: RE: PETITION: TRANSFER OF .GH COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN (ccTLD)TO GDNR]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:03, 15 October 2024
.gh is the ccTLD for Ghana. It is managed by Network Computer Systems Limited.[1]
History and Controversy[edit | edit source]
In 1995, IANA delegated the .gh ccTLD to Network Computer Systems (NCS) as Manager, with Prof. Nii Narku Quaynor as the Administrative Contact and Mr. William Tevie as the Technical Contact.
Ghana passed the Electronic Transactions Act, Act 772, (ETA) in 2008, which mandated the Ghana Domain Name Registry (GDNR) to be the manager of the GH domain. Around 2012, the Ghana Government took a loan to procure new servers for the Registry. The Registry Systems were physically installed at the National Data Centre managed by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) while Ghana Dot Com, an entity unknown to IANA, controlled and managed the system. In 2017, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful assumed Ghana's Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, and "took steps towards implementing the law by establishing GDNR to administer the .gh domain name", according to a letter sent to ICANN in 2023. This letter had the goal to get ICANN's guidance in achieving "redelegation in an amicable manner", considering various efforts had been made in this aspect, including several attempts of negotiations with Prof Quaynor.[2] Nii Quaynor answered in January 2024 a petition made in December 2023, in which the Local Internet Community (LIC) requested to expedite the conclusion of the transfer of the .GH Domain Registry to GDNR,[3] stating that he does not know where Act 772 obtained the .GH registry rights from to then assign the responsibility to GDNR, and believes GDNR has been acting in bad faith. Also, he is not certain GDNR has the technical expertise necessary to manage .gh.[4]