African Registry Consortium
African Registry Consortiun (ARC) is an African based Registry Operator. It was jointly founded in 2010 by Theo Kramer, Mark Elkins, Calvin Browne and Neil Dundas of Domain Name Services (Pty) Ltd, a company responsible in developing the policies for co.za and its technical systems maintenance; and Convergence Partners (Pty) Ltd, an investment company.[1]
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| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2010 |
| Founder(s): | Domain Name Services (Pty) Ltd. & Convergence Partners Investments (Pty) Ltd, Founding Members |
| Country: | Africa |
| Website: | Africanregistry.net |
| Facebook: | ARC |
| Key People | |
| Neil Dundas & Theo Kramer Founding Members | |
ARC is one of the companies vying for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers approval to operate the .africa generic top level domain name (gTLD).[2]
Objectives
The organizations main objectives include:[3]
- To become the Registry Operator for the .africa gTLD
- To establish and maintain a world class and sustainable registry operations for the African and global internet community
- To support the expansion of the African Registrar community
ARC Core Principles for .africa
ARC aims to provide the following solutions for the .africa project:[4]
- Provide a secure stakeholder involvement, governance, and oversight
- Define and manage project costs, deliverables and service levels
- Identify, manage and control challenges related to the operation of .africa
- Institutionalize knowledge and expertise
- Identify and implement registry standards and policies required to ensure a stable and successful operation of the gTLD
- Implement an efficient and scalable registry system for future technological enhancement