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Introduction of Miss .Africa Section
* Reinvest surplus of the registry business in socio-technological development projects significant to the Pan-Africa and African constituancy.
* Reinvest surplus of the registry business in socio-technological development projects significant to the Pan-Africa and African constituancy.
* Operate an effective and technically advanced TLD registry through the initiative of not-for-profit organization.<ref>[http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/about/mission-and-objective/ Mission]</ref>
* Operate an effective and technically advanced TLD registry through the initiative of not-for-profit organization.<ref>[http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/about/mission-and-objective/ Mission]</ref>
== Trust Programs ==
DCA has already undertaken successful initiatives under its Trust program which include the following:
<big>Miss.africa</big>: The Miss.africa programme is a gender-focused initiative targeted mainly at female youth audiences in Africa to increase their personal involvement in early technology use and adoption with a view to improving their digital self-awareness and empowerment, and overall self-esteem. It is aimed at attracting more young girls and women to the Internet platform to enable them form a sizable demographic of Internet users in Africa, thereby involving them in complementary gender development initiatives that improve the lives of young girls and women.<ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1108602153904.htm/ Mission]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11563212-dotafrica-africa-made-history-with-icann-in-singapore Launch of the Miss.Africa program]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11083155-africa-music-dance-performance-by-dca.html ".africa" music & dance performance]</ref>
==Background==
==Background==