Changes

==Developments==

==Developments==

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>

In October 2012, DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) received a change to their sting to ".africa" from ".dotafrica", which was noted as an error in its ICANN application filing. The change was facilitated and officially approved by ICANN. The name change came at a time when the organization was exerting itself 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>During that time the competitive applicant for [[.africa]] claimed 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>

===Endorsements to DCA===

===Endorsements to DCA===