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'''African Registry Consortium (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 for developing the policies for [[co.za]] and its technical systems maintenance; and Convergence Partners (Pty) Ltd, an investment company.<ref>[http://www.africanregistry.net/content.php?contentID=5 Founding Members]</ref>

'''African Registry Consortium''' ('''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 for developing the policies for [[co.za]] and its technical systems maintenance; and Convergence Partners (Pty) Ltd, an investment company.<ref>[http://www.africanregistry.net/content.php?contentID=5 Founding Members]</ref>

ARC is one of the companies vying for [[ICANN]] approval to operate the [[.africa]] [[gTLD|generic top level domain name]] (gTLD).<ref>[http://www.africanregistry.net/index.php africanregistry.net]</ref>

ARC was at one point intending to apply for the [[.africa]] [[gTLD|generic top level domain name]] (gTLD).<ref>[http://www.africanregistry.net/index.php africanregistry.net]</ref>

==Objectives==

==Objectives==

==Criticism against ARC==

==Criticism against ARC==

[[DotConnectAfrica]] (DCA), one of the other contenders to operate the .africa gTLD, openly criticized ARC's bid to operate the gTLD. According to DCA, ARC is not a world-class registry solution for .africa, they point out that the company is newly established and its executives are affiliated with [[UNiForum SA]], which they claim managed the [[.co.za]] and [[.za]] domain name space inefficiently. DCA also accused the company of being a potential bee scam, and made other allegations.<ref>[http://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-Leopard-Cannot-Change-its-Spots--Say--No--to-the-ARC--African-Registry-Consortium.html?soid=1102516344150&aid=BYYeJN0_fLU Criticisms]</ref>

[[DotConnectAfrica]] (DCA), one of the other contenders to operate the .africa gTLD, openly criticized ARC's bid to operate the gTLD. According to DCA, ARC is not a world-class registry solution for .africa, and they point out that the company is newly established and its executives are affiliated with [[UniForum SA]], which they claim managed the [[.co.za]] and [[.za]] domain name space inefficiently. DCA also made other allegations.<ref>[http://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-Leopard-Cannot-Change-its-Spots--Say--No--to-the-ARC--African-Registry-Consortium.html?soid=1102516344150&aid=BYYeJN0_fLU Criticisms]</ref>

==ARC and ICANN==

==ARC and ICANN==

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