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==AfTLD's Bid for .Africa==

==AfTLD's Bid for .Africa==

On March 2011, AfTLD expressed its interest in managing [[.Africa]] as well as its french version [[.afrique]] to represent the African region to be included in the new batch of generic tol level domain names ([[gTLD]]) which will be approved by [[ICANN]]. The organization is confident it has the capability to manage .Africa and plans to partner with one of the leading registry services provider to ensure the success of the gTLD. AfTLD believes that launching .Africa as a new gTLD will greatly benefit the businesses and the entire internet community within the African Region.<ref>[http://www.biztechafrica.com/section/internet/article/aftld-takes-africa/527/ AfTLD Takes on .Africa]</ref>  

On March 2011, AfTLD expressed its interest in managing [[.africa]], as well as its french version [[.afrique]], to represent the African region and to be included in the new batch of [[gTLD|generic top level domain names]] (gTLDs) that will be approved by [[ICANN]]. The organization is confident it has the capability to manage .africa and plans to partner with one of the leading registry service providers to ensure the success of the gTLD. AfTLD believes that launching .africa as a new gTLD will greatly benefit the businesses and the entire internet community within the African region.<ref>[http://www.biztechafrica.com/section/internet/article/aftld-takes-africa/527/ AfTLD Takes on .Africa]</ref>  

AfTLD is bidding against DotConnect Africa ([[DCA]]), another non-profit organization headed by [[Sophia Bekele]] to get the endorsement of the African Union Commission (AUC) to be able to secure the mandate from ICANN to manage the .Africa gTLD.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201105180533.html AfTLD, DCA Battle for Soul of Dot Africa]</ref>

AfTLD is bidding against [[DotConnect Africa]] ([[DCA]]), another non-profit organization headed by [[Sophia Bekele]], to get the endorsement of the African Union Commission (AUC) to be able to secure the mandate from ICANN to manage the .africa gTLD.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201105180533.html AfTLD, DCA Battle for Soul of Dot Africa]</ref>

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