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<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>

<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>

<big>Generation.africa</big>:Generation.africa is a youth focused program launched by DCA to empower a new generation of Internet users in Africa using its generation.africa theme. It is aimed at different youth audiences and encourages their involvement in discussions that define and increase their common stake-holding in the development and evolution of the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|title=generation.africa|url= http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/yes-campaign/generation-africa|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Generation.africa On their High at IGF Kenya|url= http://www.prlog.org/11681274-generationafrica-on-their-high-at-the-6th-igf-held-in-nairobi-kenya.html|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=It is Time for Africa, Generation.africa video|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyvo-sJJp0U&list=PL4A963B5FE18F20EA&index=1&feature=plpp_videol|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=DotConnectAfrica|date=2010-10-14|author=DotConnectAfrica|title=Generation.africa hailed "Yes2dotAfrica" at DCA's Headquarters in Mauritius|url=http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1105302100111.html|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=DotConnectAfrica|date=2010-10-14|author=DotConnectAfrica|title=Generation.africa spoke at Tandaa Symposium|url=

<big>Generation.africa</big>:Generation.africa is a youth focused program launched by DCA to empower a new generation of Internet users in Africa using its generation.africa theme. It is aimed at different youth audiences and encourages their involvement in discussions that define and increase their common stake-holding in the development and evolution of the Internet.<ref>[http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/yes-campaign/generation-africa generation.africa]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11681274-generationafrica-on-their-high-at-the-6th-igf-held-in-nairobi-kenya.html Generation.africa On their High at IGF Kenya]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=It is Time for Africa, Generation.africa video|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyvo-sJJp0U&list=PL4A963B5FE18F20EA&index=1&feature=plpp_videol|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref><ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1105302100111.html Generation.africa hailed "Yes2dotAfrica" at DCA's Headquarters in Mauritius]</ref>

<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11036620-generationafrica-spoke-at-tandaa-symposium.html Generation.africa spoke at Tandaa Symposium]</ref>

http://www.prlog.org/11036620-generationafrica-spoke-at-tandaa-symposium.html|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref>

==Registry Services Strategic & Industry Partnerships==

==Registry Services Strategic & Industry Partnerships==

'''International Partner'''

'''International Partner'''

In order to acquire the technology and skills relevant to running and operating a registry on a sustainable basis, having an international registry partner is crucial. To this end, DCA entered into a binding agreement with CentralNIC, a registry services provider and a successful operator and administrator of several Internet domains, based in London, England. CentralNIC is active in the ICANN global community and has a good reputation as a world-class registry service. CentralNIC will provide DCA with the requisite technical and operational capacities to support the establishment of the DCA Registry Services to be located in Nairobi, Kenya. CentralNIC is fully equipped, and has the capability to provide the type of high-end, world-class registry services that would satisfy all the stringent functional and operational requirements of ICANN’s new gTLD programme. In the event of a successful application to ICANN that will result in the execution of a gTLD registry services agreement for DotAfrica, CentralNIC will provide DCA Registry Services with the necessary software, system support, technical management and administration services coupled with adequate staff technical training required for the operation of a back-end registry system. Furthermore, CentralNIC will also provide sales and marketing training to DCA staff, and also to other ICANN-accredited registrars who wish to resell DotAfrica domains.<ref>{{cite web|work=Techmtaa|date=2012-07-17|author=techmtaa|title=DCA Partners With Safaricom And Fincom To Set Up DotAfrica Registry In Kenya|url=http://www.techmtaa.com/2012/07/17/dca-partners-with-safaricom-and-fincom-to-set-up-dotafrica-registry-in-kenya|accessdate=2012-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=CIO|date=2012-06-13|author= CIO East Africa|title=Kenya is set to house the DOTAfrica (.africa) Domain|url=http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/kenya-is-set-to-house-the-dotafrica-.africa-domain/|accessdate=2012-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=DCA|date=2012-12-06|author= PRLog|title=http://www.prlog.org/11852618-dca-announces-the-establishment-of-world-class-registry-system-infrastructure-in-nairobi.html|accessdate=2012-07-21}}</ref>

In order to acquire the technology and skills relevant to running and operating a registry on a sustainable basis, having an international registry partner is crucial. To this end, DCA entered into a binding agreement with CentralNIC, a registry services provider and a successful operator and administrator of several Internet domains, based in London, England. CentralNIC is active in the ICANN global community and has a good reputation as a world-class registry service. CentralNIC will provide DCA with the requisite technical and operational capacities to support the establishment of the DCA Registry Services to be located in Nairobi, Kenya. CentralNIC is fully equipped, and has the capability to provide the type of high-end, world-class registry services that would satisfy all the stringent functional and operational requirements of ICANN’s new gTLD programme. In the event of a successful application to ICANN that will result in the execution of a gTLD registry services agreement for DotAfrica, CentralNIC will provide DCA Registry Services with the necessary software, system support, technical management and administration services coupled with adequate staff technical training required for the operation of a back-end registry system. Furthermore, CentralNIC will also provide sales and marketing training to DCA staff, and also to other ICANN-accredited registrars who wish to resell DotAfrica domains.<ref>[http://www.techmtaa.com/2012/07/17/dca-partners-with-safaricom-and-fincom-to-set-up-dotafrica-registry-in-kenya DCA Partners With Safaricom And Fincom To Set Up DotAfrica Registry In Kenya]</ref><ref>[http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/kenya-is-set-to-house-the-dotafrica-.africa-domain/ Kenya is set to house the DOTAfrica (.africa) Domain]</ref><ref>[http://www.tectrendafrica.com/2012/07/17/dca-partners-with-safaricom-and-fincom-to-set-up-dotafrica-registry-in-kenya Kenya is set to house the DOTAfrica (.africa) Domain]</ref>

DCA will acquire and install all the necessary computer server hardware and network accessories required to set-up the physical infrastructure of the technical registry services system.

DCA will acquire and install all the necessary computer server hardware and network accessories required to set-up the physical infrastructure of the technical registry services system.