The new .africa domain, has been launched by the African Union (AU). This laudable initiative will give Africa its own distinctiveness. This achievement was not attained without its fair share of legal battles. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for a long time was unable to grant .africa, because of several legal disputes that were ongoing, but now, dotAfrica has emerged victorious and launched officially by the AU.
The aim for .africa is to “foster relationship within the continent and portray Africa as an internet community”. Africans will be able to connect better with the world, by businesses being able to create their website. More than thirty years after the first domain name .com was launched, Africa has finally launched its own domain name — dotAfrica (.africa), a generic Top Level Domain (gLTD).
According to Lucky Masilela, the CEO of the South African based company (ZA Central Registry) that will manage the gTLD, .africa is going to be a market disruptor that will assist in lowering the cost of domain names.”
The .africa domain will be available to the general public from the 4th of July, 2017. You can visit the official website and enter your email to be alerted when it goes live.
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