Author page: missdotafrica

KeyNote Remarks by Ms. Sophia Bekele for the ITU’s Girl’s ICT day 24th April 2014

Sophia Bekele the DCA Executive Director was invited to give a Key Note speech at the annual Girl’s ICT day on 24th April 2014 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia organized by International Telecommunication Union (ITU).   International Telecom Union PRLog – April 24, 2014 – UPPER HILL, Kenya — Despite, she was not able to attend the African Union premises where…

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“It is time for dotafrica” song

The campaign for DotAfrica started by DCA making a keynote address to the panel and audience gathered during the launch of the East Africa “.africa” campaign at the AITEC ICT summit held in Nairobi, Kenya. DCA spoke on way-forward on the contribution of the “.africa” name to an ICT enabled environment. Followed by a dotAfrica panel discussion composed of DCA,…

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ICANNWiki Caricatures for miss.africa, generation.africa

A fun part of the ICANN meeting is the ICANNWiki! ICANNWiki was founded by American Internet Entrepreneur Ray King as a grassroots project, involving community efforts to compile articles on people, companies, and organisations related to ICANN and the domain name industry. In every ICANN meeting, ICANNWiki collects brief biographies of participants in their booth , furnished with a chair…

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Yes2dotAfrica Campaign Triumphs at ICANN-42 meeting in Dakar Senegal!

Nov. 13, 2011 – The 42nd international meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in Dakar, Senegal, at the Le Meridien President hotel.  The meeting was hosted by the Government of the Republic of Senegal and was well-attended by government leaders and executives of ICANN, and various stakeholders. DotConnectAfrica (DCA) was one of the…

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DCA Celebrates International Women’s Day With the United Nation

March 8, 2015 | News covering the UN and the world “To be truly transformative, the post-2015 development agenda must prioritize gender equality and women’s empowerment. The world will never realize 100 per cent of its goals if 50 per cent of its people cannot realize their full potential. “ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, read full story here    ____________________________________________________________ …

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