Adiel Akplogan, the VP of Technical Engagement at ICANN, has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to the advancement of the global Internet. Akplogan has been recognised for his outstanding [c]
By Daniel Negari It started with a dream of bringing a fresh new domain ending to the internet, and five years ago that dream became a reality. We successfully launched .xyz and now .xyz is [c]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that Marrakech, Morocco, has been selected as the location in the African region to host ICANN’s 65th Public Meeting, to be held in June 24 [c]
The mandate to manage ad administer the dotAfrica (.africa) domain may have been awarded to South Africa’s ZA Central Registry but the controversy surrounding the process leading to the award will take long time to [c]
Göran Marby, the CEO and President of ICANN, has made management changes to the organisation’s offices globally as part of the international office strategy aimed to enable the body operate more consistently and effectively. In [c]
ICANN will participate at the Africa Internet Summit (AIS), organized by the Internet Numbers Registry for Africa (AFRINIC) and the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG). The summit will take place from May 21 to June 2, [c]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced a call for public comment on the draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study, which was commissioned in March 2016 and managed by [c]
The African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was yesterday the venue for the official launch of the dotAfrica (.africa) internet which is expected to bring more choice to the African community online. The launch [c]
President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration for 90 days from seven Muslim countries – that is Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – has affected many, including both individuals and organisations, the [c]
The inaugural Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) capacity building workshop for Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Under-served Regions Working Group, kicked-off in Nairobi this week. Joseph Mucheru, the InfoCom CS called on African [c]
ICANN has announced the names of 15 individuals selected to participate at ICANN58 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The candidates, who come from various universities in Europe, are actively engaged in studies involving policy, international relations, engineering, cyber [c]
DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) has received backing in its ongoing dotAfrica case against ICANN from Dot Registry, a US-based firm which applied for .llc, .llp, and .inc gTLDs as a “Community.” In late August this year, Dot [c]
NU DOT CO LLC has prevailed in the auction for the price of US $135 million to operate the dotWeb (.WEB) gTLD while Vistaprint Ltd prevailed with a price of US $1 for the dotWebs [c]
ICANN has announced that it will hold an auction, facilitated by Power Auctions LLC, on Thursday July 27, 2016 to resolve string contention for one new generic top-level domain (gTLD) contention set: dotWeb (.WEB) and [c]
As part of its programme to expand the generic Top-Level Domains (e.g. .COM, .ORG, .NET) in the Domain Name System, the body in charge of global internet has now delegated over 1,300 new names (or [c]
ICANN has announced recipients of the 2016 Multistakeholder Ethos Award. This year’s awards, during which the community evaluation panel recognized two long-time members of the ICANN community – Chuck Gomes and Keith Davidson – were [c]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has formally opened its first African regional engagement office in Nairobi. ICANN made the announcement on Tuesday at a press briefing during bilateral engagements with the [c]
ICANN has appointed ITEMS International to conduct an independent review of the At-Large Community (At-Large) as part of ICANN’s commitment to continuous improvement, accountability and transparency. The At-Large serves an important function – representing the [c]
ICANN’s new CEO Göran Marby assumes his role from Monday May 23 replacing Fadi Chehadé who’s led the organisation since 2012. Mr Marby brings over 20 years experience as a senior executive in the Internet and [c]
Following the announcement at the ICANN55 meeting in Morocco in March that the organization would open an office in Nairobi, Kenya, the global body in charge of the internet has now formally set a date [c]
The global body in charge of internet, ICANN, has in partnership with the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC) organized a YouthComm (Youth Community) workshop. The two-day workshop will run from May 25 – 26 , [c]
Multichoice, and its parent company Naspers, could soon lose rights to brand internet domains (or gTLDs) it applied for in 2012 as part of ICANN’s New gTLD Program. This follows a decision by ICANN to [c]
ICANN on April 20, 2016, withdrew its Motion to Dismiss against DCA Trust’s First Amended Complaint filed on 26 February 2016. In its stipulation to the Court, ICANN moved to withdraw its dismissal citing the following [c]
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), which was in mid 2005 accredited by ICANN as the fifth Regional Internet Registry, is set to elect new board of directors at its forthcoming AGM in Botswana. According to [c]
A US Court has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica (DCA Trust) in its case against ICANN and South Africa’s ZA Registry (case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) [PDF]. The Court Ruling, delivered on April 12, 2016, is summarized [c]
By Joseph Wright An applicant for the .africa top-level Internet domain, DCA Trust, has fired back at domain overseer the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), saying in a March 21 court filing [c]
By James Barnley DCA recently dismissed ICANN’s opposition to its preliminary injunction on delegation of .Africa as #HotAir, in a news report covered by the premier DomainNewsAfrica.. On January 20, 2016, DCA Trust took ICANN to [c]
The global internet policy community and internet freedom activists were last week gathered in Marrakech, Morocco for the ICANN55 meeting. The conference, which ran from March 5 – 10, was important for various reasons. One [c]
Nairobi is set to host ICANN’s first engagement office in Africa from this April. The announcement was made this morning by ICANN Board chair Steve Crocker at the ongoing ICANN55 meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. While [c]
Nominations for ICANN’s Multistakeholder Ethos Award is open until 12 March 2016. The Multistakeholder Ethos Award programme, launched in June 2014 in London, seeks to recognize long-standing ICANN community members who have served in leadership roles in [c]
The ICANN board has named Göran Marby, current Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority, as the next President and CEO of ICANN. Marby will assume his new position with ICANN in May 2016. He [c]
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