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The NPOC community should be interested in following the goings on
and ultimate fate of the .Africa gTLD. <br>
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For the results of the Independent Review Process (July 9, 2015)
see:<a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/dca-v-icann-2013-12-11-en">
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/dca-v-icann-2013-12-11-en</a><br>
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Africa, as one of the most marginalized regions of the globe, is
fertile ground for well run not-for-profit organizations, and for
small and medium business entities, and dotAfrica is a stepping
stone toward Africa's rightful place on the global stage. The
existing ICANN decision on to whom to award .Africa has been
contested and what has happened now is that ICANN is having to
review its decision on which of the two applicants has been
successful for the .Africa gTLD. This may not be the last stage in
this process since there is still recourse to the court system. <br>
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If you want a relatively straight forward description of how the
dotAfrica saga has unfolded see: <a
href="http://icannwiki.com/images/3/37/DotAfrica.Hurter.pdf">
http://icannwiki.com/images/3/37/DotAfrica.Hurter.pdf</a> <font
color="#330099"><i> <br>
"'Tilting at Windmills': Separating Fact from Fiction in
the </i><i>Joust for the new dotAfrica gTLD"</i></font>
written earlier this year by Prof Eddie Hurter from South Africa. <br>
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Sam Lanfranco, NPOC Policy Committee Chair<br>
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