.africa Commentary

Sophia Bekele, founder of DotConnectAfrica Trust, photographed for a 10-year retrospective Q&A on the .africa domain, accountability, and the AUC's role

Did the AUC-Aligned ZACR Actually Deliver .africa?

.africa Commentary, ICANN and Governance /

10 Years. 55,000 Domains. 1.5 Billion People. A Performance Review Africa Deserves — As the 2026 gTLD Round Opens. March 20,  2026 This article is part of the.africa Commentary Series — a living archive of analysis, precedent, and warnings from the architect of the .africa domain.  In July 2024, the people who took .africa gathered […]

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Estoppel Blocks Courts, Not History: The .africa Case

.africa Commentary, ICANN and Governance /

February 21, 2026This article is part of the .africa Commentary Series — a living archive of analysis, precedent, and warning from the architect of the .africa domain. In 2015, we won an Independent Review Process against ICANN. The IRP panel ruled that the ICANN Board had violated its own bylaws by failing to conduct due

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