DotConnectAfrica, the Glossary
DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) is an independent non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 2006.[1]
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26 relations: African Union, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, ICANN, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nairobi, Nigeria, Nonpartisanship, Nonprofit organization, Port Louis, Senegal, Sophia Bekele, South Africa, Tanzania, Team Internet, Top-level domain, Uganda, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, .africa.
- Domain name registrars
- Organisations based in Mauritius
- Technology companies established in 2006
African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.
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Benin
Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.
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Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.
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Comoros
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.
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ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a global multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization headquartered in the United States responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet, ensuring the Internet's stable and secure operation.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
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Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
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Nonpartisanship
Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party.
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Nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.
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Port Louis
Port Louis (Port-Louis,; Polwi or Porlwi) is the capital city of Mauritius.
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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
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Sophia Bekele
Sophia Bekele Eshete (Amharic: ሶፍያ በቀለ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an entrepreneur, corporate executive, governance and risk management specialist, policy advisor on ICT, commentator and philanthropist.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
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Team Internet
Team Internet Group PLC (formerly named CentralNic Group PLC) is a British multinational internet services holding company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
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Top-level domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain.
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Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA; Commission économique pour l'Afrique, CEA) was established in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent) following a recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly.
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.africa
.africa is the officially designated top-level domain (TLD) for the African and Pan African communities and users wherever they reside.
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See also
Domain name registrars
- .sucks
- 123 Reg
- Aruba S.p.A.
- Cloudflare
- Domain name registrar
- Domain registration
- Domainz
- Donuts (company)
- DotConnectAfrica
- DreamHost
- Drop registrar
- Enom
- Epik
- Gandi
- GoDaddy
- Google Domains
- HostDime
- Hover (domain registrar)
- Identity Digital
- Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
- Internet Initiative Japan
- Ionos
- Japan Registry Services
- List of mergers and acquisitions by GoDaddy
- Name.com
- NameSilo
- Namecheap
- NearlyFreeSpeech
- Network Solutions
- Njalla
- Register.com
- RegisterFly
- SamoaNIC
- THG Ingenuity Cloud Services
- Tucows
- Umbrellar
- Uniregistry
- Web.com
- Web.com (1995–2007)
- Webcentral
Organisations based in Mauritius
- DotConnectAfrica
- Hackers.mu
- Indian Ocean Rim Association
Technology companies established in 2006
- AWS Elemental
- Aerohive Networks
- Agenor Technology
- BaDoinkVR
- Beddit
- BenQ Mobile
- Catalist
- DotConnectAfrica
- Earthmine
- Grockit
- HostPapa
- InVisage Technologies
- Infobip
- Innerscope Research
- Invenio Business Solutions
- Jat Tehnika
- MediaFire
- Mogreet
- NanoLumens
- Resonate Group
- Rocketplane Kistler
- SimpliSafe
- TREVENTUS
- The Climate Corporation
- United Launch Alliance
- Valens Semiconductor
- View, Inc.
- Willow Garage
- Workflowers
- X-mini
- Yap (company)
- Zadarma
- Zenith Solar
- Zoombak