Announcing the birth of the dot.africa generation

The African Union heads of state recently endorsed the “.africa” initiative at the Addis Ababa Assembly that ended on February 2.

The endorsement followed a similar approval at the November 2009 Ministerial Conference in Johannesburg South Africa, where the Council of African ICT ministers acknowledged its benefits to the continent.

The report of experts stated the need to establish the “.africa” domain as a continental top-level domain for use by organisations, businesses and individuals with guidance from African Internet agencies.