Start-Up Success San Francisco Web 2.0 meets "Yes2dotAfrica"

Aug. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- The Startup Success Podcast Bob and Pat, who frequently cover start-ups at Web 2.0, talk with Sophia Bekele, Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica, an initiative to add .africa as a top level domain of the Internet.  

"This is no mere technical discussion", said Bob - "The stakes are high in this Internet land rush: who will control .africa and what will this mean for the continent's ..  Sophia gives us a rundown on why there should be a .africa, why .africa could become a powerhouse and funding source for African startups, and who are the players in the rarified politics of global Internet decision making"  

Podcast link here: http://media.startupsuccesspodcast.com/StartupSuccess111.mp3?utm_source=47+Hats+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=0bf56b5b4c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail

In brief, Sophia responded to questions and discussed the following:

- Helping the cause of a new industry, to say "Yes2newgTLDs" for ICANN and not only" Yes2dotAfrica"
- What is meant by controversial strings?
- Creating billion dollar industry to build a new market economy based on competition
- What does .africa mean for the US, why should we say Yes2dotAfrica?
- What happens to the money from .africa?
- Next software technologies in Africa
- Generation.africa being that glue to .africa
- Finally telling US audience to connect with Africa via PanAfrican Social Media Infrastructure that DCA has built re:afrca, .afrique, and .afriqya,  to act as a gateway to news on Africa

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DCA is a not-for-profit, non-partisan org incorporated in Mauritius Africa & will sponsor, establish & operate a TLD registry with global recognition & regional significance dedicated to the needs of Pan-African &African community. DCA Reg.ID.CT8710DCA90