Africa Gets Its Own Web Address (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:40AM from the their-moment dept.

Africa now has the unique web address .africa, equivalent to the more familiar .com, following its official launch by the African Union. From a report on BBC: AU commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hailed its creation as the moment when Africa "got [its] own digital identity." The AU says the .africa domain name will "bring the continent together as an internet community." Addresses can now reflect a company's interest in the whole of Africa. For example, a mobile phone company could create mobile.africa to show its Africa-wide presence, or a travel company could set up travel.africa.

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Same as .com by barbariccow · 2017-03-10 06:49 · Score: 4, Informative

Equivalent to .com? What, we can't say TLD here? Slashdot: catering to the LCD :(
Re:Too long, didn't type by Tempest_2084 · 2017-03-10 07:26 · Score: 4, Informative

That would be I *bless* the rains down in Africa.