DotConnectAfrica is a
not-for-profit, non-partisan organization that has
its base of operation in
Nairobi, Kenya and headquartered in I/F River Court 6th Denis Street Port
Louis, Mauritius, Africa, is a millennial organization that has the African
Vision embedded in its inception and looks to create a continental domain and
registry that will not only revolutionize but also create a platform that will
nurture all other facets of African socio-economic development.
DotConnectAfrica appreciates the
subtle efforts that are being made daily by the governments in partnership with
private organizations to better the internet technology platform as a means of
bridging the digital divide and as such has participated in several similar
processes such as the improvement of the International telecommunications
Regulations that were being discussed in December 2012 at the World Conference
on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
The Draft Convention should lay a
background for the African states to review their legislations on cyber
security. ICT is becoming a key element and player in the development of a
nation and more importantly day to day running of institutional mandates.
Businesses play a key role in
deriving and generating revenue that is used to run governmental affairs, this
affects how tax regimes and systems must be properly instituted to match the
changing commercial sector that is increasingly dependent on ICT and most
importantly mobile online transactions.
Africa is growing into this
important technology, ICT comes with several critical issues that must be
addressed for proper operations that can curb issues such as cyber crime that
includes fraud, impersonation, spam among many others.
Interventions that are of a
continental or global levels that require signing of such conventions must be
properly drafted and understood by all the stakeholders, this includes the
governments, businesses, academia and citizens, this will provide a harmonized
treaty that will at least not overlook critical existing individual government
legislations nor contradict them.
Electronic commerce
organization, personal data protection, cyber security promotion and cyber
crime control are the most important factors of the online economy and while
it’s critical to create harmonized continental legislation it’s important that
the personal data and privacy is protected as the bottom line.
DotConnectAfrica has been
spearheading the proposed new Top Level Domain (TLD) .africa (DotAfrica)
Initiative since 2006. And has placed an application for DotAfrica to the
Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a US-based
institution that is at the apex of Global Internet Governance.
We believe that multistakeholder
discussions will help create the best legislations for the governments as well
as continent and globally.
See the comments here
Link to the Draft Convention here
