Show #111: Sophia Bekele, Dot Connect Africa

June 14, 2011 By

Sophia Bekele, Connect Dot Africa

This week, Bob and Pat talk with Sophia Bekele, executive director of Dot Connect Africa, an initiative to add .africa as a top level domain of the Internet.

This is no mere technical discussion – The stakes are high in this Internet land rush: who will control .africa and what will this mean for the continent’s digital identity for the years and decades ahead?

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.

(Apologies for missing a week, again – we are working on making our production process run better.)

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