The NPOC community should be interested in following the goings on and ultimate fate of the .Africa gTLD. For the results of the Independent Review Process (July 9, 2015) see:https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/dca-v-icann-2013-12-11-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/dca-v-icann-2013-12-11-en> Africa, as one of the most marginalized regions of the globe, is fertile ground for well run not-for-profit organizations, and for small and medium business entities, and dotAfrica is a stepping stone toward Africa's rightful place on the global stage. The existing ICANN decision on to whom to award .Africa has been contested and what has happened now is that ICANN is having to review its decision on which of the two applicants has been successful for the .Africa gTLD. This may not be the last stage in this process since there is still recourse to the court system. If you want a relatively straight forward description of how the dotAfrica saga has unfolded see: http://icannwiki.com/images/3/37/DotAfrica.Hurter.pdf <http://icannwiki.com/images/3/37/DotAfrica.Hurter.pdf> / "'Tilting at Windmills': Separating Fact from Fiction in the //Joust for the new dotAfrica gTLD"/ written earlier this year by Prof Eddie Hurter from South Africa. Sam Lanfranco, NPOC Policy Committee Chair