A generic Top Level Domain for the African Continent has been launched by the African Union.
The domain which was created on Friday will give Africans an opportunity to forge a unique online identity which will associate their products, services and information with people in Africa and beyond.
Head of African Union commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said that the domain has finally given Africa its own digital identity.
Mrs Bukola Adeyemi, a software programmer, said that the creation of dotAfrica was a good step to putting Africa on the digital map which was beneficial for e-commerce.
Legal battles preceded this achievement as for a long time, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was unable to grant .africa, because of several ongoing legal disputes, but now, .africa has emerged victorious and has been launched officially by the AU.
