非洲联盟发布了非洲的专属域名 .africa。非盟主席 Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma 称，此时此刻非洲有了自己的数字身份。
非盟认为 .africa 域名将非洲大陆统一成单一的互联网社区。负责域名的非营利组织 ICANN 在非盟游说之后 批准了 .africa 域名，将由南非公司 ZA Central Registry (ZACR)负责域名注册，注册费用为 18 美元，注册将从 7 月开放。
Africa now has the unique web address .africa, equivalent to the more familiar .com, following its official launch by the African Union.
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.
Icann, the body that establishes these addresses known as generic Top-Level Domains, approved the move, after lobbying by the AU.
The campaign was spearheaded by a South African company ZA Central Registry (ZACR), which will now be responsible for registering .africa names.
ZACR's boss Lucky Masilela said that .africa addresses could cost as little as $18 (￡15), AFP news agency quotes him as saying, and registration will start in July.
Other domain names recently created by Icann, include .fun, .phone and .hair.
