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Trek4Mandela and dotAfrica Agree to Collaborate<\/a>: <\/p>\n

dotAfrica (dns translation: .africa), Africa\u2019s home on the worldwide web proudly administered by Registry Africa Limited, and the Imbumba Foundation\u2019s Trek4Mandela campaign have agreed in principle to collaborate with each other to create visibility and awareness around their respective key strategic imperatives.<\/p>\n

For Registry Africa this would be to create more visibility and awareness around the continental digital identifier-.africa domain name and for the Imbumba Foundation it would be to showcase and garner support for its multitude of CSI interests.<\/p>\n

Mr Lucky Masilela, CEO of Registry Africa confirmed the Company\u2019s commitment to a 3-year partnership with Imbumba Foundation at the recent launch of the Foundation\u2019s 3-year Trek4Mandela and Caring4Girls Programme. Some exciting projects are planned such as the \u2018Rainbow Nation Climb\u2019, which will see African, and international climbers attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro simultaneously by using the seven routes represented by each color of our national flag.<\/p>\n

One of the outcomes of the Trek4Mandela initiative is to raise funds to support the Caring4Girls Programme, which aims at providing indigent girls with sanitary towels so that they can focus on their studies and other life goals by not miss school due to something that is an inherent part of their biological development into young ladies. Since 2012, this initiative has positively impacted\u00a0over\u00a0750 000 girls.<\/p>\n

Handing over a ceremonial cheque and unveiling two new .africa domain names (trek4manadela.africa and caring4girls.africa) to CEO of the Imbumba Foundation, Richard Mabaso, Registry Africa CEO Lucky Masilela said \u2018South Africa needs to innovate when it comes to adequately addressing the country\u2019s socio-economic challenges, especially addressing biological interruptions that impede a young girl\u2019s ability to attend school and empower herself through education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe old approaches haven\u2019t worked. It\u2019ll be the landmark year of 2020 soon and still we would have young South African and African girls continuing to juggle their educational needs with their personal needs. We hope that this partnership between two likeminded organisations, both committed to a bright African future, will shine some light on an important public issue,\u201d said Mr Masilela.<\/p>\n

Also announced at today\u2019s event at the Nelson Mandela Foundation was the 2021 Africa Day CEO\u2019s Challenge, which will see the Foundation\u2019s CEO undertake a personal challenge to summit Mount Kilimanjaro and return to the starting pointing in a record breaking 36 hours on 25 May 2021. Once again this challenge is intended to raise more funds to support a number of CSI initiatives.<\/p>\n

This collaboration between Registry Africa and the Imbumba Foundation was inevitable given the parties\u2019 shared passion and appreciation for what Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, symbolizes. Registry Africa first partnered with Trek4Mandela\u2019s \u2018Caring4Girls\u2019 initiative in 2018 after Mr Masilela and the dotAfrica team successfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro in January of that year as part of the dotAfrica \u201cfollow the flag\u201d campaign which aimed\u00a0to raise awareness for the then recently-launched dotAfrica gTLD (geographic Top Level Domain Name) and the opportunities it brings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to back this campaign because it is such a tangible way to make a huge difference in the lives of these young girls. Nothing must stand in the way of girls attending school and benefiting from the opportunities that good education unlocks,\u201d concluded Mr Masilela.<\/p>\n

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