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Africa Top Level Domains Organization(AfTLD)
A nonprofit association of country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries in the African region. AfTLD provides a forum where its members can discuss policy matters affecting the ccTLD registries in their region. The association also serves as a channel of communication between its membership and Internet governance bodies such as ICANN.